NASA Roman Space Telescope Arrives in Florida Ahead of August Launch
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on August 30, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA Perseverance Rover Captures Martian Moon Phobos Crossing the Sun
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the Martian moon Phobos crossing in front of the Sun on August 12, 2026, marking the latest in a series of detailed solar transits used by…
Webb Telescope uses gravitational lensing to find dozens of distant stars
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have peered through cosmic dust and magnified space-time using massive galaxy clusters like Abell 370 and Pandora’s Cluster.
Supported Actor: NASA Supported Action: Unveils Supported Object: Dark Matter’s Cosmic Web Headline: Dark Matter Influences Galaxy Size
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter’s cosmic web, revealing how this invisible substance shapes galaxy…
Blood Moon to Dazzle SoCal Skies on Aug 27-28
Southern California will witness an almost blood moon during a partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026, as Earth’s shadow covers 93–96% of the moon, turning it red due to…
Voyager 1’s Pale Blue Dot Photo Still Resonates 36 Years Later
Thirty-six years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft turned its camera backward from billions of kilometers away to capture a final portrait of Earth.
NASA Photos Show 60-Foot Lunar Crater Carved by SpaceX Rocket Impact
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured sharp before-and-after images of a fresh 60-foot crater on the moon, carved when a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage plowed into…
Near-Total Lunar Eclipse to Hit Americas on August 27, 2026
Stargazers across the Americas will have prime viewing conditions as Earth’s shadow briefly envelops the moon in a deep partial eclipse on Thursday night, August 27, 2026, into…
NASA Cancels LINK Rescue Mission; Swift Space Telescope to Burn Up
NASA has canceled its commercial rescue mission to save the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, dooming the space telescope to plunge through Earth’s atmosphere and burn up…
Trump to Honor Artemis II Astronauts for Lunar Record
President Donald Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew on August 28, recognizing their historic lunar flyby that set a record for the…
NASA Study Finds Earth Microbes Could Survive at Moon’s South Pole
Microbes from Earth could survive on parts of the moon’s South Pole, according to a study published on August 19, 2026, in the journal TPR by … Read more
Pluto’s Blue Twilight Revealed by NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Images
When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft looked back at Pluto following its historic July 14, 2015, flyby, sunlight scattering through a tenuous nitrogen atmosphere revealed a striking … Read more