Total eclipse of the heart: Family channels passion for chasing eclipses around the world into book
SINGAPORE – When Koh Joo Beng, 66, was doing national service as a young man, he was sometimes…
Asteroid Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos, will pass closer to Earth on 13 April 2029 than many weather satellites do — roughly 32,000 kilometres from the surface — and up to 90% of the world’s population may see it with the naked eye
On the evening of 13 April 2029, a point of light may appear among the stars and move…
Why NASA Is About To Fly Into Iceland’s Total Solar Eclipse
Topline Scientists are preparing an ambitious series of scientific missions for Aug. 12, 2026, when the moon’s narrow…
Saturn’s moon Titan has rivers of liquid methane longer than the Nile’s tributaries, but a 2025 Brown University study found that only 1.3% of those rivers form deltas — on Earth, nearly every river does, and nobody yet knows why Titan’s don’t
There is a 400-kilometre river system near the north pole of Titan that drains into a sea larger…
See A Solar Eclipse, The Perseids And A 96% ‘Blood Moon:’ August’s Sky
Topline August 2026 is the biggest month of the year for skywatchers, bringing a rare total solar eclipse…
APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with…
What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A solar eclipse, the Perseids, bright Venus after sunset, and a deep partial lunar eclipse highlight August’s skywatching.…
In a first, ‘super-Earth’ rocky exoplanet may have an atmosphere
Scientists say they have detected promising signs that a planet orbiting a star 49 light-years from Earth could…
NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space
On July 27, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names…
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Short-Sellers Have a “Very Low” Survival Probability. Is He Right?
As is often the case following an initial public offering, some investors are betting that the pre-IPO hype…
SpaceXAI Says It Will Take A Year To Fully Remove Unpermitted Gas Turbines From Its Mississippi Data Center
The company was accused of violating the Clean Air Act by the NAACP.
Sundry…
AST SpaceMobile Locks In Next Launch For Its Mega Satellites
Space start-up AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) has announced Aug. 5 as the date of its next launch and satellite…