LEGO deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model
August 2, 2026 — For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has looked out into the universe. Now,…
Exclusive: Array Labs Raises $21M Led by Mitsubishi Electric
Well, lest you were concerned that the defense tech money tap was getting switched off, fear not. Space-based…
JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets
Astronomers discovered Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant about 2.4 times Jupiter’s mass, after spotting it in VLT…
Watch: Astronaut Shows What A Workout In Space Looks Like
Astronaut Jessica Meir has given people a glimpse of what working out in space looks like by sharing…
Anabolic steroids linked to heart damage after decades of use
Anabolic steroids entered American gyms as a Cold War experiment and never left. Nearly 70 years later, cardiologists…
International Space Station Shares Details Of New Plants Sprouting In Space
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) achieved a major milestone recently. In an Instagram post, they revealed…
Hackaday Links: August 2, 2026
About a month ago, we brought you word that the commercial rescue mission designed by Katalyst Space to…
APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
Explanation: What’s happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating…
Ancient cephalopod fossil reveals earliest known buoyancy system
An octopus can hang motionless in mid-water, neither rising nor sinking. Researchers have now identified the earliest known…
Daughter of British couple killed in Spanish wildfire rejects claim they ignored order to leave | Spain
The bereaved daughter of a British couple who died in a Spanish wildfire is calling on the foreign…
SpaceX’s IPO is fueling a new wave of space startups and opening markets beyond Earth
SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO did more than turn Elon Musk’s rocket company into one of the world’s most valuable…
Artists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank Observatory | Astronomy
More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest…