Nancy Grace Roman Telescope live updates: SpaceX fueling Falcon Heavy rocket for Roman Space Telescope launch!
2026-08-30T10:56:34.822Z SpaceX now fueling 2nd stage of Falcon Heavy rocket for Roman launch (Image credit: NASA) Just minutes…
Hidden Deep Beneath Mars, Scientists Find Evidence of a Vast Magmatic System
Seismic evidence suggests Mars may have developed vast, long-lived magmatic systems that repeatedly reshaped its crust despite lacking…
How many neighbours did planet Earth lose? We may have lost planet 9 and trillions of comets from our Solar System
The Solar System didn’t always exist as we know it today. It’s about 4.5 billion years old and…
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai in their Space data center plans; says: Let’s take our data centers to …
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai in their Space data center plans NASA Administrator…
Images published in August 2026 from the Inouye Solar Telescope revealed plasma whirlpools on the Sun as small as 25 kilometres across—the first direct sighting in the photosphere of the same wave-curling instability seen in breaking ocean swells and Jupiter’s atmosphere, likely churning unseen across our star for billions of years.
The curls in the new solar image look like waves breaking against a shore. There is no water,…
Package of new laws help clear the way for SpaceX deal in Louisiana
LOUISIANA — A legislative package signed into law ahead of SpaceX’s $100 billion Starship launchpad announcement in Vermilion…
SpaceX tests 33 Super Heavy engines ahead of Flight 14
SpaceX conducted a static-fire test of all 33 engines of the Super Heavy booster at the Starbase site…
APOD: 2026 August 29 – Eclipse Pair
Explanation: Eclipses tend to come in pairs. Twice a year, during an eclipse season that lasts about 34…
Astronomers discover a water-rich exoplanet that will be swallowed by its star
The number of new exoplanets discovered continues to grow, particularly thanks to observations from various space telescopes. But…
Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshot | Artemis II
The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon in April received the US’s highest space honor on…
Webb reveals the chaotic aftermath of a galaxy merger
Webb peers into Arp 263, a nearby irregular galaxy still bearing the scars of a violent merger and…
Thousands of Interstellar Objects May Be Lurking in Our Solar System
Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that went interstellar, entombed the sky, hit…