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…
NASA has demonstrated a satellite that can determine its own orbit without GPS by photographing other spacecraft and debris, matching them against a catalogue of 20,000 objects, and using them as moving landmarks—a first-of-its-kind system that could eventually help spacecraft navigate near the Moon and Mars.
NASA says a spacecraft in its Starling CubeSat swarm has determined its own orbit without GPS by observing…
Nancy Grace Roman Telescope live updates: Roman and Falcon Heavy delivered to launch pad
2026-08-29T12:47:32.093Z Roman and Falcon Heavy standing on the launch pad A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket stands at lc-39a…
How did the solar system form? Ancient meteorite reveals a key magnetic force alongside gravity
How did the solar system form? Ancient meteorite reveals a key magnetic force alongside gravity – Futura-Sciences August…
SpaceX test-fires Starship Super Heavy booster ahead of critical Flight 14
SpaceX just took another step toward the highly anticipated next test flight of its Starship megarocket. The company…
On this day in space! Aug. 29, 1965: NASA’s Gemini 5 breaks spaceflight duration record after 2 astronauts spent ‘8 days in a garbage can’
On Aug. 29, 1965, two NASA astronauts returned from their record-breaking Gemini 5 mission. Astronauts Gordon Cooper and…
In 1965, two radio engineers at Bell Labs spent months scraping pigeon droppings out of a giant horn antenna trying to eliminate a faint background hiss they couldn’t explain, only to discover the noise was the leftover heat of the Big Bang itself, arriving from every direction at once
A twenty foot horn antenna built to bounce satellite signals across an ocean, and two grown men standing…
NASA once sent chicken eggs to space with funding from KFC
The 1980s had no shortage of strange ideas, but this one might take the cake… or the chicken.…