TB 26-04 Updates and Modernization of NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) Code
For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium…
Chinese radio-frequency intelligence startup StarRF closes new funding round
HELSINKI — A Chinese startup building a constellation to detect and geolocate radio-frequency emissions from orbit has closed…
APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids
Explanation: Recorded the night of August 12-13, images from four dedicated meteor-monitoring cameras at an astronomical observatory in…
Three black holes appear to be feeding inside a single galaxy seen 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang, and the two nearest its centre are close enough to spiral together within roughly 700 million years — though the paper reporting them calls it evidence, not a confirmed triplet
In astronomy, a broad emission line in hydrogen with no matching broad line in the forbidden oxygen doublet…
SpaceX launches 100th orbital mission of 2026 – Spaceflight Now
A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force…
NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope
The Swift space observatory has been in operation since 2004. It specializes in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most…
Skylab completists, clear some shelf space for 26 DVDs
offbeat Decades of archive hunting recover downlinks, silent reels, and footage once thought lost The team behind the…
A black fungus that thrives in damp bathrooms and has been found aboard the ISS was the toughest organism in NASA’s new Moon-survival study — even outperforming a bacterium famous for being one of the most radiation-resistant lifeforms on Earth.
A bathroom mould is not going to spread across the Moon. There is no rain, no breathable air…
JWST finds early galaxies may be 4 times more massive than thought
Astronomers have found that some of the largest galaxies in the early universe contained many more small stars…
How will NASA’s astronaut training hub change with commercial space stations?
HOUSTON — What does NASA’s astronaut training hub look like these days, as the agency aims to bring…
Visible planets and night sky guide for August
Mercury soon to go behind sun This image is from the sun-observing SOHO spacecraft. It’s showing activity around the sun…
On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record
On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any…