Here’s what to expect from 5 stages of the total solar eclipse 2026
We’re just a few short days away from the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse, when millions will watch…
Want to see a solar eclipse and a meteor shower in one day? US astronomer reveals all you should know to enjoy the stargazing event of the year
August will bring two opportunities to look skyward as a solar eclipse and the annual Perseid meteor shower…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015 and kept going, and in January 2019 it photographed a small icy world called Arrokoth four billion miles from the Sun, the most distant object ever visited, shaped like two snowballs gently stuck together since the solar system’s birth
At 5:33 UTC on 1 January 2019, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft passed roughly 3,500 kilometres from a small…
Supermassive black hole found ‘wandering’ at the edge of a galaxy
Astronomers hunt black holes at the center of a galaxy, not its edge, because that is where the…
Uranus rotates almost completely on its side, tipped by 97.77 degrees, most likely by a giant impact billions of years ago — but its tilted moons keep the case from being closed
Uranus is usually described as the planet that was knocked over. Its spin axis is tilted by 97.77…
Voyager 2 may have caught Uranus on a freak day — a 2024 reanalysis suggests the 1986 flyby that shaped four decades of understanding arrived during a compressed state estimated to occur only about 4% of the time
In January 1986, Voyager 2 swept past Uranus and gathered the only close-up measurements humanity has ever taken…
From Idaho to Mars: NASA chief celebrates INL’s role in the new space race
IDAHO FALLS — The administrator for NASA visited Idaho National Laboratory on Friday to celebrate the nuclear age…
SpaceX West Coast launch surge continues with Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-38 mission on…
Northrop Grumman, Canadian Space Agency repurpose their Gateway projects
WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency said this week they will adapt what they had…
What SpaceX’s Louisiana spaceport means for Vermilion Parish | Business News
As Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration finalizes a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a spaceport in coastal…
Meteorite that smashed through a New Jersey roof reveals clues to life’s origins
A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a…
Possible Montgomery, Illinois meteor explosion reported; American Meteor Society to make determination
ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Saturday, August 8, 2026 12:44PM ABC7 received calls from several viewers about a possible…