Astronomical events for August 2026: Meteor showers, eclipses and a Sturgeon Moon This month doubles up on eclipses, meteor showers and planetary elongations It’s time again to try…
Read more Meteor showers, eclipses and a Sturgeon Moon: What’s happening in the night sky in August 2026?CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — America’s most daring, extraordinary feat — landing astronauts on the moon — remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone anywhere. Ever. And the lunar…
Read more Far above the Earth, NASA’s Apollo lunar lander put astronauts on the moonPlanets, meteor shower, and a Buck Moon: Astronomical events for July 2026 Time for some summer stargazing Updated: 4:57 PM PDT Jul 10, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Time…
Read more Planets, meteor shower, and a Buck Moon: Astronomical events for July 2026CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst…
Read more Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that’s falling back to EarthAstronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy — super-puffs the size of Jupiter. The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110…
Read more Astronomers find biggest super-puff planets yet that are lighter than cotton candyThis is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Sunday is the solstice, marking the start of astronomical…
Read more Sunday to mark the longest day of the year for half the planetNEW YORK — The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask — or waddle — in its…
Read more A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will dazzle people and penguins in AntarcticaNEW YORK — A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together. The ordinary matter all…
Read more Mysterious dark matter may be better understood through a new map of far-off galaxiesCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into…
Read more Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic boomsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An astronaut in need of doctors’ care departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday in NASA’s first medical evacuation. The four…
Read more NASA sends 4 astronauts back to Earth in first medical evacuationNEW YORK — The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other. The Quadrantid meteor…
Read more The year’s first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skiesCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit…
Read more The moon and sun figure big in the new year’s lineup of cosmic wondersTwo NATO-nation intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the aim of…
Read more Starlink in the crosshairs: How Russia could attack Elon Musk’s conquering of spaceNEW YORK — The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing glowing streaks to nighttime and early morning skies. Compared to…
Read more Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before ChristmasYes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator,…
Read more Shortest day of the year descending on Northern Hemisphere: what to knowCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Saturn’s giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all. Titan instead may hold deep layers of ice and slush more…
Read more Saturn’s moon Titan may not have a buried ocean as long suspected, new study suggestsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the…
Read more Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to EarthThis combination of ultraviolet spectrum images provided by NASA shows atmospheric features of the planet Mars in July 2022, left, during the southern hemisphere’s summer season, and the…
Read more NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decadeCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The crackling…
Read more Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on MarsBEIJING — China launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China’s…
Read more China launches Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to assist in return of 3 astronauts
