Monthly Archives: August 2026
ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031

ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031 Jupiter hosts more than 100 moons, with most attention focused…

A vocabulary for the future: touch

A vocabulary for the future: touch A mesmerising blend of words and images make touch a doorway into the deepest…

NASA’s newest Roman space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

NASA’s newest Roman space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off…

Scientists melted a diamond and cracked a secret of ice giants

Scientists melted a diamond and cracked a secret of ice giants Some of the strangest weather in the solar system…

SpaceX recovers Starship from the Indian Ocean a month after launch and is shipping it back to Texas

SpaceX recovers Starship from the Indian Ocean a month after launch and is shipping it back to Texas SpaceX has…

Size is in the eye of the beholder

Size is in the eye of the beholder From Mars’ tiny Phobos to NASA’s mammoth Vehicle Assembly Building, apparent size…

Discovery reveals rapid pathways to complex aromatic molecules in space

Discovery reveals rapid pathways to complex aromatic molecules in space A team of researchers led by the University of Hawaiʻi…

NASA Johnson pilots chase moon’s shadow for eclipse science

NASA Johnson pilots chase moon’s shadow for eclipse science During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed…

The crisis in cosmology continues: Critical problems in a recent defense of cosmic acceleration

The crisis in cosmology continues: Critical problems in a recent defense of cosmic acceleration Doubts about the standard model of…

AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights

AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights For Ari, a six-year-old boy with learning difficulties…

JWST reveals a race against time for forming planets

JWST reveals a race against time for forming planets Planets form from disks of gas and dust around young stars,…

A ‘Time Variable’ Feature on Pluto?

A ‘Time Variable’ Feature on Pluto? With New Horizons now 63 AU out, it’s time to ponder that record hibernation…

NASA starshade would enable astronomers to directly image rocky exoworlds

NASA starshade would enable astronomers to directly image rocky exoworlds A NASA-led team hopes to take a shortcut to direct…

JWST peeks at Callisto’s ancient scars

JWST peeks at Callisto’s ancient scars Of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Callisto is the one that gets the least attention….

Mars Curiosity rover discovers massive field of polygons

Mars Curiosity rover discovers massive field of polygons The surface of Mars is home to some of the most breathtaking…

Stellar eruptions in the laboratory: First experimental evidence for their suppression in strong magnetic fields

Stellar eruptions in the laboratory: First experimental evidence for their suppression in strong magnetic fields An international team of astrophysicists…

Cosmic neighborhood watch

Cosmic neighborhood watch Observing our celestial neighbor (and something much farther away). Go to Source Author: The latest stories from…

The fog of hunger

The fog of hunger From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price…

Pioneering the growth of space settlements

Pioneering the growth of space settlements Conceptual illustration of Station 520, a 320 meter diameter rotating orbital space settlement constructed…

Japan to launch probe for Mars moons in October: Space agency

Japan to launch probe for Mars moons in October: Space agency Japan’s ambitious mission to collect and bring back samples…

Japan to launch probe for Mars moons in October: Space agency

Japan to launch probe for Mars moons in October: Space agency Japan’s ambitious mission to collect and bring back samples…

Racing to build a radio telescope on the moon

Racing to build a radio telescope on the moon Remember the “Wow!” signal? That high-energy radio signature occurred in 1977,…

Youth advocates gather in New York to launch new AI standards

Youth advocates gather in New York to launch new AI standards As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms everything from how…

Mars attacks: How much dust from the red planet is safe to breathe?

Mars attacks: How much dust from the red planet is safe to breathe? NASA has released a report recommending an…

Large reliability gains from small handling habits: A lubricant storage guide

Large reliability gains from small handling habits: A lubricant storage guide With tightening profit margins in the aviation industry, robust…

Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way’s early years

Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way’s early years Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size…

Radio telescopes help scientists map molecules in space and uncover where and how stars form

Radio telescopes help scientists map molecules in space and uncover where and how stars form You may have heard the…

Exploring the moon will require rovers that can think for themselves

Exploring the moon will require rovers that can think for themselves NASA is planning to send three small rovers to…

‘Starwashing’: How space companies use the greenwashing playbook while causing environmental damage

‘Starwashing’: How space companies use the greenwashing playbook while causing environmental damage From launchpads to low Earth orbit and beyond,…

Total solar eclipse edition

Total solar eclipse edition Europe’s stunning eclipse, plus a political victory for science. Go to Source Author: The latest stories…

The Limits of Understanding Between Species, and the Issue for Interstellar Communication

The Limits of Understanding Between Species, and the Issue for Interstellar Communication We’ve yet to find any evidence of intelligent…

The neverending house

The neverending house The self-built homes of Santiago are precarious and ever changing. They are, always and at once, being…

Synchronized star pairs unleash radio bursts via a Jupiter-Io-like mechanism

Synchronized star pairs unleash radio bursts via a Jupiter-Io-like mechanism Researchers have helped unravel the mystery of why certain pairs…

Space travel doesn’t affect the strength of heart muscle cells, study finds

Space travel doesn’t affect the strength of heart muscle cells, study finds It’s common to see images of astronauts on…

Space travel doesn’t affect the strength of heart muscle cells, study finds

Space travel doesn’t affect the strength of heart muscle cells, study finds It’s common to see images of astronauts on…

UN calls for urgent action to protect children from online information risks

UN calls for urgent action to protect children from online information risks More than eight in 10 young people aged…

The ESCAPE mission will study the evolution of exoplanet atmospheres

The ESCAPE mission will study the evolution of exoplanet atmospheres The habitable zone concept is useful for understanding which worlds…

Rocket debris crashed into the moon—why this could threaten future lunar bases

Rocket debris crashed into the moon—why this could threaten future lunar bases In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Aug….

How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle

How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle The Perseid summer light show…

Reduced gravity pushes people toward simpler movement patterns, experiments suggest

Reduced gravity pushes people toward simpler movement patterns, experiments suggest From reaching for a cup of coffee to tying your…

Galactic spins carry fingerprints of the primordial universe

Galactic spins carry fingerprints of the primordial universe The origin of spin in spiral and elliptical galaxies has posed a…

Shakeups and smash-ups

Shakeups and smash-ups While a SpaceX rocket smashes into the Moon and a rescue mission runs into trouble, a new…

Sasquatch science

Sasquatch science The hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often…

Charting the galaxy: Milky Way Mapper survey releases latest all-sky spectra

Charting the galaxy: Milky Way Mapper survey releases latest all-sky spectra The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V) has announced…

We might soon have the technology to reach other star systems

We might soon have the technology to reach other star systems The recent confirmation of an atmosphere around a rocky…

The Ones Who Look Outward

The Ones Who Look Outward Thinking about a great filter through which a civilization must pass before its survival is…

Moon or Planet? The Awkward Case of CD-35 2722B

Moon or Planet? The Awkward Case of CD-35 2722B Problems of definition will long be with us as we take…

Diffuse inter-filament gas is likely a key fuel source for massive star formation

Diffuse inter-filament gas is likely a key fuel source for massive star formation Researchers from Kyushu University have discovered that…

UN chief hails Syria’s ‘moment of possibility’ on first visit since fall of Assad regime

UN chief hails Syria’s ‘moment of possibility’ on first visit since fall of Assad regime Syria has an opportunity not…

NASA’s PUNCH sharpens solar storm forecasting in first test

NASA’s PUNCH sharpens solar storm forecasting in first test Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona…

Rubin Observatory opens a deep window on a famous cosmic field

Rubin Observatory opens a deep window on a famous cosmic field A new Vera C. Rubin Observatory image featuring hundreds…

Webb reveals warped structure in nearby TW Hydrae’s protoplanetary disk

Webb reveals warped structure in nearby TW Hydrae’s protoplanetary disk Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers obtained high-contrast…

Solar wind stirs Mars’ upper atmosphere, boosting ion loss to space

Solar wind stirs Mars’ upper atmosphere, boosting ion loss to space Our sun constantly releases a stream of high-speed charged…

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