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An open-source interactive map designed to help users explore the total solar eclipse on Aug 12, providing visualization of the eclipse path and related data.
A new visible-light photograph of the Sun has captured tiny plasma vortices for the first time, confirming a long-predicted solar phenomenon.
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute's Danuri orbiter captured the first images of the crater left on the Moon by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage impact, confirming the collision and providing visual evidence of the event.
An account of how scientists modified a Concorde 001 prototype to chase a total solar eclipse and study the solar corona from the stratosphere, with experiments from multiple international research groups.
Apple's App Review Board wrongly rejected an astronomy app, Dark Hours, on grounds that it was astrology, and upheld the rejection despite clear evidence to the contrary, highlighting flaws in the App Store review process.
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey announces Data Release 20, featuring the Black Hole Mapper's first southern hemisphere optical observations and coordinated eROSITA X-ray identification, mapping over half a million supermassive black holes across the sky.
Using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, researchers captured the first clear images of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities on the Sun's surface, revealing that these plasma vortexes are ubiquitous and could reshape our understanding of heat and energy movement in the solar atmosphere.
An August 2026 astronomical calendar highlights a Perseid meteor shower, a total solar eclipse over Spain/Portugal/Iceland/Greenland, a six-planet alignment, and a partial lunar eclipse, offering multiple skywatching opportunities.
AstraPixels is a pixel-art solar system visualization showing real current positions of planets.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket upper stage crashed into the Moon as predicted, but no observatory captured direct images of the impact. Indirect evidence from the Very Large Telescope suggests the collision occurred as expected.
NASA will stream a live broadcast of the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 starting at 1:15pm ET, with safe viewing tips and science commentary.
The NSF Inouye Solar Telescope has enabled a major discovery about a hidden solar process, marking a significant advancement in solar physics.
The Rubin Observatory released its first LSST Camera dataset, capturing 500,000 galaxies in the COSMOS field, marking a significant milestone for astronomical surveys.
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered evidence of an ancient cataclysmic event that altered Neptune's moons.
SatIdentifier is an open-source tool that identifies which satellites crossed your telescope field of view, matching observed trails against orbital catalogues and rendering predicted paths on a star chart.
The James Webb Space Telescope is revealing unexpected mysteries about the early universe, including perplexing 'little red dots' and ancient black holes that challenge existing astrophysical theories, with new hypotheses emerging to explain them.
A guide to the two eclipses occurring in August 2026: a total solar eclipse on August 12 visible in the northern hemisphere and a partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28 best viewed across the Americas.
An international research team has reported the first evidence of a moonlike body outside our solar system, orbiting the brown dwarf CD-35 2722 B about 73 light-years away, with findings published in Nature.
NASA highlights August's celestial events, including lunar and solar eclipses, the Perseid meteor shower, and Venus at its brightest, with guidance on viewing them.
NASA's Roman space telescope is set to launch on August 30, joining Hubble and Webb to help answer cosmic mysteries with its wide-field view.