The European Space Agency's image roundup for 10-14 August 2026 includes astronaut Sophie Adenot preparing for her first spacewalk, a Webb view of the Lion Nebula and a Proba-3 artificial solar eclipse.
Satellites tracked sharp rises in fire activity and smoke across the central and eastern Amazon from September 2026, with heavy smoke over Manaus on October 12 prompting school closures and event cancellations.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 16, 2026 features a timelapse by Eric Holland of a Falcon 9 and Dragon launch seen from Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.
ESA says its Proba-3 satellites captured the Moon crossing their field of view just hours before the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse swept across parts of Europe, while the pair kept up their own artificial eclipse.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers reports that dust and water can form and survive surprisingly close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.
NASA reported on Oct. 16, 2026, that five spacecraft were docked at the station following Dragon's arrival, while astronauts unloaded science supplies and prepared experiments and solar-array work.
A UK project funded under ESA's NAVISP programme has reached a milestone in modelling national dependence on position, navigation and timing services, letting planners test disruption scenarios before they occur.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope imaged the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, as part of a survey of satellite galaxies around Milky Way-like hosts.
ESA’s 19 August 2026 update described a pre-launch briefing and an Ariane 6 launch then planned for 27 August.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image showing numerous protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129, a stellar nursery about 3,300 light-years from Earth, the agency said in an image article published Oct. 20, 2026.
NASA’s Landsat 9 imaged Bieszczady National Park on October 8, 2026, showing beech forests turning red and gold and tan patches of subalpine polonina meadows.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman appointed Stephen Cash to lead the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19, the agency announced Oct. 16.
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