The 2027 total solar eclipse will plunge these 10 ancient Egyptian temples and monuments into darkness.

The total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027, has an ancient feel. It will certainly be a celestial event for the ages — at 6 minutes 23 seconds, it will feature the longest totality on land of the 21st century and the longest anywhere until 2114. However, its point of greatest …

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NASA Welcomes Croatia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory.

The Republic of Croatia became the 74th signatory to the Artemis Accords on Wednesday during a ceremony in the capital city of Zagreb with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “It is my privilege to welcome the Republic of Croatia as the latest signatory of t…

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NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class.

NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics), is advancing to the next phase of development. This space telescope is the first in a new class of NASA astrophysics missions, calle…

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NASA Welcomes San Marino Signing the Artemis Accords.

The Republic of San Marino became the 76th signatory to the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in the city of Rimini on Friday with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present.   “San Marino joins a growing coalition of like-minded nations committed to the peaceful, t…

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NASA’s Roman Team Confirms Ground Stations Receiving Data.

NASA has now confirmed all ground stations supporting the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope are ready to receive the mission’s high volume of data once science operations begin by early 2027. Observing the far reaches of the cosmos wouldn’t be possible without a net…

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NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner Development.

During a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28, NASA and Boeing leadership will discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live The briefing part…

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Eight US sailors assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln attempted suicide, Navy says.

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao has said that eight crew members who were assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during their lengthy deployment. The disclosure was made in a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York on Tuesday in re…

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The James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers become alien weather forecasters.

With a new analysis of James Webb Space Telescope observations, we're one step closer to interstellar weather forecasting — a baby step, at least. Before astronomers can issue weather forecasts for worlds beyond our solar system, they need to know what drives the atmosph…

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SpaceX rolls giant Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship's 1st orbital flight.

SpaceX is gearing up for the first orbital flight of its Starship megarocket, which is now just a week away. Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, was rolled out to the pad at SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas, the company revealed in an X po…

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Earth is getting a new map — but it's impossible to draw planets accurately.

A planetary body's surface is inherently three-dimensional — and not just because of its peaks and valleys but because it must wrap around the whole world. That's obvious but easy to forget, since Earth is large enough that we experience it as flat in our everyday li…

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NASA Welcomes Albania as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory.

The Republic of Albania signed the Artemis Accords Monday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, joining the coalition of like‑minded nations committed to the responsible and transparent exploration of space. “It is my privilege to welco…

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Galaxies housing the James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious 'Little Red Dots' might've revealed their secrets.

Since it began sending observations back to Earth in summer 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped scientists create a much clearer picture of the universe, but it has also delivered some frustrating mysteries. Among these is the puzzle of the "Little R…

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A NASA spacecraft just found a giant new crater on the moon.

A newly discovered crater on the moon is giving scientists a rare glimpse into the immediate aftermath of a lunar impact. Named McGetchin crater, the feature formed sometime between April 11 and May 22 in the year 2024 when an asteroid or comet fragment struck the moon. Meas…

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket-landing team gets 1st-ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize.

The winners of the first-ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize just got their hardware. Those awardees — the people who developed and mastered the famous landing capability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket — were announced in April. But they didn't actually receive the prize un…

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On this day in space! Sept. 18, 1977: NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft snaps stunning photo of Earth and the moon together from deep space.

On Sept. 18, 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took its first photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were captured in a single frame. At the time, Voyager 1 was 7.25 million miles (11.7 million kilometers) away from Earth. It launc…

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SpaceX pushes next Starship launch back to Sept. 28.

SpaceX has pushed the next launch of its Starship megarocket back by nearly a week. SpaceX had originally targeted Sept. 22 for the first orbital flight of Starship, the fully reusable megarocket that the company is developing to help humanity settle the moon, Mars and more. …

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Satellite sees Greenland's most significant floating ice loss in over a decade | Space photo of the day for Aug. 24, 2026.

The massive glaciers of Greenland are disappearing right before our very eyes in new satellite imagery. What is it? Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland connects the Greenland ice sheet to the Arctic ocean. Petermann's "ice tongue" has previously measured 43…

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Bad weather delays launch of China's historic Chang'e 7 mission to moon's south pole.

Poor weather has delayed the launch of China's latest moon mission. According to reports, the growth of Tropical Depression Narra in the Gulf of Tonkin has prompted China's space agency to delay the liftoff of Chang'e 7 significantly — possibly until 2027. "C…

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It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status.

In August of 2006, astronomers at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) democratically voted to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet — but 20 years later, with our greater knowledge and understanding of planetary systems, is it time to revisit the controversial decision?…

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China's Chang'e 7 moon probe will launch this weekend on the most ambitious lunar mission in history.

China's moon exploration program is readying an ambitious robotic mission, one composed of an orbiter, a lander, a rover, a hopper, and a wide range of international experiments including a U.S.-supported payload. In April of this year, Chang'e-7 hardware was transpo…

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