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Space A Chinese private rocket company just landed its booster for the first time ever — a huge milestone that brings reusable rockets to more countries.
Space For the first time ever, scientists have found three supermassive black holes inside a single galaxy, 12.5 billion light-years away from Earth!
Space NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches August 30 — and it can photograph 100 times more sky than Hubble in a single shot. The countdown is on!
Space A telescope made from camera lenses caught something incredible: the remains of a dying star breaking apart and slowly becoming the building blocks of new planets.
Space NASA and ESA astronauts step outside the space station today to fix an antenna — and one of them could make French history in the process!
Space A giant rope of solar material left the Sun on August 14 and is arriving at Earth today, August 17, 2026. It could trigger beautiful auroras tonight!
Space French astronaut Sophie Adenot will become the first French woman to walk in space on August 18, 2026, during NASA's Spacewalk 97 on the ISS.
Space A chunk of material shot from the Sun on August 14 is heading toward Earth and could produce northern lights displays on Monday, August 17, 2026.
Space SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets from opposite US coasts just 38 minutes apart on Aug. 15, smashing its own world record for fastest back-to-back launches.
Space Six planets are lined up across the pre-dawn sky this week! Jupiter and Mercury appear side by side today, August 15. Here's how to see the planet parade.
Space The James Webb Space Telescope found a wild new object in space called a 'black hole star.' It looks like a star but acts like a black hole. Here's what we know!
Space Venus is shining at its brightest in the evening sky this weekend! Here's why tonight is the best night to spot it — no telescope needed.
Space The Perseid meteor shower peaked overnight Aug 12–13 under perfectly dark skies. Here's what skywatchers saw and how you can still catch the show!
Space Today's total solar eclipse over Europe isn't just a show — NASA is flying a jet and launching 86 balloons to study the Sun's mysterious outer layer.
Space Scientists studying old Cassini spacecraft data discovered that Saturn's magnetic shield is lopsided — and its speedy spin plus moon Enceladus are to blame!
Space Chinese rocket company Landspace is attempting to launch and land its Zhuque-3 rocket today — a huge step for reusable space technology.
Space NASA engineers pulled off a risky 'Big Bang' power-saving trick on Voyager 2 to keep it alive in deep space. Now they're getting ready to do it on Voyager 1!
Space NASA and Northrop Grumman are turning old space station parts into test missions that will help build humanity's first Moon Base. Here's how it works!
Space NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon spent 6.5 hours in space installing hardware for a powerful new solar array on the ISS.
Space NASA's Curiosity rover found the biggest field of honeycomb-shaped cracks ever seen on Mars. Scientists think ancient water may have created the pattern.
Space In just four days, on August 12, a total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, and Spain — the first over Europe since 1999!
Space NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon spent 6.5 hours outside the ISS on Aug. 6 installing hardware for brand-new solar panels.
Space South Korea's Danuri moon orbiter photographed the fresh crater left when a SpaceX rocket piece crashed into the Moon on August 5, 2026.
Space Astronomers found a supermassive black hole roaming 30,000 light-years from its galaxy's center — revealed when it shredded a passing star.
Space NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir walked in space today outside the ISS — a historic first for Dr. Menon and a big upgrade for the space station.
Space A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashes into the Moon today at 5,400 mph — and scientists around the world are watching to learn from the impact.
Space Scientists discovered that giant invisible waves are sweeping Mars' atmosphere into space — and it explains why the Red Planet became a desert.
Space Mark your calendar! On August 12, Europe gets its first total solar eclipse since 1999, AND the Perseid meteor shower peaks — two amazing sky events in one day!
Space A scientist re-examined data from NASA's old Spirit rover and found hidden clues that water once covered large parts of Mars — a discovery 20 years in the making!
Space On August 27-28, 2026, a deep partial lunar eclipse will turn 96% of the Moon reddish-orange. It's the best lunar eclipse until New Year's Eve 2028!
Space NASA has announced three spacewalks at the ISS in August 2026 to upgrade solar arrays, replace an antenna, and connect power cables on the station.
Space NASA's Roman Space Telescope is fueled up and launching August 30! It will see 100 times more sky than Hubble and could spot a billion galaxies.
Space NASA's Psyche spacecraft used Mars's gravity like a slingshot to speed toward a rare metal-rich asteroid it will reach in 2029. See the amazing timelapse!
Space NASA just fueled the Roman Space Telescope! It launches August 30 and will photograph 100x more sky than Hubble in a single shot.
Space NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan today after spending 241 days aboard the International Space Station.
Space Scientists at ETH Zurich found that Venus may still be geologically active, with giant rift valleys that could still be slowly growing and shifting today.
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket nailed its 13th test flight, dropping 20 real Starlink V3 satellites into space and safely splashing down both stages.
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found a hidden giant planet in the famous Beta Pictoris star system by sniffing out its atmosphere — not by seeing it!
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is set to launch today, July 24, and this time it carries real Starlink V3 satellites into space for the very first time.
Space NASA's Webb Space Telescope found a hidden giant planet in a famous star system — not by seeing it, but by detecting the gases in its atmosphere. Here's how!
Space NASA scientists discovered that a space rock called 1998 SH2, thought to be an asteroid for nearly 30 years, is actually a comet hiding in disguise!
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is set to launch its 13th test flight tonight, carrying brand-new V3 Starlink satellites for the very first time.
Space A huge new sunspot called AR4493 popped up on the Sun and is firing powerful solar flares. Northern lights may appear in parts of the world tonight!
Space Northrop Grumman's robotic spacecraft MRV launches today to repair and refuel satellites in space — a world first for commercial robotic servicing.
Space For the first time ever, scientists found an atmosphere around a rocky, Earth-like planet in another star's habitable zone — a huge step in the search for alien life.
Space Today marks 57 years since Apollo 11 landed on the Moon! And tonight, the world's biggest rocket — SpaceX's Starship — is set for its 13th test flight.
Space For the first time ever, scientists detected an atmosphere around a rocky, Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of another star — a giant step in the search for life!
Space India's Vikram-1 rocket blasted off today and reached orbit — making history as the country's first privately built orbital rocket ever to fly!
Space Scientists have found the first-ever landslides on Pluto! Hidden in old New Horizons photos, six giant ice avalanches have reshaped the dwarf planet's surface.
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket almost lifted off on July 16, but four engines failed to ignite at the last second. Engineers are already fixing it!
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket blasts off TODAY on Flight 13, carrying the first-ever working Starlink V3 internet satellites into space!
Space SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is set to launch on July 16 — and this time, it will deploy satellites into space for the very first time!
Space NASA astronaut Anil Menon launched to the International Space Station today aboard Russia's Soyuz rocket. Learn about his amazing journey to space!
Space The Perseid meteor shower officially starts tonight, July 14, 2026 — and a dark new moon makes this a perfect night to spot your first shooting star of the season!
Space NASA astronaut Anil Menon launches to the International Space Station on July 14 aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for his very first spaceflight. Here's his story!
Space Europe's Euclid space telescope found 31 ancient quasars — two of which are the oldest ever seen, shining when the universe was only 5% of its current age.
Space China made space history on July 10, 2026, catching the booster of its Long March 10B rocket after it launched a satellite to orbit — a first for China!
Space NASA's Perseverance rover found the most complex organic molecules ever discovered on Mars inside ancient mudstones — a clue that life's ingredients were once widespread!
Space SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster just flew for a record-breaking 36th time — and it landed perfectly on a ship in the ocean. Here's why that's amazing!
Space NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just woke up after sleeping for 321 days — almost a full year — nearly 6 billion miles from Earth beyond Pluto!
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turned 4 this July! It celebrated with the most detailed photo ever taken of Centaurus A, a galaxy shaped by a 2-billion-year-old crash.
Space SpaceX launched a tiny nuclear-powered satellite on July 7, 2026 — a first for commercial space travel. Here's how it works and why it matters.
Space China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft just arrived at a tiny asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa that follows Earth like a shadow. Scientists wonder: is it a piece of the Moon?
Space Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft zooms past asteroid Torifune today in one of the closest asteroid flybys ever attempted, traveling at 12,000 mph.
Space NASA's Hubble telescope photographed LH 95, a glowing stellar nursery holding 2,500 baby stars still being born in a nearby dwarf galaxy.
Space On July 4, 2026, Mars and Uranus appeared incredibly close together in the pre-dawn sky — one of the best chances to spot Uranus in decades!
Space NASA's LINK spacecraft launched July 3 to rescue the Swift Observatory from falling back to Earth. Here's the incredible rescue story for kids!
Space NASA released four stunning space images in red, white, and blue to celebrate America's 250th birthday — and you can even hear the universe sing!
Space The sun shot powerful solar flares toward Earth this week. NOAA says Northern Lights could glow across 26 U.S. states the night of July 3–4, 2026!
Space Saturn's iconic rings nearly vanished last year, but they're slowly tilting back into view! NASA says July 2026 is a great time to spot the ringed planet in the sky.
Space Scientists discovered a rocky super-Earth just 25 light-years away orbiting in its star's habitable zone — could it hold liquid water? Here's what we know!
Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just released a dazzling new photo of baby stars shooting out colorful jets of gas — just in time for the 4th of July!
Space Astronomers discovered two giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy! Meet the super-puff planets TOI-791 b and c, found 1,110 light-years away.
Space NASA is sending a robot spacecraft with three arms to catch a falling space telescope and push it back to safety. Learn how this space rescue works!