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NASA

• Perseverance Captures Another Phobos Transit
  August 24, 2026
  Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it crossed in front of the Sun on Aug. 12, 2026, the 1,948th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.  The animation has been tinted to simulate what a human would see if […]
• Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth
  August 24, 2026
  At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped create Earth’s unique climate and driven previously unexplained climatic shifts.   In new research, scientists at NASA’s SHIELD (Solar Wind with Hydrogen Ion charge Exchange and Large-Scale Dynamics) center — one of […]
• NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman at Freedom 250 Grand Prix
  August 24, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman is seen in the two-seat IndyCar as he prepares for driver Conor Daly to take him on a lap ahead of the start of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
• MAIA Air Sensor at Work in Addis Ababa
  August 24, 2026
  Description This roof-mounted air sensor in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is one of 10 used by NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) to study the city’s air quality. MAIA’s air sensors provide a detailed look at particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter, also known as PM2.5, one of the world’s deadliest forms […]
• Mapping Air Pollution With MAIA Sensors in Addis Ababa
  August 24, 2026
  Description This map of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, shows the locations of 10 air sensors that NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) mission is using to provide one of the most detailed looks ever at the city’s air pollution. Over the course of three years, these sensors measured particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less […]

SpaceNews

• Aerospace demonstrates DiskSats in low-Earth orbit
  August 24, 2026
• Spirit Electronics Adds Texas Instruments and Microchip Technology Space Grade Components to Online Store Ahead of SmallSat 2026
  August 24, 2026
• The Fuel for the Next Generation of Cislunar Exploration? Technology and Talent.
  August 24, 2026
• Tory Bruno Named Honorary Chair Of World Space Week 2027
  August 24, 2026
• New Novaspace forecast: 6,500+ EO satellites to launch by 2035
  August 21, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.
  by Martha Muir, Financial Times
• Volcanoes that made history
  by Alexandra Witze, Knowable Magazine
• Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses
  by Jacek Krywko
• Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US
  by Mariah Meek and Travis Belote, The Conversation