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NASA

• New Next-Gen Dish Adds Muscle to NASA’s Deep Space Network
  August 25, 2026 by albarne1
  NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in California is marking the addition of a brand new 34-meter-wide (114-foot-wide) radio frequency antenna to the agency’s deep space communications and navigation system. The network uses giant dish antennas located at three global facilities to support more than 40 spacecraft exploring the solar system and interstellar space. The new […]
• NASA Invites Media to LunaRecycle Challenge Finale Event in Alabama
  August 25, 2026 by Lee Mohon
  NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its LunaRecycle Challenge on Friday, Aug. 28, at The University of Alabama (UA) Lee Styslinger College of Engineering in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Launched in 2024, the challenge incentivizes the invention of new recycling systems that could support non-metabolic waste management efforts for future lunar missions. Media […]
• NASA Ames’ Contributions to Roman’s Mission
  August 25, 2026 by Gianine Figliozzi
  Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, dark matter, planets outside our solar system, and the formation and growth of galaxies over cosmic time. Key contributions to Roman’s mission […]
• NASA Ames Experts Available for Roman Space Telescope Interviews 
  August 25, 2026 by Jeanne Neal
  NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Roman telescope will provide a wide, detailed view of the universe, helping scientists study dark energy, exoplanets, and cosmic structures. […]
• NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars
  August 25, 2026
  Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond our solar system and the stars they orbit. The mission will determine the atmospheric make-up of at least 20 exoplanets, including the presence of hazes, clouds, and water. “Pandora’s data […]

SpaceNews

• Propulsion is having a moment
  August 25, 2026
• Space Angel secures $1.75m WA Government backing to advance Western Australian spaceport plans
  August 25, 2026
• Tendeg Launches NewTEN Steerable Compact Antenna at SmallSat
  August 25, 2026
• Robotics and the future of on-orbit labor
  August 24, 2026
• Spirit Electronics Adds Texas Instruments and Microchip Technology Space Grade Components to Online Store Ahead of SmallSat 2026
  August 24, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Preserving glow-in-the-dark art and fashion for future generations
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images
  by John Timmer
• 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