Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 1 week to go

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Get notified of updates One week until the total solar eclipse 2026: The countdown has begun… are you ready? The countdown has begun! The total solar eclipse 2026 will occur on Aug. 12. (Image credit: Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) In just one week, millions of people across Greenland, Iceland and Spain will witness one of nature’s greatest spectacles as the moon completely covers the sun. Our team will be following the eclipse from two incredible locations, aboard an expedition ship in East Greenland with HX…

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1 week to go until a dramatic total solar eclipse darkens the skies over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

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Get ready stargazers! We’re just one week away from the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, when millions of stargazers will be treated to a spectacular display as the lunar disk passes in front of the sun, blocking its light. Roughly 15.2 million people spread across Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, Russia and Spain will be in the path of totality during the total solar eclipse 2026, where the moon will completely hide the sun’s disk starting at 12:58 p.m. EDT (1658 GMT), according to Time and Date. A further 980 million…

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NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact

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The Moon’s rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features are highlighted by the terminator – the difference between light and darkness. NASA Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell craters. The impact poses no danger to Earth and NASA scientists are planning to collect lunar data from the event and refine techniques for tracking objects in space.  On Jan. 15, 2025, SpaceX launched…

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NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test

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Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept test. The results, presented Tuesday at the Committee on Space Research Scientific Meeting and under review at the journal Space Weather, could revolutionize the way Earth-impacting storms are forecasted. “We thought PUNCH would be good at this, but it’s a stunning result,” said Craig DeForest, principal investigator for PUNCH at Southwest Research Institute’s Solar System Science and…

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Ames Science Stars of the Month – August 2026

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The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Danielle Lopez, Jennifer Claudio, and Duncan Mifsud. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Space Biosciences Star of the Month: Danielle Lopez Danielle Lopez is the Deputy Project Manager for the Open Science Data Repository with Amentum in the Space Biosciences Division. She is recognized for her management efforts that have been critical to the success of Open Science at NASA…

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CNN dives into how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are backing NASA’s race to the moon against China (exclusive clip)

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The great technological leaps in American history have often featured influential industrialists who step forward as vanguards, leading the way to a better tomorrow while emerging as major players in extreme endeavors. Spaceflight is no exception. A new CNN documentary titled “Eclipsing Power: Musk, Bezos, and the New Space Race” shines a light on how a pair of visionary billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, have been shaping and steering our country’s space program and the bright future of private space enterprise. Premiering on Sunday (Aug. 9) at 8 p.m.…

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A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon this week. Why is it on a collision course?

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This rocket wasn’t supposed to die so dramatically. On Wednesday (Aug. 5) at about 2:35 a.m. EDT (0635 GMT), the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon, blasting out a crater about 89 feet (27 meters) wide. The rocket body has been loitering lazily high above Earth for more than 18 months. What jolted it out of its unremarkable senescence and put it on a kamikaze course for the moon? It didn’t take much, as the rocket regularly crossed into the moon’s neck of…

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Jack in for a cyberpunk jolt with this energized first trailer for Apple TV’s ‘Neuromancer’

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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV – YouTube Watch On Cyberpunk is back in a big way, baby! This summer, we’ve gotten two big doses of dystopian sci-fi: first with the recent San Diego Comic-Con trailer launch for Prime Video’s upcoming “Blade Runner 2099” and now Apple TV’s prestige series based on sci-fi guru William Gibson‘s 1984 cult novel, “Neuromancer.” The futuristic plotline centers around a burned-out computer hacker living in the overcrowded dystopian underworld of Japan’s Chiba City who takes on a dangerous cyberspace gig that just might…

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