Are you ready for the eclipse? Whether you’re bound for the path of totality or set to see a partial eclipse from Europe, Canada or the northeast U.S. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, there’s a dirty word eclipse chasers hate to utter during an eclipse season, and yet become completely obsessed with — clouds. Related: Total solar eclipse 2026 — Everything you need to know We all start behaving as though Earth’s atmosphere owes us something. After spending years studying the climate and where it is most likely along a path…
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Explore This Section Science Science Activation Educators & Teens Get Hands-On… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation 4 min read Educators & Teens Get Hands-On With TEMPO Data to Help Investigate Local Air Quality An educator explores NASA’s TEMPO mission data using the CosmicDS TEMPO-Lab viewer during a hands-on immersion session at the BEST AQI Leadership Institute. Credit: Devika Elakara The NASA Science Activation Program’s Cosmic Storytelling with NASA Data (CosmicDS) project, led by Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, works to bring authentic NASA data into…
Read MoreRocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing satellite after 5-week delay (video, photos)
A Japanese Earth-observing satellite got to orbit early this morning (Aug. 6), five weeks later than originally planned. The spacecraft — a radar satellite that will be operated by the Tokyo-based company iQPS — lifted off atop a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle from New Zealand today at 5:18 a.m. EDT (0918 GMT; 9:18 p.m. local time). It was a deferred round two for the mission: Rocket Lab originally tried to launch it on June 30 but aborted that attempt at the last second. The company has not yet revealed what…
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2 Min Read NASA’s SkyFall Helicopters at Work (Artist’s Concept) PIA26760 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s SkyFall Helicopters… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NASA’s SkyFall Helicopters at Work (Artist’s Concept) JPEG (3.25 MB) Description This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s three SkyFall Mars helicopters collecting data while flying over the surface of the Red Planet. The green frequency waves emanating from the helicopters’ large antennas depict collection of subsurface radar data. The red beams depict collect near-infrared imagery data from regolith (crushed…
Read MoreAntenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission
1 Min Read Antenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission PIA26759 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Antenna Testing for NASA’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Antenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission JPEG (30.46 MB) Description SkyFall ground-penetrating radar engineer Maya Román connects a coaxial cable to a test antenna in the Environmental Test Lab’s electromagnetic interference testing chamber at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The antenna was pointed up during test to minimize reflections and interferences with the antenna pattern during the measurement.…
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Read MoreWhere will the total solar eclipse 2026 be visible from?
The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026 will sweep across parts of the Northern Hemisphere, offering millions of people a chance to witness one of nature’s most spectacular sights. The path of totality — in which the moon completely covers the sun — begins over the Arctic Ocean, before crossing eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain. It then passes over the Balearic Islands before ending over the Mediterranean Sea. Only skywatchers inside this relatively narrow path, just 182 miles (293 kilometers) wide, will experience totality, where day briefly…
Read MoreAPOD: 2026 August 6 – New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 6 – New… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability Explanation: What does the new sharpest image of our Sun show? Instability. To be clear, a certain kind of interactive process called the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI). This instability can create waves and swirls when…
Read MoreThe ‘Dark Matter’ season 2 trailer is here, and it looks like Apple TV has another sci-fi hit on its hands
Dark Matter — Season 2 Official Trailer | Apple TV – YouTube Watch On You might think you’re done with the multiverse, but the multiverse is not done with you, as Apple TV preps the next season of its mind-bending sci-fi series, “Dark Matter.” Adapted from New York Times bestselling novelist Blake Crouch’s 2016 novel of the same name, “Dark Matter” is another stellar series from the streaming platform that’s become the go-to destination for premium science fiction content with hit shows “Foundation,” “Silo,” “For All Mankind,” “Star City,” “Invasion,”…
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