Space.com
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- Astronomers discover a giant, rocky 'mega-Earth' 23 times more massive than our planet
on 19th August 2026 at 10:00 am"This isn't what we expected at all."
- Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight (video)
by mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) on 19th August 2026 at 1:29 amThe Beijing-based company LandSpace landed its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), notching a huge milestone for commercial Chinese spaceflight.
- Forget 'Halo' — the latest 'Futurama' episode has a ring world covered in super-intelligent rats (exclusive)
by stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) on 18th August 2026 at 8:00 pm"A ring-shaped world shaped like a ring! I shall call it Wheel World."
- NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed ISS antenna but run out of time for replacement
by robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman) on 18th August 2026 at 7:36 pmNASA astronaut Anil Menon and first female French spacewalker Sophie Adenot removed a failed antenna but ran out of time to install its replacement at the International Space Station, Aug. 18, 2026.
- Starship lives! SpaceX craft arrives at Christmas Island after 24-day ocean ordeal
by jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) on 18th August 2026 at 5:29 pmAfter Starship's test launch and splashdown last month, SpaceX recovery teams have successfully tugged the vehicle through a turbulent stretch of the Indian Ocean and arrived at calmer waters off the coast of Christmas Island.
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Astronomy Now
Below are some stories from Astronomy News from the Astronomy Now website
- Spying on a Split Comet
by AAS Nova on 18th August 2026 at 12:00 pmTraversing through the solar system, a comet split in two, and a recent study used six months of observations to investigate when and why. The post Spying on a Split Comet appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- California Teen Wins 2026 National Young Astronomer Awardby Anne Saker on 17th August 2026 at 12:00 pm
Elizabeth Zhang of Cupertino, California, has earned the Astronomical League's National Young Astronomer award for her study of circumbinary planets. The post California Teen Wins 2026 National Young Astronomer Award appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Night Sky News from Astronomy Now
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 14 – 23by Alan MacRobert on 14th August 2026 at 9:33 am
After eclipsing the Sun last Wednesday, the Moon returns to the evening sky as a crescent low in twilight. Watch it pass Venus, then Spica. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 14 – 23 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- Did You See the Solar Eclipse? Here’s What We Saw, from Around the Worldby The Editors of Sky & Telescope on 13th August 2026 at 1:03 pm
Sky & Telescope editors traveled the world, both literally and figuratively, to see the solar eclipse that darkened the world in the most magical way on August 12, 2026. Here are some of their stories. The post Did You See the Solar Eclipse? Here’s What We Saw, from Around the World appeared first on Sky & Telescope.