Space.com
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- Did Venus eat its own moon?by Robert Lea on 8th September 2026 at 9:00 pm
Scientists may finally know why Venus, Earth's twin, lacks a moon, finding that the hottest planet in the solar system may have consumed its own natural satellite.
- Stoke Space raises $1 billion for fully reusable rockets, targets 'early 2027' for 1st-ever launchby jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) on 8th September 2026 at 7:23 pm
Stoke Space announced a $1 billion round of funding to support development of its fully reusable Nova rockets, including the newly revealed Nova Block 2, which will be capable of delivering 15-ton payloads to low Earth orbit.
- 'Star Trek' imagined strange new worlds 60 years ago, but are real exoplanets even stranger?by Alix Freckelton on 8th September 2026 at 7:00 pm
"To explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before!"
- Astrophotographer captures jaw-dropping view of the Crescent Nebulaby Anthony Wood on 8th September 2026 at 6:00 pm
Astrophotographer Kevin Boardman spent more than 16 hours capturing the intricate filaments of the Crescent Nebula.
- On this day in space! Sept. 8, 2004: NASA's Genesis spacecraft crashed in the Utah desert, shattering its samples of solar wind particles from the sunby Hanneke Weitering on 8th September 2026 at 5:17 pm
On Sept. 8, 2004, NASA's Genesis spacecraft crash-landed in Utah after its parachutes failed to deploy. Here's why it mattered.
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- From the Corps to the Cosmos, featuring Jaden Caradineby Sondra Woodward on 8th September 2026 at 8:29 pm
Jaden Caradine knew he wanted to be an engineer at eight years old. He just took a winding road to get there. Before he enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, before he discovered the field that would become his focus, and before he landed a Pathways internship at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, Caradine
- NASA Calls for Proposals to Accelerate Lunar Surface Technologies by Lauren E. Low on 8th September 2026 at 8:16 pm
NASA is seeking proposals to advance the technology and infrastructure needed to explore the Moon and establish a Moon Base in the lunar South Pole region. Announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8, the solicitation targets capability gaps, including power generation, oxygen extraction, and producing materials on the Moon required for construction and operations. These technologies are
- Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloudby HQ Web Team on 8th September 2026 at 4:49 pm
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across. The glittering stars at the
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- Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloudon 8th September 2026 at 4:49 pm
N44 is a complex nebula filled with glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, massive stars, and many populations of stars of different ages. One of its most distinctive features, however, is the dark, starry gap called a “superbubble,” visible in this Hubble Space Telescope image in the upper central region.
Space Station News
- NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Dockingby Jessica Taveau on 3rd September 2026 at 5:06 pm
Editor’s Note: NASA will provide updated coverage times after Roscosmos releases the launch date and details. NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 96 resupply spacecraft is
- NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Plannedby Jennifer M. Dooren on 26th August 2026 at 2:16 pm
NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational aid and complete several maintenance tasks in support of space station operations. Watch live coverage beginning at 7 a.m. EDT. The spacewalk is expected to start at approximately 8:30 a.m. and last about
- Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on Spacewalkby HQ Web Team on 25th August 2026 at 2:57 pm
From left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the spacesuit with a red stripe on the legs) and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) work together during a six‑hour and 23‑minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Aug. 18, 2026. The pair will finish installing a high-speed
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