APOD: 2026 August 20 – The Elephant’s Trunk in Cepheus
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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 20 – The… 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 uni...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:05 +0000
Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula
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This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and billowing winds sculpt dust clouds into inventive shapes. This scene is from the Carina Nebula, which lie...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:37 +0000
Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
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Something's wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists have found a good explanation for it. A recent study of new Horizons images taken during the 2015 flyby revealed evidence that liqui...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:12 +0000
Mission to save Swift spacecraft fails, will crash back to Earth
Reported by Space | EarthSky
NASA said on August 19, 2026, the mission to save the Swift spacecraft will not work after attitude control issues. Swift will crash back to Earth this year.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:00 +0000
NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge
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The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, Flight Opportunities program, and Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation. The...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:57 +0000
The Fastest Star in the Milky Way Will Test Relativity
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Astronomers have discovered another S star, the population of stars that orbits the Milky Way's SMBH. This one is the fastest of them all, and also comes closest to the SMBH. It will let astronomers test relativity, especially the Lense-Thirring effect....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:30 +0000