APOD: 2026 August 6 – New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability
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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 univ...
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- On: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:05 +0000
NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory
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A first of its kind measurement of a magnetar may have captured empty space behaving in a way physicists have predicted for 90 years, but never directly observed. The results published Wednesday in Nature. Fast facts Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging...
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- On: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:49 +0000
Artemis III Orion Crew and Service Models Joined
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Technicians joined the Orion crew and service modules together on July 30, 2026, inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew module will carry and sustain NASA astronauts Randy Bresni...
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- On: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:27 +0000
NASA’s Perseverance Captures Phobos and Earth
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Description This composite of seven images from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Earth, visible as a small bright dot moving from upper left to lower right, passing behind the Martian moon Phobos on July 2, 2026, 1,907...
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- On: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:28 +0000
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Watches Earth Vanish Behind Martian Moon
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Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind the crescent of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons....
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- On: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000
Advanced Mini-laboratories Automate Space Station Research
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The International Space Station hosts hundreds of science experiments at a time. Some experiments can take hours to perform, and researchers need to account for astronauts’ limited time. Fully automated devices, like Redwire’s ADvanced Space Expe...
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- On: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000