The Aug. 12 total solar eclipse is less than a week away! We know that eclipse planning can be daunting, so we’ve put together a list of great eclipse apps to help make things that little bit easier.
Over 15 million people across Spain, Greenland and Iceland will witness totality on Aug. 12, while almost a billion will bear witness to a partial eclipse, as the moon blocks a portion of the…
Where will the total solar eclipse 2026 be visible from?
August 7, 2026
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…
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Where will the eclipse be visible?
Find out where you can experience totality on Aug. 12, 2026. (Image credit: Created in Canva Pro)
Not everyone will experience totality on Aug. 12.
Some places will see the moon completely cover the sun…
Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)
August 6, 2026
Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual explosion that may bridge the gap between ordinary supernovas and more extreme, gamma-ray-burst-producing stellar explosions
The event began in March 2026, when China’s Einstein Probe spacecraft detected a brief X-ray flash from a galaxy about 500 million light-years away.
On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
The robotic spacecraft lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from what is now Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and spent the next five years…
Planting boots on Mars is hard enough. But getting “breathing room” on the Red Planet without inhaling toxic dust is yet another issue.
Given NASA’s plans to eventually put astronauts on the Red Planet, the agency assembled a Martian Dust Limit Working…
Are aliens running out of places to hide? It turns out we've searched much more of the galaxy than we realized
August 5, 2026
When people grow impatient at the lack of success in the search for alien life, researchers often point to how few of the Milky Way’s 100 billion stars or so have been searched so far. But it may be that the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has surveyed more stars than astronomers had realized.
Louisa Mason, a PhD student at the University of Manchester, had a recent epiphany…
When brand new entry-level telescopes start at a few hundred dollars, the idea of getting anything decent for pocket change sounds like a pipe dream. Yet the secondhand market often hides real bargains for those willing to hunt them down. Deals like this appear because…
With a total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, an annular solar eclipse on Feb 6, 2027 and another total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027, solar telescopes are about to be in hot demand. After all, why peer at the eclipsed sun when you can see it in close-up? However, the Sky-Watcher…
Is the Nocs Provisions Lite View spotting scope a good alternative to a traditional telescope?
August 4, 2026
Spotting scopes are typically used by birders and for hunting, but under a dark sky, the Nocs Provisions Lite View reveals a different personality. With a 56mm objective lens and a versatile 9x-27x zoom range, this compact spotting scope is surprisingly capable when turned toward not just the moon, but bright star clusters, too.
Key to its attraction is its small size, carry case and shoulder…
