Space

Tonight (Aug. 27-28), the full Sturgeon Moon will slip into Earth’s shadow, creating a stunning “almost blood moon” as up to 96.2% of the lunar surface disappears into the darkest part of our planet’s shadow, the umbra. At maximum eclipse, much of the moon may take on an eerie reddish hue as sunlight filtered through Earth’s atmosphere is refracted into the shadow…

2026-08-26T18:09:48.905Z SpaceX shows off Roman’s Falcon Heavy rocket ride The three first-stage boosters of the Falcon Heavy rocket that will launch NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, 2026. SpaceX shared this photo via X on Aug. 26. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX just gave us some good looks at the rocket that will carry NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space…

No GPS available in space? A satellite experiment may have a solution for that. NASA’s Starling mission — made up of a swarm of four cubesats in low Earth orbit (LEO) — is testing out navigation by using other satellites as moving landmarks. The hope is that this tech will allow future missions to navigate if GPS is not available. The three-year-old tech demo will be extended beyond its…

2026-08-24T12:45:01.991Z What will happen during each stage of the partial lunar eclipse? A partial lunar eclipse turns the moon red in the skies over Sri Lanka. (Image credit: Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A partial lunar eclipse has five distinct phases that occur simultaneously for everyone on the night side of Earth as our planet slips between the sun and its…