Amara Singh

On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal, according to NASA. Observers located within this narrow path of totality will experience a temporary darkening of the skies as the Moon completely obscures the Sun, briefly … Read more

A four-tonne, spent Apnews Falcon 9 upper stage has collided with the moon at a speed of 5,400 mph (8,700 kph). The rocket body, which is more than 40 feet (12 meters) long and stands the height of a five-storey building, drifted off course for a year before making impact on Wednesday near Einstein Crater … Read more

Ancient human hunters and scavengers across Eurasia and North America selectively targeted female woolly mammoths between 30,000 and 20,000 years ago, according to a recent ancient DNA analysis of 521 mammoth remains published in the journal Current Biology. Genetic Evidence Reveals a Striking Female Bias at Ice Age Sites For more than a century, archaeologists … Read more

Astronomers have discovered a wandering supermassive black hole shredding a star approximately 30,000 light-years away from its host galaxy’s center. The discovery marks the first optical tidal disruption event found in the outskirts of a host galaxy, challenging long-held theories about where these cosmic phenomena occur. Astronomers Detect First Peripheral Tidal Disruption Event The phenomenon, … Read more

SpaceX launched 24 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base. The mission marked the 90th Falcon 9 flight of the year and the 70th dedicated to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which now counts nearly 10,900 spacecraft. Mission Details and Booster Reuse Milestones at … Read more

Falling space debris is a growing global threat as defunct satellites and rocket parts reenter Earth’s atmosphere multiple times daily. To track these uncontrolled descents more accurately, researchers have successfully repurposed earthquake-monitoring seismometers to detect the hypersonic sonic booms generated by tumbling spacecraft. Reusing Earthquake Networks to Track Hypersonic Debris Defunct satellites, empty rocket stages, … Read more

More than 100 artists, writers, and scientists have urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reverse slashed funding for the Jodrell Bank Observatory. UK Research and Innovation announced it will withdraw support for the e-Merlin radio telescope network in March 2028, threatening 28 jobs and a vital UK astronomy facility. A growing coalition of notable figures, … Read more

Skywatchers across North America and Europe can witness a rare double feature on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, pairing a daytime partial solar eclipse across 26 U.S. states, Alaska, and eastern Canada with the overnight peak of the Perseid meteor shower under a dark, moonless new moon sky. Observers willing to spend both day and night … Read more

An abandoned SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is on a collision course with the moon, with an impact projected for Wednesday, August 5, 2026. The spent rocket segment has been drifting in space for more than a year following a launch on January 15, 2025, that carried a pair of private lunar landers into space. … Read more

For decades, astronomers confronted an irritating cosmic contradiction. Supermassive black holes sitting at the centers of galaxies blast out massive jets of energy that carve through their host galaxies and heat up surrounding matter. In theory, that searing heat should choke off the black hole’s food supply by preventing gas from falling inward. Yet those … Read more