Moon Base

"NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations."

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/moon-base/nasa-provides-updates-on-moon-base-cargo-landers-tech-demonstrations/

Vortices Discovered in the Sun

"Researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO), the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany, and the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) in the USA have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of solar physics."

https://www.mpg.de/26900660/tiny-vortices-discovered-on-the-sun-s-surface

James Webb Space Telescope revisits one of the most iconic regions of the sky

"This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope revisits one of the most iconic regions of the sky, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, through the eyes of two of Webb's instruments."

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-image-webb-fresh-classic-deep.html

Very Difficult Physics

"When it comes to finding out about the Universe in a scientific fashion, most of us think about performing experiments here on Earth under laboratory controlled conditions."https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/spherex-jwst-comet-3i-atlas/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=swab

50th Anniversary of one of the biggest robotic spaceflight

"July 20 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest robotic spaceflight achievements in NASA’s history: the landing of the Viking 1 spacecraft on Mars."

https://spacenews.com/lessons-for-the-future-of-nasa-mars-exploration-from-a-1970s-mission/

Liquid Water on Mars

"Rover data from more than 20 years ago has revealed clues to the existence of liquid water on ancient Mars."

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientist-constructs-big-picture-of-mars-water-from-rover-data

Einstein Crater

"Crater Einstein is a large feature near the Moon’s western limb, but can only be seen from Earth during favourable conditions."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/crater-einstein?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Space Exploration

"Space exploration enthusiasts have been tracking the unprecedented journey of SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype, which wound up floating in the Indian Ocean after the company’s latest test flight."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/science/spacex-starship-indian-ocean-recovery-satellite-images

Falcon 9

"A discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket likely slammed into the Moon early Wednesday (August 5), ending an 18-month journey through space after it was left drifting following a lunar mission."

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/spacex-falcon-9-second-stage-rocket-hits-the-moon-after-drifting-in-space-since-2025-nasa-tracking-impact-11785938562662.html

Phoenix Mars Lander

"On Aug. 4, 2007, NASA launched its Phoenix Mars Lander on a mission to touch down on Mars."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/on-this-day-in-space-august-4-2026

Space Helicopter

"Flying a helicopter on Earth is a remarkable engineering achievement."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/the-tiny-helicopter-nasa-built-to-survive-30-days-on-mars-ended-up-flying-for-nearly-three-years/articleshow/132824815.cms

Starlinks Russian rival

"A Russian satellite network built to rival Starlink has quietly reached a threshold Ukrainian defense officials have been dreading, providing at least two reliable windows of connectivity over Ukrainian territory every single day, each lasting more than an hour, Militarnyi reported, citing satellite communications expert Volodymyr Stepanets."

https://defence-blog.com/russias-starlink-rival-gains-steady-coverage-over-ukraine/

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

"NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/swift/nasas-swift-sees-wandering-mega-black-hole-shredding-star/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202630

Honeycomb-like textures

"NASA officials say they’re gobsmacked by new images from the Curiosity Mars rover that show stretches of Red Planet terrain covered in honeycomb-like textures."

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/mars-honeycomb-polygon-surface/

Wasp 94A

"Astronomers using the JWST have found that exoplanet WASP-94A b appears to have some pretty exotic weather, forming clouds of rock every morning, which then vanish in the planet's night."https://www.iflscience.com/wasp-94a-b-the-exoplanet-where-clouds-of-rock-form-in-the-morning-and-vanish-every-night-83718Wasp 94A"Astronomers using the JWST have found that exoplanet WASP-94A b appears to have some pretty exotic weather, forming clouds of rock every morning, which then vanish in the planet's night."https://www.iflscience.com/wasp-94a-b-the-exoplanet-where-clouds-of-rock-form-in-the-morning-and-vanish-every-night-83718

Jupiters Closest Flyby

"On October 24, 2017, NASA's Juno spacecraft made its 8th close flyby of Jupiter."https://www.ba-bamail.com/science-and-technology/amazing-new-images-of-jupiter/

Sophie Adenot

"French astronaut Sophie Adenot captured the view of a lifetime in a new image of Mount Vesuvius, as seen from aboard the International Space Station."https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/astronaut-spots-mount-vesuvius-from-space-space-photo-of-the-day-for-june-8-2026

Two Manuavable Probes

"NASA is planning to send two maneuverable probes to lunar orbit in order to learn how spacecraft are affected by the complex gravitational environment near the moon."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/nasa-is-sending-2-probes-to-the-moon-to-test-complex-three-body-orbits

Exosatellite CD-35 2722

"A possible “exosatellite” has been discovered 73 light years away. Bizarrely, it is roughly the size of Jupiter and orbiting a failed star called a brown dwarf, which in turn is orbiting the red dwarf star CD-35 2722."

https://physicsworld.com/a/discovery-of-giant-exosatellite-challenges-our-notion-of-what-makes-a-moon/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Discovery of New Worlds

 

"Since the discovery of the first world beyond the solar system in the 1990s, astronomers have become adept at spotting extrasolar planets, or exoplanets."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/astronomers-may-have-discovered-the-1st-moon-outside-of-our-solar-system-or-is-it-something-weirder