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Meteoroids vs Satellites: The Battle Brewing Above Our Heads
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Tiny micrometeoroids, ranging from millimeters to centimeters in size, constantly rain down on the Earth. For the most part, they are sparse enough not to be a high-risk danger. Periodically, though, Earth runs into dense streams of meteoroids, deposited by the tails of comets or active asteroids. When Earth encounters one of these streams, we are treated to a meteor shower, but for satellites the impact risk goes up.
The Total Solar Eclipse in Tineo, Spain
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View from Spain
Spain saw its first total solar eclipse in over a century on August 12th. The Moon passed between the Sun and Earth and blacked out the Sun completely across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal.
Keeping the Legendary Voyager Spacecraft Alive
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Long Distance Calls
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are expected to celebrate 50 years of operations next year. From an already ambitious joint mission to catalog the outer planets and moons of the outer solar system, the spacecraft more recently pivoted to charting the reaches of interstellar space.
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Meteoroids vs Satellites: The Battle Brewing Above Our Heads
Tiny micrometeoroids, ranging from millimeters to centimeters in size, constantly rain down on the Earth. For the most part, they are sparse enough not to be a high-risk danger. Periodically, though, Earth runs into dense streams of meteoroids, deposited by the tails of comets or active asteroids. When Earth encounters one of these streams, we are treated to a meteor shower, but for satellites the impact risk goes up.
August 25, 2026
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The Total Solar Eclipse in Tineo, Spain
Spain saw its first total solar eclipse in over a century on August 12th. The Moon passed between the Sun and Earth and blacked out the Sun completely across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal.
August 18, 2026
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Keeping the Legendary Voyager Spacecraft Alive
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are expected to celebrate 50 years of operations next year. From an already ambitious joint mission to catalog the outer planets and moons of the outer solar system, the spacecraft more recently pivoted to charting the reaches of interstellar space.
August 11, 2026
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Satellite Data Told Scientists That Venezuela Was Prime for a Big Earthquake
Satellite data reveals the region was ripe for a devastating earthquake due to the accumulated tension between the two plates. Two particular fault lines — San Sebastian and Bocono, running through northern Venezuela and along its northern coast — appeared completely rigid, not allowing the two tectonic plates to slide past each other, allowing pressure in the rock to build up.
July 28, 2026
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A Tiny Spy Satellite Could Find A Hidden Nuke in Orbit
If a uranium-powered bomb is situated at a similar altitude to Russia's suspicious Kosmos-2553 satellite, it would interact with Earth’s natural radiation belts, causing it to cough out energetic particles. A new study calculates that if detectors were placed on a CubeSat and flown close enough to the suspected nuke, it could detect those telltale particles escaping from the concealed uranium.
July 21, 2026
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Canadarm2 is the Hardest Working Robot in Space
On June 30th, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams — assisted by Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jenni Gibbons in Mission Control, best known for being lunar flyby Capcom during Artemis 2 — ventured on a rare spacewalk outside the ISS to help Canadarm2. Something in one of its joints broke in May, requiring them to use one of the orbital spares handily stashed on board for a replacement.