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'You just saved the video dish': Two astronauts complete spacewalk to replace ISS antenna
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot completed a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Tuesday, (Aug. 25), installing a replacement Space-to-Ground antenna on the outside of the International Space Station.

Starbase Louisiana: SpaceX announces enormous $100 billion Starbase launch site
By Josh Dinner Published
A new spaceport will bring 10 launch pads to Louisiana's Gulf Coast and support thousands of Starship launches per year.

The bubbling surface of doomed supergiant star Betelgeuse has been revealed like never before
By Robert Lea Published
Betelgeuse may be a well-known and often-studied stellar object, but that doesn't mean astronomers aren't capable of capturing this doomed star in a completely new light.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will reveal the universe in a way the JWST and Hubble cannot
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
"The images it captures will be so large there is not a screen in existence large enough to show them."

Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates — 2 days to go
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
Follow our live coverage as we count down to the best lunar eclipse until December 2028, with the latest news, viewing tips and live updates.
Sun fires powerful M6.9 solar flare and CME toward Earth — could it boost northern lights chances this week?
By Daisy Dobrijevic Published
A restless Earth-facing sunspot has been firing off a barrage of powerful solar flares — and now a CME could be heading our way.

On this day in space! Aug. 25, 1997: NASA launches Advanced Composition Explorer to track solar wind and so much more
By Tariq Malik Published
NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer, or ACE satellite, studies energetic particles traveling through space.

Astronauts make history repairing the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 25, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd Published
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon complete a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026.

Polish startup Ares Shield hired to protect data center satellites with high-power microwave weapons
By Mike Wall Published
Florida-based Lonestar Data Holdings has contracted Polish startup Ares Shield to provide protection for its off-Earth data centers, in a deal worth up to $6 million.
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