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Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates

By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated 12 August 26

Follow our live coverage of the total solar eclipse 2026 as we count down to eclipse day with the latest news, expert insight and updates before bringing you live reports from Greenland and Spain.

A total solar eclipse will darken the sky for millions today! Here's what you need to know

By Daisy Dobrijevic Published 12 August 26

The wait is over. Today's total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland and Spain. Here's where to find timings, livestreams, safety advice and live coverage.

SpaceX could make $500 billion in 2028, Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall Published 11 August 26

SpaceX started out as a launch company, but it has been transitioning into an artificial intelligence outfit — one that's poised to make huge profits in the coming years, Elon Musk says.

Scientists create largest 2D map of the universe with 5.6 trillion pixels and nearly 4 billion cosmic objects

By Samantha Mathewson Published 11 August 26

"It's part of the fabric of astronomy research now."

Scientists find 2 million active black holes, exploding stars and more, nearly doubling our view of the high-energy universe

By Samantha Mathewson Published 11 August 26

Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources.

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds': Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, & Carol Kane on season 4's big leaps and 'outside the box' episodes

By Jeff Spry Published 11 August 26

"I think the producers had more time to prepare for season 4 and every episode felt incredible on the page"

1-billion-year-old Mars meteorite found in Algeria is like nothing we've seen from the Red Planet

By Elizabeth Howell Published 11 August 26

Scientists found a Martian meteorite on Earth that is finally filling in a nearly 2-billion-year-old geology-history gap on the Red Planet.

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)

By Mike Wall Published 11 August 26

SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (Aug. 11).

NASA will chase the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse with balloons and a high-altitude jet

By Julian Dossett Published 11 August 26

"Scientists can study the sun's corona in a way we can't from anywhere else in the solar system."

What history can teach us about the future of property rights in space (op-ed)

By Rainer Zitelmann Published 11 August 26

Without property rights in space, one of the most important economic incentives for the commercial development — and ultimately the settlement — of celestial bodies is missing.