The only total solar eclipse of 2026 will have people looking to the skies as darkness falls on its path across part of the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday.
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The only total solar eclipse of 2026 will cross the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, Aug. 12, with a path of totality across parts of Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain. See when and where it will be visible.

CBS News

2026's only total solar eclipse happens today. Here's the path and times of visibility. - CBS News

Don't miss the peak of the Perseid meteor shower tonight. Here's when, where and how to see it.

Space.com

Perseid meteor shower peaks under perfect skies tonight — here's what to expect - Space

We understand that we are in the age of misinformation, the post-truth era, a time of AI slop making the most stupid claims, but come on. The Earth will not stop having gravity for a random time on a… [+3928 chars]

"NASA knows. They're preparing but won't tell us why," said the TikToker.

IFLScience

There's A Rumor Earth Will Lose Gravity For 7 Seconds On August 12, 2026, Killing Millions Of People – Here's Why It's Total Junk - IFLScience

A solar eclipse makes its celestial debut on Wednesday, Aug. 12 but most Americans won't get a front-row seat.
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Millions of Americans will miss Wednesday's solar eclipse. See which states can catch a glimpse of the rare sky event.

USA Today

23 states won't see Wednesday's solar eclipse, says NASA - USA Today

Dolphins off the coast of Queensland, Australia, have been captured on film using a rarely-sighted technique known as 'shelling' to hunt their prey.
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Dolphins off the coast of Queensland, Australia, have been captured on film using a rarely-sighted technique known as 'shelling' to hunt their prey.

ScienceAlert

Dolphins Filmed Hunting With Shells – And Possibly Passing The Skill to Their Offspring - ScienceAlert

A year 70 million years ago held more days than a year does now, yet it lasted essentially as long.
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Ancient clams have left us a record of Earth's rotation written in their shells, revealing a planet that spun faster in the age of dinosaurs.

Space Daily

About 70 million years ago, a year had roughly 372 days, which means each day ran about half an hour shorter than yours. The figure was read from the growth layers of a single fossil clam from the mountains of Oman - Space Daily

In 1958, a year after the Soviets put Sputnik into orbit and shook the confidence of an entire country, the US Air Force quietly asked a physicist named Leonard Reiffel to study something that sounds… [+6255 chars]

The Cold War nearly turned the Moon into a nuclear billboard—until scientists worried about contaminating humanity's next frontier.

In 1958, spooked by the Soviet Sputnik launch, the US Air Force secretly commissioned a study to detonate a nuclear weapon on the surface of the Moon, visible from Earth, purely as a show of force; the plan was ultimately shelved over fears the fallout would r - Space Daily

A University of Kansas physicist played a leading role in a CERN study showing that two rival explanations for how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei can now be experimentally distinguished.
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A University of Kansas physicist played a leading role in a CERN study showing that two rival explanations for how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei can now be experimentally distinguished.

Phys.Org

New CERN measurement challenges conventional models of how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei - Phys.org

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz and the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a miniature microscope that allows scientists to observe and activate individual brain cells d… [+5265 chars]

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz and the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a miniature microscope that allows scientists to observe and activate individual brain cells during natural movement, an advance that could accelerate res…

Medical Xpress

New miniature microscope allows scientists to watch and control brain cells during natural movement - Medical Xpress

There's yet another reason for Californians to keep an eye on the night sky this week.
In addition to the annual Perseid meteor shower, a manmade space phenomenon is set to light up our nights.
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There's yet another reason to keep your eye on the night sky this week.

New York Post

Huge ‘space jellyfish’ to light up California skies tonight — and the free tool to check if you can see it - Yahoo

A Falcon 9 booster streaks through the night sky as it launches on the Starlink 17-49 mission on August 12, 2026.
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Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB - Spaceflight Now

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

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

Mitochondria are often called the powerhouses of the cell. But their ancient origins may also make them drivers of inflammation. Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that… [+4633 chars]

Mitochondria are often called the powerhouses of the cell. But their ancient origins may also make them drivers of inflammation. Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that proteins released from mitochondria can activate the immune…

Mitochondrial proteins may trigger inflammation by mimicking bacterial distress signals - Phys.org

Some laws of physics are so fundamental that theyve served as the baseline for science for centuries. But with technological advancements, physicists canalbeit temporarilycreate small worlds that eva… [+2816 chars]

With the right hack, physicists got a peek into unlikely phenomena.

Gizmodo.com

Physicists Made 10,000 Particles Defy Newton’s Third Law for an Hour. Here’s How - Gizmodo

Neanderthals passed along a gene variant to modern humans that can make some people buff, a new study finds.

Live Science

Neanderthals passed on a gene that helps modern humans pack on more muscle — but only a few people have it - Live Science

University of Missouri researchers have uncovered evidence that challenges one of astronomy's most trusted assumptions, a breakthrough that could reshape how scientists measure galaxies and reconstru… [+3720 chars]

University of Missouri researchers have uncovered evidence that challenges one of astronomy's most trusted assumptions, a breakthrough that could reshape how scientists measure galaxies and reconstruct the history of the universe.

Star cluster discovery could change how scientists measure the universe - Phys.org

In the Jack Hills of Western Australia, a grain of zircon small enough to sit on a fingertip has been dated to 4.404 billion years old, and a 2025 study puts the Moon’s own final crystallization at a… [+4525 chars]

A speck of ancient Earth and our newborn Moon may have formed within moments of each other, upending how scientists understand the young solar system's violent beginning.

A zircon crystal small enough to sit on a fingertip, found in the Jack Hills of Western Australia, has been dated to 4.404 billion years old, right around the same moment a 2025 study says the Moon itself finished crystallizing - Space Daily

"The characteristics of this meteorite were entirely surprising."

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

Nearly 49 years after it launched into space aboard a Titan III rocket, NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe received yet another software update, this time reaching the speeding probe from nearly 13.3 billi… [+2842 chars]

Voyager 2 is coming up on an incredible 50 years of scientific operations.