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ESA’s Satellite Images Show Greenland Glacier Breaking Apart

Aug 23, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

A 76-square-kilometre section of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier broke away on 4 August 2026. The separation occurred at the glacier’s floating ice tongue in northwest Greenland….



Ground-based Telescope Captures the Fastest Star in the Milky Way

Aug 20, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Astronomers have discovered the fastest known star in the Milky Way. Named S301, the star races around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the…



Solar Eclipse on Mars: Perseverance Captures Phobos Crossing the Sun

Aug 19, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Just one day after a total solar eclipse crossed parts of Earth, NASA’s Perseverance rover watched an eclipse of its own from Mars. On August…



NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Captures the Falcon 9 Impact Crater on the Moon

Aug 19, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has photographed a fresh crater on the Moon created by a Falcon 9 rocket stage. The spacecraft captured the images…



Trump’s New Drone Tariffs Could Send Camera Drone Prices Soaring

Aug 17, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

US President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on imported drones and aircraft parts, a move that could raise prices for camera drones, batteries, and aerial filmmaking gear.



This is the Largest 2D Map of the Universe With 4 Billion Objects

Aug 15, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Do you remember the largest 3D map of the universe released a few months back? We now have something new, again. Astronomers have released the…



Insta360 Is Building Two Mirrorless Cameras, and One Sounds Wild

Aug 13, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

Insta360 CEO Liu Jingkang has confirmed the company is developing two mirrorless cameras, including one with a radically unconventional design.



James Webb Reveals Dust and Water Around a Star Near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

Aug 12, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

The central region of the Milky Way contains one of the most extreme stellar environments in our galaxy. At its center lies Sagittarius A*, a…



A Giant Mirror in Space Could Ruin Your Night Sky Photos and Hurt Your Eyes

Aug 12, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

A giant space mirror could create a new light pollution problem for astrophotographers, while astronomers warn of potential risks to human eyes.



Three Telescopes Together Reveal a Colorful Tarantula in Space

Aug 11, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

At a distance of about 160,000 light-years, the Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) gives astronomers a close view of processes that shape star-forming regions across galaxies….