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ESA, the City of León and the University of León scheduled a free public programme in Spain, with daytime workshops, evening talks and an English livestream planned for the eclipse.
ESA described engine firings, countdown rehearsals and ground-system tests preparing Ariane 6 for its planned first launch in 2024.
At its 16–17 June 2026 meeting, ESA member states set a ministerial exploration review for December, authorised EPIC negotiations and extended satellite, Earth-observation and research cooperation.
NASA has scheduled a media conference with SpaceX Crew-12 before the astronauts leave the International Space Station. Here is what the timetable confirms, how media representatives can participate, and which departure details still depend on Crew-13’s arrival and landing conditions.
NASA satellite observations show the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt reached near-record levels in June 2026, with record concentrations in the Caribbean and Gulf of America.
NASA-led measurements in Addis Ababa show how black carbon and PM2.5 change across the day and seasons, creating a rare baseline for urban air-quality research.
ESA has aligned the final two Cluster satellites for closely spaced atmospheric reentries, creating a rare airborne experiment to improve spacecraft disposal models.
NASA Webb observations of the Saguaro galaxy suggest little red dots may be a temporary phase of active supermassive black holes.
ESA says its next Meteosat imager is being prepared for an Ariane 6 launch no earlier than late August. Here is what the official announcement confirms about faster weather and lightning monitoring.
ESA has formally adopted Arrakihs, a space observatory planned to study the faint stellar haloes of at least 80 nearby galaxies and test how galaxies form.
A NASA Earth Observatory report connects Adélie penguin diets with Antarctic sea-ice conditions through decades of Landsat imagery.
ESA says its MTG-I2 weather satellite is planned for a 27 August Ariane 6 launch, adding lightning and rapid-imaging data for European forecasting and climate monitoring.
NASA's MAIA air-quality network used 10 monitoring sites in Addis Ababa from 2022 to 2025, revealing how traffic, seasons and holiday fires shape black carbon levels.
NASA reports that Hubble data identify a previously debated merger between the young Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy, sharpening the timeline of our galaxy’s earliest growth.
NASA says the robotic mission to raise the Swift Observatory has cleared a flight-software milestone before its next orbital manoeuvres.
Verified reporting on NASA’s new Chandra-Webb-Hubble composite of the Tarantula Nebula and the evidence that hot gas escapes, mixes and conducts heat away.
ESA has announced pre-launch briefings for MTG-I2, a weather satellite intended to improve monitoring and forecasting across Europe and North Africa.
NASA’s latest Earth Observatory report uses astronaut photography to document wildfire smoke around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier during summer 2026.
NASA satellite observations put the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt at its second-highest year on record, while the Caribbean and Gulf reached regional highs.
ESA has set 27 August for MTG-I2, a next-generation geostationary weather satellite designed to sharpen severe-weather nowcasting and climate monitoring across Europe and North Africa.
NASA reports that the LINK servicing spacecraft has regained attitude control as teams prepare the maneuvers needed to raise the orbit of the Swift observatory.
NASA says its COFFIES team can identify signs of emerging solar active regions up to 12 hours early, while stressing that the model is not yet an operational forecast.
NASA's official Earth Observatory report details how aircraft and satellites are sampling Utah fire clouds to clarify wildfire impacts high in the atmosphere.
Verified reporting from ESA: MTG-I2 is scheduled for an Ariane 6 launch to strengthen European weather and climate observations.
A 146-study review says fires, logging and forest-edge damage can release more carbon than national inventories often capture, with implications for climate accounting.
Astronaut photographs from the International Space Station show how wildfire smoke spread around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, offering a clear orbital view of a fast-changing fire season.
A software update has restored a key control capability on the spacecraft preparing to raise NASA’s aging Swift observatory into a higher orbit.
Astronaut photographs published by NASA show wildfire smoke spreading around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, revealing its regional reach.
A Webb-led analysis of a distant spiral galaxy suggests the universe’s mysterious little red dots may be a temporary phase of highly active supermassive black holes.
NASA says the robotic LINK spacecraft is ready to continue its approach toward the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after a successful flight software update.
A software update has prepared the LINK spacecraft for its next approach toward NASA’s Swift observatory, as teams work to protect the aging telescope’s orbit.
NASA says Katalyst Space has uploaded new flight software to LINK, preparing the robotic spacecraft for its approach to the Swift observatory and a planned orbit-raising attempt.
NASA’s PACE satellite recorded the Atlantic’s second-highest Sargassum year, with regional records in the Caribbean and Gulf of America.
A new flight-software update has restored the stability needed for Katalyst Space’s LINK spacecraft to continue its approach toward NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
New NASA astronaut photographs show smoke spreading around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as wildfires and unhealthy air affected the Pacific Northwest.
The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding six research centers exploring new materials for medicine, quantum science, mineral extraction, microelectronics and advanced manufacturing.
Fresh imagery from the International Space Station shows wildfire smoke surrounding Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, while official fire outlooks warn that elevated risk will persist across the Pacific Northwest.
New NASA imagery shows smoke spreading around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as official data outline an elevated fire-risk season in the Pacific Northwest.
New photographs from the International Space Station show wildfire smoke drifting around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, offering an orbital view of fire, weather and air quality.
New NASA Earth Observatory astronaut photographs show wildfire smoke draping Mount Hood and Mount Rainier across the Pacific Northwest.
New NASA Earth Observatory imagery from the International Space Station shows wildfire smoke spreading around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier during a dangerous fire season in the Pacific Northwest.
New ISS photographs show wildfire smoke around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, revealing how fire and wind reshape the Pacific Northwest’s air-quality picture.
Astronaut photographs from the International Space Station show wildfire smoke spreading around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, offering a striking view of a growing air-quality and fire-risk problem in the Pacific Northwest.
New NASA Earth Observatory imagery from the International Space Station shows smoke from fires in the Pacific Northwest spreading around Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as official outlooks point to elevated fire potential across the region.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified a third giant planet in the young Beta Pictoris system by detecting the chemical fingerprint of its atmosphere.
ESA has confirmed its public events and English-language broadcast for the total solar eclipse crossing Europe on 12 August 2026, with viewing locations, timings and essential eye-safety guidance.
The European Space Agency is preparing public events and live coverage for the total solar eclipse crossing northern Spain, Iceland, Greenland and northeastern Portugal on 12 August 2026.
NASA-funded teams will use a high-altitude aircraft and scientific balloons to study the Sun’s corona and Earth’s atmosphere during the total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026.
