Astrophysicist covering exoplanet discovery, deep-space telescopes, and Mars rover missions.
A total solar eclipse swept across the Arctic and into Spain on Wednesday, the only one of 2026, drawing crowds to watch the sky go dark. A partial eclipse was visible across much of Europe, North Africa and eastern North America.
On Wednesday 12 August 2026, a partial solar eclipse will be visible across the UK, Ireland and much of Europe. Here is how to view it without damaging your eyes.
Ray Williams, a propulsion test engineer who spent nearly three decades as a contractor at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, has been sworn in as a federal civil servant under the agency's drive to rebuild its internal technical workforce.
A Jupiter-sized exoplanet has been found orbiting a dead star just 80 light-years from Earth, and new James Webb Space Telescope data now explain how it survived. The findings, published in Nature, offer humanity's clearest look yet at the long-term fate of planetary systems, including our own.