“Whoever controls space will control the Earth.” Source: https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-games/6-space-board-games-to-channel-the-political-drama-of-for-all-mankind-and-star-city

Cards Against Humanity isn't done with its scorched-Earth campaign against SpaceX and Elon Musk, and is planning to erect an "Elon Musk is a Sad Little B----- with No Friends" monument near SpaceX's Starbase site. Source: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/cards-against-humanity-wants-to-erect-a-monument-to-honor-elon-musk

"We're not just studying astronomical objects anymore; we're using them to test the laws of nature." Source: https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/is-empty-space-really-empty-this-magnetic-star-may-finally-solve-a-90-year-old-mystery

Check out this video from NASA: "2026 Total Solar Eclipse" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSvCuSQhC3w

Check out this video from NASA: "2026 Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QP5Fs3AYuWE

Check out this video from NASA: "Special Event Announcement (Aug. 14, 2026)" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_GUQdY01b0

Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources. Source: https://www.space.com/astronomy/scientists-find-2-million-active-black-holes-exploding-stars-and-more-nearly-doubling-our-view-of-the-high-energy-universe

"I think the producers had more time to prepare for season 4 and every episode felt incredible on the page" Source: https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-cast-on-taking-bigger-leaps-for-season-4s-outside-the-box-episodes-interview

"It's part of the fabric of astronomy research now." Source: https://www.space.com/astronomy/scientists-create-largest-2d-map-of-the-universe-with-5-6-trillion-pixels-and-nearly-4-billion-cosmic-objects

Check out this video from NASA: "NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Postflight News Conference (Aug. 4, 2026)" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWTcLv72oE

Check out this video from NASA: "How to Photograph a Total Solar Eclipse" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5_BtWc-G7Y

Check out this video from NASA: "U.S. Spacewalk 96" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNKdYbmPKJ8

As Pluto edges further away from the sun, the chilly temperatures are causing its atmosphere to condense onto its barren surface as frost. Source: https://www.space.com/astronomy/pluto/plutos-atmosphere-is-collapsing-as-it-drifts-away-from-the-sun-into-a-deep-freeze

A total solar eclipse and the northern lights at the same time? Experts explain why it's possible, but the odds are stacked against it. Source: https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/could-the-northern-lights-be-visible-during-the-total-solar-eclipse-on-aug-12-maybe

Here are key timings for some of the eclipse's most popular viewing destinations. Source: https://www.space.com/stargazing/solar-eclipses/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-on-aug-12-2026

A naked-eye view of the sun's outer atmosphere is the reason eclipse chasers travel the world. Here's what it may look like on Aug. 12. Source: https://www.space.com/stargazing/solar-eclipses/the-total-solar-eclipse-on-aug-12-will-reveal-something-nobody-has-ever-seen-before

With many fan-favorite Autobots and Decepticons bumped off in the opening act, this was not the big-screen romp '80s kids were expecting. Source: https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/transformers-the-movie-at-40-the-cartoon-spin-off-that-traumatized-a-generation-of-kids

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California's scenic central coast. Source: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-falcon-9-launch-starlink-group-17-38-ocisly

From first contact to totality and beyond, this is what will happen during each stage of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse. Source: https://www.space.com/stargazing/solar-eclipses/heres-what-to-expect-from-5-stages-of-the-total-solar-eclipse-2026

NASA's Voyager 2 probe, which launched in 1977, can keep operating its last science instruments after a power reduction operation performed in interstellar space. Source: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/voyager/nasa-figured-out-how-to-keep-its-48-year-old-voyager-2-probe-running-for-yet-another-year