NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft

How will the 2026 total eclipse will compare to last year's? | NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS | New comet is turning heads toward the morning sky Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com | Web Version April 8, 2025 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad (Space.com / Josh Dinner) How will the 2026 total eclipse will compare to last year's? One year ago today, a total solar eclipse graced the skies of North America, as the moon fully blocked out the sun a narrow slice of Earth, bringing sudden darkness and a breathtaking view of the solar corona, the sun's outer atmosphere. The April 8 2024 total solar eclipse was our last total solar eclipse until the next one on Aug. 12, 2026. With a little over 16 months until this next event, how will the 2026 total eclipse compare to the one a year ago? Read More (NASA) NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and his two cosmonaut colleagues have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Kim, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky docked with the orbiting lab early Tuesday at 4:57 a.m. (0857 GMT). Read More Skywatching (m-gucci via Getty Images) New comet is turning heads toward the morning sky A newly discovered comet is already putting on a show for amateur astronomers with telescopes at the ready. SWAN25F, first spotted in data from the SWAN instrument aboard the sun-watching SOHO spacecraft, is now bright enough for amateur astronomers to track and photograph with backyard gear. It's possible that the comet could brighten past 5th magnitude by the end of April, potentially becoming visible to the naked eye under dark skies. Read More Spaceflight (Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen / SpaceX/Fram2) SpaceX's Fram2 mission captures 1st human X-ray in orbit About 130 years after the first X-ray image ever taken, the crew of SpaceX's private Fram2 mission has recreated that X-ray portrait -- except in space. The Fram2 mission launched on March 31, carrying a quartet of passengers who would soon complete the first human spaceflight in polar orbit. Read More Science & Astronomy (NASA, ESA and M. Kornmesser) Space explosions could reveal where gold comes from Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful kinds of explosions known in the cosmos, may help provide a piece of the puzzle when it comes to one of the most challenging open problems in all of physics - how the universe's heaviest elements are forged. A new study's findings suggest that extraordinarily powerful light from gamma-ray bursts might help produce these elements from the outer shells of dying stars. Read More SpaceX (SpaceX) SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 A never-before-flown Falcon 9 rocket launched the newest round of Starlink internet satellites Monday (April 7), in an afternoon liftoff from the U.S. West Coast. The booster, likely the one designated B1091, was the second new rocket that SpaceX has launched so far this year, both of which supported Starlink missions. Monday's flight, known as Starlink 11-11, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:06 p.m. EDT (2306 GMT), lofting 27 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit (LEO). Read More Search for Life (ETH Zurich / LIFE initiative) 'LIFE' telescope fleet may find life in the universe, or not A new mission concept that would see a fleet of telescopes probing rocky planets in their stars' habitable zones should be able to tell us how common life is in the universe - even if the mission doesn't find any life at all. Read More   Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036