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13 amazing things to see during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12

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13 amazing things to see in the 2026 total solar eclipse
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Happy Monday, Space Fans! Welcome to a new week of amazing news from space. We're starting off with a preview of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse, so here's 13 things you won't want to miss. Read on, because we have awesome new views of Starship Flight 13, a black hole with indigestion and all the amazing August night sky sights to see!
 
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Video: SpaceX Starship seen by next-gen Starlink satellite
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Over the weekend, we got an amazing new view of SpaceX's Starship vehicle in space, thanks to one of the company's Starlink V3 broadband satellites that flew on the mission. Check it out here!
 
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This Week In Space podcast: Starship Can Float?
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On Episode 221 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and guest host Rick Jenet of the National Space Society talk about SpaceX's Starship Flight 13, which survived reentry intact enough to float on the Indian Ocean. Plus so much more. Take a listen.
 
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Night sky August 2026 calendar
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The Aug. 12 solar eclipse isn't the only sky event to see this month. Here's our full calendar of must-see events, including a lunar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower!
 
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Technology
 
AI can now run spacecraft. Are we ready for it? (op-ed)
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Satellite constellations are getting bigger and increasingly difficult for human operators to manage. Artificial intelligence will soon be able to help, but will the space industry let it happen?
 
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Science & Astronomy
 
Black hole feeding frenzy ends with cosmic indigestion
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The research focuses on the black hole system Swift J1727.8−1613, located around 8,800 light-years away, and a violent bout of cosmic indigestion and the bright eruptions the system triggered back in 2023. Here's what we know happened.
 
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Space photo of the day ! The 1st 'three-headed' asteroid
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We're starting off this week with a true space oddity in our solar system. New images reveal what astronomers believe is the first-known "trilobate" or three-headed asteroid. Check it out.
 
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On this day in 2004: NASA launches MESSENGER to Mercury
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For today's space history minute, we look back to Aug. 3, 2004, when a Delta II rocket launched NASA's MESSENGER probe to orbit Mercury for the first time.
 
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Entertainment
 
1st look: Behold, the Blade Runner 2099 trailer
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Prime Video's upcoming "Blade Runner 2099" series flips the sci-fi script, with a world where replicants have rebelled and seized power from human beings in a massive uprising. Here's our first look!
 
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Editor's Note
 
A SpaceX moon crash is coming
That's going to be a wrap for our space news today. But the week is just getting started. 

Today, the NASA crew to ride SpaceX's Crew-13 Dragon flight to the International Space Station meet the press, so be sure to come back to hear what they have to say. Later this week, we'll have news from SpaceX's first-ever earnings call as a public company, as well as the main event: A SpaceX rocket stage is will hit the moon this week. You won't want to miss it.

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