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[ 24 August 2026 ] JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought News
[ 7 August 2026 ] How to observe the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse Eclipse
[ 5 August 2026 ] Falcon 9 lunar impact: More than a new crater News
[ 25 July 2026 ] Euclid opens a new window on the first billion years of cosmic history News
[ 10 June 2026 ] Caught in the act: the wind that could kill a galaxy News

JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought

24 August 2026 Stuart Clark

Faint, low-mass stars could be hiding much of the mass in distant galaxies, making the surprisingly large galaxies discovered by JWST in the early Universe even harder to explain.

How to observe the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse

7 August 2026 Emily Baldwin-Fiebrich

On the evening of 12 August 2026, the Moon will pass between Earth and the Sun, producing a striking solar eclipse. Find out how, when and where to observe it safely.

Falcon 9 lunar impact: More than a new crater

5 August 2026 Stuart Clark

Today’s impact of a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage on the Moon may sound dramatic, but it is neither the first human-made object to strike our natural satellite nor the largest.