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From the path of totality and the spectacular Baily's beads to why this eclipse will be especially beautiful at sunset, discover what makes the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse so special.

Featuring ESA Reserve Astronaut Sara García Alonso and ESA Astronaut Candidate Pablo Álvarez Fernández.

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Aquí presentamos 9 cosas que debes saber sobre el eclipse solar total de este año.

Desde la franja de totalidad y las espectaculares perlas de Baily hasta qué hará este eclipse aún más especial al atardecer, descubre por qué el eclipse solar total del 12 de Agosto 2026 será tan único! 

Con Sara García Alonso,

Week in images: 06-10 July 2026

Friday, 10 July 2026 12:10

Week in images: 06-10 July 2026

Discover our week through the lens

A City Labs mission aims to validate a tritium-powered electrical source for satellites and lunar systems that could operate where solar power falls short

SpaceX IPO celebration

By most measures, commercial space is thriving. Washington produced a flurry of activity over the past year: two major executive orders, a raft of directives, and “space superiority” elevated to […]

Revisit the Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

Held on 7–8 July 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia

ElevationSpace ELS-R

A Japanese startup developing reentry vehicles is signing up customers and preparing for its first mission while keeping a watchful eye on SpaceX’s entry into the market.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures Canada’s Great Bear Lake in striking colours. Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures Canada’s Great Bear Lake in striking colours.

HELSINKI — China launched its Long March 10B rocket early Friday and successfully recovered the first stage, marking a huge step for the country’s reusable rocket efforts.

Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation (CCTI) and the BMC3I TAP Lab Colorado are excited to announce a new multi-phased program designed to strengthen collaboration between commercial innovators and government […]

Nyx drop test

JOHANNESBURG — The Exploration Company, a space transportation company based in Germany, established TEC Federal, a United States-based entity that will enable it to compete for government programs and contracts.

SpaceX ODC Sat

Environmental and scientific groups are calling for a halt to processing orbital data center applications, arguing the rush to move computing infrastructure into space has raised the stakes in a broader push for more megaconstellation oversight.

Interferograms of Scar Inlet Ice Shelf in 1995 compared to 2026

Thirty years after the European Space Agency first demonstrated the power of flying two satellites in very close formation, the concept was recently recreated. By temporarily positioning two Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellites to replicate the pioneering ERS-1–ERS-2 ‘tandem mission’, ESA achieved one-day repeat radar imaging of the same Antarctic region.

The results once again demonstrate how this approach can be used to measure glacier motion and pinpoint the critical grounding line with exceptional precision.

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