1+ week, 5+ day ago   (152+ words) Use the Moon to find Antares and the Teapot, spot brilliant Venus, welcome the equinox, and see the Harvest Moon near Saturn and Neptune. The Moon joins a tea party… Venus cranks up the brightness… the seasons officially change… and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) Mirage News NASA's Deep Space Network facility in California is marking the addition of a brand new 34-meter-wide (114-foot-wide) radio frequency antenna to the agency's deep space communications and navigation system. The network uses giant dish antennas located at three…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1086+ words) Mirage News By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 This week was very special for the Curiosity team here on Earth as we celebrated the 14th landing anniversary. I still remember…...

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2+ week, 6+ day ago   (184+ words) Coverage plans are ready for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch...agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch coverage begins at 6:20 a.m. Live coverage of these events will stream through a variety...available after processing. NASA's mission coverage…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (447+ words) The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex opto-mechanical systems developed by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy An artist's concept of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. An optical Engineer performs an inspection of Roman's…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (371+ words) Though invisible to the eye, sporadic E layers make their presence known to the radio signals we rely on for long-distance communication. When present, sporadic E can send those signals ping-ponging off in unexpected directions, rendering the technology temporarily unreliable....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (250+ words) When their fishing trip went wrong, Easton Barrett had the only mobile phone and no cell service. He recorded a brief farewell, planning to put his phone in a cooler in hopes someone would find it. A mission control center…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (193+ words) Mirage News Astronomy Picture of the Day Explanation: How do animals react to a total solar eclipse? The featured image shows a stork roosting on her nest in Poland at a partial phase of the recent total solar eclipse. If…...