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A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months

A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months

The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above Earth from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar.

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The waxing gibbous moon is nestled in the darkness of space in this June 26, 2026, image from the International Space Station. The space station was 264 miles above the Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar at the time.

The waxing gibbous phase comes before the full moon phase. During this time, the Moon appears brighter in the night sky to viewers on Earth.

Image credit: NASA

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The waxing gibbous moon is nestled in the darkness of space in this June 26, 2026, image from the International Space Station. The space station was 264 miles above the Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar at the time.

The waxing gibbous phase comes before the full moon phase. During this time, the Moon appears brighter in the night sky to viewers on Earth.

Image credit: NASA

Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming

Climate change is already having a big impact on crop yields, and the subsequent financial losses will continue to rise as the world keeps warming

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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, astronauta de reserva de la ESA, y Pablo Álvarez Fernández, astronauta de la ESA en formación.

Week in images: 06-10 July 2026

Discover our week through the lens

At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI

At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI

Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind of natural world we want to build

Other planets have moons, too. Do they get eclipses like we do?

How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – but 100 years on, this trick is a common part of modern maths, says columnist Jacob Aron

How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – but 100 years on, this trick is a common part of modern maths, says columnist Jacob Aron

A strange class of comet could explain the enigmatic behavior of ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object—and even shed light on how Earth became habitable

The bright, distinctive pattern of Upper Scorpius is on its best display in the south right after nightfall. Telescopic treasures await. In the west, Regulus now departs from Venus.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 10 – 19 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

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

During the August 2026 solar eclipse, scientists will be rushing to gather data on the sun, but even if you aren't a professional scientist, you can still help the research