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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying NASA's Roman Space Telescope rises across the bright disk of the Sun.
Photo: NASA / John Kraus

VERIFIED UPDATE · SCIENCE & SPACE

NASA's Roman Space Telescope separates after Falcon Heavy launch

Roman lifted off at 7:26 a.m. EDT on August 30 and separated from Falcon Heavy at 7:57 a.m. NASA says its solar arrays and sunshade deployed 1 hour 23 minutes after launch, and the observatory completed its first mid-course correction on August 31 while heading toward Sun–Earth L2.

By Tanasa Romeo Iulian

Landsat 9 view of snow covering the Chajnantor Plateau in northern Chile on August 14, 2026.
Image: NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin · Landsat data: USGS

REPORTED STORY · SCIENCE & SPACE

Landsat views show Chajnantor before and after an August snowstorm

Landsat 8 imaged Chile's Chajnantor Plateau on August 6, 2026. Landsat 9 returned on August 14 after a period of severe weather, showing the same terrain blanketed by snow. A separate Terra MODIS view from August 19 documented a broader regional event extending from the Andes across the Atacama's hyper-arid core to near the Pacific coast south of Antofagasta.

By Tanasa Romeo Iulian

The dark, irregular silhouette of Phobos crossing the orange-tinted solar disc in a Perseverance Mastcam-Z frame.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI

REPORTED STORY · SCIENCE & SPACE

Perseverance records Phobos crossing the Sun in a Mastcam-Z sequence

Perseverance's Mastcam-Z camera recorded Phobos crossing in front of the Sun on August 12, 2026, the rover's 1,948th sol. NASA tinted the animation to simulate a view through protective solar-eclipse glasses, while comparisons with earlier transits help scientists track changes in the Martian moon's orbit.

By Tanasa Romeo Iulian