Blue Ghost turns red! Our lander downlinked more imagery... from the Moon captured around 2:30 am CDT during the totality of the solar eclipse last night. These images - rapidly captured by our top deck camera with different exposure settings - were stitched together in a quick clip. The red hue is the result of sunlight refracting through the Earth's atmosphere as the sun is blocked by our planet, casting a shadow on the lunar surface. The glowing ring of the eclipse is again seen on Blue Ghost’s solar panel. #BGM1show more

I spy with my little lander, a Moon in... the distance. Check out Blue Ghost's amazing view of Earth eclipsing the Moon as the lander travels on orbit. Our #GhostRiders can't wait to share more postcard worthy moments as we continue on our roadtrip. #BGM1show more

Last night's super blood moon during lunar eclipse. Last... night, the world watched in silence as the heavens staged a dramatic performance over one of Earth's most iconic landmarks. As the Earth slid directly between the sun and the moon, a rare lunar eclipse bathed the sky in a deep, haunting crimson, creating a visual masterpiece that felt more like a painting than reality.show more

You don’t go on a long road trip without... your charger and a trip to the Moon is no exception! Blue Ghost’s 4 batteries are now charged up and ready for the journey ahead. We’ll utilize these batteries as needed throughout the mission when sunlight is limited, such as in the lunar morning and lunar night. #BGM1show more

T-5 days until Blue Ghost says goodbye to Earth!... With the accuracy we achieved on our first two burns, we were able to skip the third Earth orbit maneuver. Blue Ghost is already in a good position to perform our trans-lunar injection in just under a week. Our #GhostRiders continue to capture some incredible shots of our home planet along the way. #BGM1show more

A "devil horns" solar eclipse is a rare optical... illusion that occurs during a partial sunrise or sunset eclipse, making the Sun appear as two glowing, fiery arcs resembling a pair of horns rising from the horizonshow more

A flash on the Moon! 🌕 Japanese astronomer Daichi... Fujii captured a flash on the unlit side of the Moon. In the absence of an atmosphere, objects travel unimpeded to our satellite's surface; upon impact, they trigger such flashes. These are clearly visible in the shadows, as the illuminated side is extremely bright. 🪐show more

Watch our Blue Ghost Mission 2 lunar lander come... together! This timelapse captures the assembly of our lander's main structural and fluid components. Next up, integrating avionics, payloads, and engines. Our Riders 2 the Dark mission features two vehicles: our Blue Ghost lander stacked atop our Elytra orbiter. Each is assembled separately before stacking at the launch site, creating a 22-foot-tall spacecraft—more than 3X the height of our Mission 1 lander. Stay tuned for Elytra stacking in the coming weeks!show more

🌑⚠️CRITICAL SATELLITE UPDATE! 🛰️ With just hours to go... until the eclipse, Iceland is getting covered in heavy clouds! Today, a total solar eclipse will occur in Iceland's capital, Reykjavík, for the first time since 1433. However, with hours remaining, Iceland is being blankated by dense clouds, with intermittent rainfall observed. Given how rapidly weather changes in Iceland, the conditions in the capital during totality remain a suspenseful topic. Reykjavík last witnessed a total solar eclipse from its city center on June 17, 1433. The pitch blackness experienced back then went down in history as the "Black Hour." AfterPad 593 years, the people of Reykjavík were locked onto this magnificent moment to witness 100% totality right from their city. #SolarEclipse2026 #Reykjavik #Iceland #BlackHour #Sólmyrkvi #Sólmyrkvi2026 #solar #solareclipseshow more

Rare red auroras lit up the night sky over... Hanle, Ladakh, after the most intense solar storm in over two decades hit Earth. This stunning celestial show is caused by charged solar particles interacting with our atmosphere, a beautiful yet sobering reminder of solar volatility.show more

Asteroid Impact on the Moon Caught on Camera An... asteroid was captured crashing into the Moon’s surface. Unlike Earth, the Moon has no atmosphere to protect it, so every asteroid strikes at full speed, carving out deep craters that remain for billions of years. These scars tell the violent history of the Moon and remind us of the powerful forces still at work in our Solar System. 👀✨show more

DID YOU KNOW? A total solar eclipse is possible... because of an incredible cosmic coincidence: the Sun is about 400 times wider than the Moon and roughly 400 times farther from Earth. That’s why they can appear nearly the exact same size in our sky.show more

🌒☀️ THE UK’S BIGGEST SOLAR ECLIPSE SINCE 1999 IS... ALMOST HERE! ☀️🌒 Good afternoon everyone, On Wednesday 12th August, people across the UK will have the chance to witness the greatest solar eclipse visible from the UK since the famous 1999 eclipse — and we won’t get another eclipse this impressive from the UK until 2081! 🤯 Exactly how much of the Sun disappears behind the Moon — and the time of maximum eclipse — will depend on where you are in the country. Some western areas will get an especially impressive view as the eclipse takes place during the evening and heads towards sunset. 🌅🌒 ⚠️ PLEASE PROTECT YOUR EYES! Never look directly at the Sun, even when most of it is covered by the Moon. Use proper certified solar-eclipse glasses or an indirect viewing method such as a pinhole projector. Ordinary sunglasses are NOT safe. 📲 Please share or forward this to your family and friends so they know there’s something rather special happening in the sky on Wednesday evening! After all, the next comparable UK opportunity is a very long wait… 2081! 😳☀️🌒show more

As scientists prepare for the total solar eclipse set... to cross Greenland, Iceland, and Spain on August 12, 2026, NASA has announced a specialized scientific campaign to study the Sun's atmosphere. The space agency will deploy specialized WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft flying at 50,000 feet directly along the path of totality. Equipped with high-speed visible and infrared cameras, the aircraft will chase the Moon’s shadow to extend scientific viewing time of the solar corona to nearly three minutes. Flying above Earth's lower atmosphere allows researchers to capture infrared data normally blocked by moisture, aiding ongoing studies into solar atmospheric heating and solar wind dynamics.show more

Captured over Fairbanks, Alaska, this is one of those... rare moments where science and imagination collide. What looks like a glowing, winged figure in the sky is actually an intense auroral display - shaped entirely by the invisible forces of Earth's magnetic field. Auroras form when charged particles from the Sun collide with gases high above our planet. But the colors here tell a deeper story.show more

Star trails from the ISS! Lots of cool physics... to see in these. Stars moving as thin lines in the direction of our orbital path but forming arcs to the left of our velocity vector. Lightning flashes making purple spots into the time history. City lights streak by. A faint red glow is seen as part of our upper atmosphere. Surreal!show more

🇪🇸🇮🇸 A rare total solar eclipse is hitting parts... of Europe today, with millions getting a chance to watch the sky go dark. Iceland and northern Spain are among the best spots, with totality lasting around 2 minutes. Spain gets an especially wild view because the eclipse happens right before sunset, turning the sun into a thin crescent as it drops below the horizon. Much of the rest of Europe, Canada, the northern U.S. and northwestern Africa will still get a partial eclipse. The universe is showing off tonight, with the Perseid meteor shower peaking just hours after the eclipse. Source: CNN / Writer: Julieshow more

We all know that during the Crucifixion of Jesus... Christ, there was a solar eclipse. I tracked the eclipse and found that it occurred in the third month of the year 33, when Jesus was 33 years old. The eclipse was visible from the South Pole in the zodiac constellation of Pisces, the Fish, a symbol of Jesus Christ, announcing the beginning of the Age of Pisces and the rise of Christianity. I tracked the date and recorded the eclipse shown on the left. Exactly 2,000 years later, in the third month of the year 2033, there will be another solar eclipse. This time, it will be visible from the North Pole at the end of the zodiac constellation of Pisces, announcing the end of the Age of Pisces. What is particularly interesting is that the Morning Star, the planet Venus, is visible during both solar eclipses, exactly 2,000 years apart and in the same month. To make it even more intriguing, the eclipses are visible from opposite ends of the planet, the South and the North, representing the masculine and the feminine, the life force and the spirit! Make of this what you will, but the signs are in the stars.show more

A giant canyon on the Sun On July 15,... a powerful flare occurred on the surface of the Sun, which briefly changed its structure and caused the release of hot plasma into space. As a result of this event, a plasma "scar" about 400,000 kilometers long appeared. This is approximately the distance from the Earth to the Moon. The height of the structure reaches 20,000 kilometers. All this was recorded with high accuracy by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).show more

According to NASA, a lunar eclipse occurred today exactly... 1,993 years ago, on a Friday, which many believe was the day of the crucifixion of Jesus. ( April 3, 33AD) This year, Easter falls on the same Sunday as in the year 33, if that was really the date of the resurrection. This is an interesting coincidence. Donald Trump was born on a blood moon, the war with Iran started a few days before a blood moon in Leo, and the operation is called “Roaring Lion.” I will tell you my date for the crucifixion and the resurrection later today, in my opinion, it is connected to a solar eclipse.show more

Video from the asteroid! In 2018, the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft... deployed small rovers onto the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. This is a sequence of 15 frames captured by Rover-1B. As the asteroid rotates, the position of the Sun and the surface lighting change. The video spans a period of one hour and 14 minutes.show more