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Declassified UFO Files: What American Reports Really Hide (or Don't) - Space Tales

Trump ordered the declassification of UFO files in 2026. What the AARO and NASA reports really say, and why some lawmakers see it as a distraction from the Epstein files.

Victor Hale·6 min read·6/22/2026

Starship V3: The First Flight of the New Generation Takes Off Tonight - Space Tales

Tonight, the Starship V3 flight 12 launches from Starbase, Texas, marking the first flight of the new generation spacecraft. This launch is crucial for both SpaceX and NASA's Artemis program.

Elena Marsh·4 min read·6/21/2026

3I/ATLAS: The Third Interstellar Comet Traverses Our Solar System - Space Tales

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever discovered. Detected on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS telescope in Chile, it traverses our Solar System as a visitor from afar.

Victor Hale·5 min read·6/21/2026

Starship V3 Flight 12 Successful: Overview of the First Flight of the New Generation - Space Tales

Starship V3 Flight 12 successful on May 22, 2026: first flight of the new generation, 65-minute suborbital test, satellite deployment, and booster recovery. Complete overview.

Victor Hale·4 min read·6/20/2026

Artemis III: NASA Reveals Crew for 2027 Test Mission - Space Tales

NASA announced the crew of Artemis III on June 8, 2026. A low Earth orbit test mission in 2027 to validate docking with lunar landers before a future lunar landing.

Victor Hale·4 min read·6/20/2026

The Night Sky in April 2026 - Spreewald-Spechtler

The moon's path and planetary movements in April 2026, including visibility details for comets and meteor showers.

Victor Hale·10 min read·6/20/2026

A Look into a Possible Early Solar System - Spreewald-Spechtler

Astronomers have observed how two planets are forming in the disk around a young star named WISPIT 2 in the constellation Aquila. The team confirmed the existence of another planet, suggesting that the WISPIT-2 system could resemble a young solar system.

Victor Hale·4 min read·6/20/2026

Mars, the Planet of Records

If we considered the Solar System as an elegant residential neighborhood, Mars would surely be part of our vicinity. But do we really know all the geological wonders that our cosmic neighbor holds on its surface?

Elena Marsh·3 min read·6/19/2026

29 Cygni b or How Massive Celestial Bodies Form - Spreewald-Spechtler

Where is the boundary between stars and the most massive planets? Scientists suspect that this depends on their formation method. Did they form through a bottom-up process or a top-down process?

Victor Hale·5 min read·6/19/2026

Hubble Celebrates 36 Years with Fascinating View of the Trifid Nebula

The Hubble Space Telescope of NASA/ESA has once again focused on a scene it first captured in 1997, in honor of its 36th anniversary: a small section of a star formation region in the constellation Sagittarius, about 5,000 light-years away, known as the Trifid Nebula.

Elena Marsh·6 min read·6/19/2026

Public Participation in the Search for Gravitational Lenses - Spreewald-Spechtler

With the launch of 'Space Warps,' a new citizen science project, the public can actively participate in the search for rare gravitational lenses using data from the Euclid space telescope.

Elena Marsh·7 min read·6/19/2026

Parker Solar Probe: Completed the Twenty-Eighth Close Pass of the Sun

The twenty-eighth close pass of the Parker Solar Probe has concluded, providing valuable data on the Sun's atmosphere and solar phenomena.

Victor Hale·3 min read·6/18/2026