Jessica Meir and Anil Menon completed a 6.5-hour spacewalk to install solar array mounting hardware outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026.

Source: '1 more step': NASA astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk to prep ISS for solar array upgrade

Rocket Lab launched its eighth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS on Thursday morning (Aug. 6), five weeks later than originally planned.

Source: Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing satellite after 5-week delay (video, photos)

Seeking rest or relaxation? You're unlikely to find either on a "Star Trek" holiday

Source: 'Strange New Worlds' latest 'Hangov...ar Trek' vacations are never a good idea

South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter has spied the crater that a SpaceX rocket blasted out when it slammed into the moon on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5).

Source: SpaceX rocket's impact crater on the moon spied by Korean lunar orbiter (photos)

Blue Origin has made considerable progress in its New Glenn anomaly investigation, tracing the problem to a faulty valve in one of the rocket's first-stage engines.

Source: Blue Origin traces origin of huge New Glenn rocket explosion to oxygen valve, CEO says

"Phobos crosses the Martian sky three times a day, and Earth is visible for months at a stretch, but catching one directly behind the other takes planning and a little luck."

Source: Mars rover watches Earth disappear behind Phobos | Space photo of the day for Aug. 6, 2025

On Aug. 6, 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover successfully touched down on the Martian surface in a way never attempted before: a rocket-powered sky crane. Here's why it mattered.

Source: On this day in space! Aug. 6, 2012:... on Mars with a rocket-powered sky crane

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage that collided with the moon on Wednesday (Aug. 5), was just the latest in a line of energetic lunar touchdowns.

Source: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 wasn't the first rocket to crash into the moon. Here's a rundown

No tropical cyclones as of Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:21:35 GMT

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Kurth from Clemson to Georgia

Charlie Kurth, currently Professor of Philosophy at Clemson University, will be moving to the University of Georgia. Professor Kurth is known for his work in ethics, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of mind. He is the author of The Anxious Mind: An Investigation into the Varieties & Virtues of Anxiety (MIT, 2018) and Emotion (Routledge, 2022) as well as many other works. For more information on his publications, see here. He will be taking up his new position at UGA as Professor of Philosophy and as the first director of UGA’s Ethics Hub in January 2027. Related: “Two Philosophers Win ‘Courageous Colleague’ Award“

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https://dailynous.com/2026/08/06/kurth-from-clemson-to-georgia/

Anthony Kenny (1931-2026)

Anthony Kenny, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Oxford, well-known for his work on the philosophy of mind and history of philosophy, has died. Professor Kenny wrote widely on the philosophy of mind, history of philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He is especially recognized for his work on Wittgenstein, Thomas Aquinas, and Descartes, including his critique of Cartesian dualism. Professor Kenny is the author of numerous articles and books. Some of his more well-known books include Descartes (1968), The Five Ways: St. Thomas Aquinas’ Proofs of God’s Existence (1969), Wittgenstein (1973), Aquinas (1980), What I Believe (2006), and A New History of Western Philosophy (2010).  You can read more about his work here. Professor Kenny was on the faculty at the University of Oxford for his entire career, from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. He also lectured at a number of institutions, including the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow, the University of Cambridge, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, the University of Washington, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, Cornell University, Stanford University, and the Rockefeller University. He earned his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1961. He died on August 3rd, 2026.

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https://dailynous.com/2026/08/06/anthony-kenny-1931-2026/

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From exact timings to cloud cover warnings, these smartphone apps will help you dial in on the 2026 total solar eclipse.

Source: Plan your perfect 2026 total solar eclipse experience with these smartphone apps

Find out where you can experience totality on Aug. 12, 2026, and which countries will experience a partial solar eclipse.

Source: Where will the total solar eclipse 2026 be visible from?

No tropical cyclones as of Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:01:17 GMT

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"Shadow owes its birth to light."

Source: John Gay

"Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments."

Source: Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent."

Source: Nicolas Chamfort

"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon."

Source: Jean Ingelow

"There is a woman at the beginning of all great things."

Source: Alphonse de Lamartine

"The best proof of love is trust."

Source: Joyce Brothers

"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."

Source: W. H. Auden

"Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods."

Source: Plato

"A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason."

Source: J. P. Morgan

"The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going."

Source: George Carlin