Asteroid 2026 PC6 passed Earth at 0.053 lunar distances (0.00014 AU / about 20 400 km / 12 700 miles) from the center of our planet at 00:50 UTC on August 12, 2026, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (NASA/CNEOS). At the nominal distance, the object passed about 14 000 km (8 700 miles) above Earth’s surface, placing it inside the orbit of geostationary satellites and making it the closest asteroid flyby of the year.

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The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse can be watched live online today through scheduled broadcasts from NASA, ESA, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the Exploratorium and Royal Observatory Greenwich. IAC starts at 17:00 UTC, Royal Observatory Greenwich at 17:10 UTC, NASA at 17:15 UTC, and ESA and the Exploratorium at 17:30 UTC, before totality reaches Iceland and Spain.

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The Perseid meteor shower will reach its 2026 maximum during the night of August 12--13, with the International Meteor Organization placing the nominal peak between 02:00 and 04:00 UTC on August 13. A New Moon on August 12 will eliminate lunar interference, providing excellent conditions for optical observations.

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A total solar eclipse will sweep across the Arctic and into southern Europe on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, bringing up to 2 minutes 18 seconds of totality to parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a small area of northeastern Portugal. As the Moon's shadow races southeastward, Iceland will witness the event in the late afternoon before totality reaches northern Spain shortly before sunset. The event will be the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999 and the first visible from the Iberian Peninsula in more than a century.

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Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 will pass Earth at 6.67 lunar distances (about 0.017 AU), or 2.5 million km (1.6 million miles) above Earth’s surface, at 11:16 UTC on June 27, 2026. The object has an estimated diameter between 750–1 650 m (2 460–5 410 feet), making this an unusually close encounter for an object of this size. The Virtual Telescope Project will stream the flyby live at 23:00 UTC on June 26 and 27, offering real-time views as the asteroid reaches peak brightness.

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The Arietids peak around June 10, bringing the year's strongest daytime meteor shower to Earth. Most activity occurs in daylight, but observers may catch a few meteors during the final dark hour before sunrise.

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NASA instructed crew members aboard the International Space Station to end safe haven procedures and return to planned operations on June 5, 2026, after Roscosmos paused structural repair work inside the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, while additional measurements and data are assessed.

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A fireball detected over the South Atlantic Ocean at 02:13:14 UTC on April 1, 2026, has emerged as a candidate interstellar meteor following an orbital analysis by Avi Loeb and Richard Cloete, who argue that its trajectory is inconsistent with an origin within the Solar System. The object, designated Polar-IM, is described by Loeb and Cloete as the strongest interstellar meteor candidate yet identified in the NASA Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) fireball database, with a confidence level above 99.9997% under the researchers' uncertainty model.

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A meteor traveling about 120 700 km/h (75 000 mph) fragmented high above northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire at 18:06 UTC (14:06 EDT) on May 30, 2026, releasing energy equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT and producing a loud boom reported across New England, according to NASA.

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A bright fireball was observed over Western New York and Southern Ontario around 09:10 - 09:16 UTC on May 27, 2026 (05:10 - 05:16 EDT). Several witnesses reported hearing a boom associated with the event.

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