Moon or Planet? The Awkward Case of CD-35 2722B Problems of definition will long be with us as we take…
Diffuse inter-filament gas is likely a key fuel source for massive star formation Researchers from Kyushu University have discovered that…
NASA’s PUNCH sharpens solar storm forecasting in first test Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona…
Rubin Observatory opens a deep window on a famous cosmic field A new Vera C. Rubin Observatory image featuring hundreds…
Webb reveals warped structure in nearby TW Hydrae’s protoplanetary disk Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers obtained high-contrast…
Solar wind stirs Mars’ upper atmosphere, boosting ion loss to space Our sun constantly releases a stream of high-speed charged…
Moonquakes could reveal ice buried beneath lunar south polar craters Finding water on the moon may only be a matter…
Little moons, megarocket, tiny CubeSat When it comes to cool things happening in space, size doesn’t matter. Go to Source…
Resist the technocrats Through international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them…
Probing binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud with the JWST The formation and evolution of individual stars in a…
Risks of debris between the Earth and the moon for future exploration Cislunar space has become the focal point of…
Machine learning LDL-C equation comparable to original Martin-Hopkins A simplified machine learning-based low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) equation provides results that…
National Space Society announces Orbital Space Settlement Design Project Artist’s impression of the interior of a 500m diameter cylindrical spin-gravity…
Detection of a Habitable Zone Planet with an Atmosphere If we couldn’t figure out what to call CD-35 2722B b,…
The future of the UK’s renowned Lovell radio telescope is in question after a funding cut Scientists have reacted with…
How NASA plans to build the Habitable Worlds Observatory We’ve been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for…
Gamma-ray pulsations reveal extreme 3.2-millisecond pulsar 3,900 light-years away By analyzing the data from NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope, Chinese…
SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks SpaceX’s mammoth Starship rocket blasted off…
Rocks from unexplored far side of the moon help rewrite lunar history Ancient samples from the moon’s far side are…
Portraits of the red planet See Mars from Viking 1 and Psyche, or with your own two eyes. Go to…
Signal then storm Allan Basbaum has spent 50 years searching the nervous system for the places where pain begins –…
Could alien signals be hiding on a different radio channel? Astronomers searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence may have been…
NASA’s new space telescope will tackle some of the universe’s biggest mysteries NASA is about to launch a space observatory…
Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks. A growing space junk problem will make doing so more important A commercial…
Converting oils and fluids while you fly: The new frontier in aviation efficiency Standardising oils and hydraulic fluids across a…
Electyrolyzer experiment designated ready-to-fly by NASA A Southwest Research Institute and University of Texas at San Antonio experiment has passed…
One idea, two cosmic mysteries—linking Little Red Dots and globular clusters A new study led by astronomers at The University…
How the sun goes to ‘sleep’ could reveal future space weather when it wakes Scientists have developed a new way…
NASA’s Psyche mission delivers Mars flyby data, time-lapse video The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are…
FCC approves first launch for space reflector constellation Reflect Orbital moves ahead with the company’s first Eärendil launch amid concerns…
More than one way to make an impact Finding craters, speaking out against anti-science policies, preventing asteroid impacts, making art…
New Propulsion Systems for Deep Space Smallsats Building the infrastructure we will need for interstellar exploration requires an imaginative look…
Transit of wonder Every 122 years, Venus crosses the Sun as a black and fleeting teardrop, kindling the awe of…
The starry night redux: Dark energy camera captures stars, nebulae, clusters, and more in a rich, van Gogh-esque scene The…
South Africa’s rooibos heads to space Seeds from South Africa’s world-famous rooibos tea are headed to the International Space Station…
To measure a black hole’s ultimate spin, we have to go to space Despite their depiction as massive monsters that…
Are we missing the universe’s ‘noosignatures?’ Astrobiology has long been split into two camps: a search for “biosignatures” and a…
Most of the moon’s water likely remains chemically bound in its deep interior After decades of analyzing reams of lunar…
What the Comments Taught Me: A Reply on Self-Replicating Probes Self-replicating probes continue to be a controversial subject, just as…
Gravitational waves reveal hidden populations within black hole mergers Since gravitational waves were first detected in 2015, instruments including LIGO,…
Could permanent magnets protect astronauts from solar storms? Shielding astronauts from the deadly radiation they face is a central challenge…
To ancient astronomers, Theta Eridani was brighter for 1,000 years—now we know why There’s a bit of a historical mystery…
Say hello to our little friends Hayabusa2 and Tianwen-2 get up close and personal with two asteroids. Go to Source…
Lore of the rings Trees contain an archive – tales of planetary shifts, cosmic events, historical pivots – that we’re…
Observing oscillations, flares and tornados on the sun For six and a half days in July 2024, the balloon-borne solar…
Artemis II astronauts reunite with their moonship 3 months after record-breaking flight The Artemis II astronauts reunited with their capsule…
Primordial mini-moons may explain meteorite composition A new Southwest Research Institute-led study proposes a solution to a longstanding puzzle in…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft wakes from its longest hibernation in good health Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly…
How an interstellar comet sheds light on universe’s ‘cosmic noon’ Last year, an interstellar traveler entered our solar system. Some…
An island of calm at the violent heart of the galaxy Where would you go to watch a star being…
Planned 1.7 million satellites ‘devastating’ for astronomy: Study The 1.7 million satellites that companies are aiming to launch into Earth’s…
Hot Jupiter winds reveal exoplanet magnetic fields for first time Planets beyond our solar system can have magnetic fields similar…
An ocean of stars The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has kicked off an epic mission to map the Universe, including…
New Horizons: Pushing Toward the ‘Termination Shock’ Mission planning for any future star probe will adjust not only for conditions…
Abyss The testimonies of Ukraine’s war widows reveal the mortal risk of love and the possibility of dying while alive:…
Dynamic black holes may obey Hawking-style thermodynamics with an alternative entropy measure Of the known things in the universe, black…
Space startup to launch India’s first private orbital rocket Indian startup Skyroot Aerospace said Thursday it would hold the maiden…
HD 39474: A Brown Dwarf Shapes a Planetary System With well over 6,000 exoplanets now confirmed and a continuing flow…
LSST begins full operations with key contributions from Japanese researchers and engineers NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun…
Cosmic eruption caught in the act by submillimeter array’s new fastest response system On Jan. 26, 2026, the Submillimeter Array…
3D printing Mars habitats using in-situ resources Conceptual illustration of a habitat on Mars being 3D printed with a regolith-based…
The rise of space AI might explain the Fermi paradox Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to have a disruptive impact…
The solar gravitational lens could map white dwarfs and black holes It feels like every few months we get to…
New millisecond pulsar discovered with the Murchison Widefield Array Using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), astronomers have discovered a new…
Uranus, Neptune may be magma worlds, not ice giants Uranus and Neptune remain two of the most mysterious objects in…
Quite the journey A planet’s path around the Sun, a quasi-moon tagging along, and your name a million miles away….
The violence specialists Every society depends on violence workers, but what makes young men take a job that risks their…
Ancient stellar flyby may still be steering long-period comets today The Gaia mission has allowed researchers to understand the motions…
Smile spacecraft reaches science orbit The European-Chinese Smile mission reached its designated science orbit on June 20, 2026. The team…
‘Fingerprints’ of black hole’s event horizon detected for first time Scientists have detected the “fingerprints” of a black hole’s event…
The Intergalactic Fermi Problem The headwaters of the Fermi Paradox channel directly through Michael Hart and Frank Tipler, and it’s…
Hubble details early galaxy transforming neighborhood 1.4 billion years after Big Bang Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found…
Making sense of Mars’ tiny moon Phobos Mars’ innermost moon, Phobos, has long puzzled planetary scientists, who have continually debated…
Mars-like conditions fail to kill some Earth pathogens, experiments suggest Microorganisms from our planet could survive on celestial bodies where…
Sonic booms from meteors can release the energy of hundreds of tons of TNT. Here’s how they work As humans,…
The Sun may not engulf Earth after all, scientists say Need some good news on a Friday after a long…
Solstices, equinoxes, and seasons How Earth’s tilted axis causes our seasons. Go to Source Author: The latest stories from The…
Trauma creep From a broken life to a broken nail, ‘trauma’ has been bleached by overuse. But it names something…
Long gamma-ray bursts may trace collapsing stars rather than neutron-star mergers Long-duration gamma-ray bursts are some of the most energetic…
Texas wine grapes launch to space for research mission Researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife are sending hundreds of grape seeds…
Lava planet has hydrogen-rich, active atmosphere It’s 2158, and you’re chugging away on your Ph.D. in planetary volcanology from the…
Are alien probes hiding in our backyard? A new study says we’ve barely looked Even at this early stage in…
Venus’ strange rotation was likely triggered by a high-velocity, moon-sized impactor Venus’ bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its…
The extraordinary physiological challenges facing amputee John McFall in space The UK Space Agency has announced an agreement with Vast—a…
South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have…
Meet REMORA: The autonomous space fleet built to tag and track asteroids To truly understand what an asteroid is made…
The right stuff Getting people into space takes the right tech, the right talent, and the right policies. Go to…
A philosophy of home The household is a community, as much as the state, and ancient philosophy had much more…
A look at the SpaceX IPO by the numbers Elon Musk is all about big numbers—millions, billions, even trillions—and there…
A look at the SpaceX IPO by the numbers Elon Musk is all about big numbers—millions, billions, even trillions—and there…
The Physics of Interstellar Travel Coryn Bailer-Jones’ The Physics of Interstellar Travel fills a need which has become apparent only…
NASA’s CloudCube pioneers miniaturized radar to study clouds, precipitation A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet…
