Read More Scince News Space a day ago Can Asteroid Mining Become a Real Source of Resources? A new ICE-CSIC study uses mass spectrometry of carbonaceous chondrite samples to reassess which asteroids are promising for resource extraction, highlighting water-rich and olivine/spinel-rich targets and outlining technical hurdles.
Read More Scince News Space 2 days ago Why the Giant Green Bank Telescope Found 3I - ATLAS Silent Breakthrough Listen used the 100-m Green Bank Telescope to scan interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS for radio technosignatures. The five-hour observation found only terrestrial interference, reinforcing the comet's natural origin.
Read More Scince News Space 2 days ago Astronomers Measure a Rogue Planet’s Mass and Distance Astronomers used coordinated ground and Gaia observations to measure both the mass and distance of a rogue planet. The planet is ~22% of Jupiter's mass and lies about 9,785 light-years away.
Read More Scince News Space 3 days ago Seven-Hour Gamma-Ray Burst Shakes Astronomers' Models A record-setting gamma-ray burst, GRB 250702B, lasted nearly seven hours and challenges current models. Multiwavelength follow-up tied the burst to a dusty galaxy and launched new questions about GRB origins.
Read More Scince News Space 4 days ago SpaceX Tops 165 Orbital Launches in 2025, New Record SpaceX smashed its annual launch record in 2025 with 165 orbital flights—mainly Falcon 9 missions—adding over 3,000 Starlink satellites and demonstrating growing reuse and cadence in commercial spaceflight.
Read More Scince News Space 4 days ago Hubble Reveals NGC 4535: The Lost Galaxy Comes Alive Hubble's newest image of NGC 4535 reveals the 'Lost Galaxy' in Virgo, exposing young blue star clusters and glowing H II nebulae. The data, from PHANGS-HST, helps map star formation across nearby galaxies.
Read More Scince News Space 5 days ago Fomalhaut's Fireworks: Two Massive Collisions Caught Hubble imaged two massive planetesimal collisions around the nearby star Fomalhaut, producing bright dust clouds that mimic exoplanets. New data reshape views of planet formation and future exoplanet imaging.
Read More Scince News Space 5 days ago Hubble Reveals Chaos Inside Giant 'Dracula' Disk in Detail Hubble's visible-light images expose extreme asymmetry and turbulence in IRAS 23077+6707, a record-size protoplanetary disk. New data reveal filaments, potential inflows, and enough material to form multiple giant planets.
Read More Scince News Space 5 days ago Three Active Galactic Nuclei Caught in a Rare Triple Merger Astronomers confirmed a rare triple-AGN system first spotted by WISE: two close, merging galaxies plus a third active galaxy linked by a tidal gas tail. Multiwavelength follow-up will probe black hole growth and merger dynamics.
Read More Scince News Space 6 days ago Inside NASA’s Artemis II Countdown Dress Rehearsal NASA completed a full dress rehearsal for Artemis II at Kennedy Space Center, stopping the countdown at T-minus 30 seconds. The end-to-end test validated launch timelines, crew procedures, and system responses ahead of the planned April 2026 lunar flyby.
Read More Scince News Space 6 days ago Inflatable Space Habitats: Will They Replace ISS Soon? Inflatable orbital habitats, such as MaxSpace's Thunderbird, promise large usable volume from a single launch as the ISS retires. Learn about designs, timelines, challenges, and prospects for commercial low Earth orbit stations.
Read More Scince News Space 8 days ago New Code Reveals How Dark Matter Halos Evolve Rapidly Perimeter researchers introduce KISS-SIDM, a new computational tool that models self-interacting dark matter halos, maps gravothermal collapse, and explores implications for galaxy cores and black hole formation.
Read More Scince News Space 9 days ago Europa Clipper Views Interstellar Comet 3I - ATLAS from Behind Europa Clipper used its ultraviolet spectrograph to capture a rare downstream view of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, detecting oxygen, hydrogen and dust and filling observation gaps Earth and Mars couldn't cover.
Read More Scince News Space 11 days ago Seeing Stellar Novae in High Definition: New Interferometry High-resolution interferometry from the CHARA Array reveals that novae eject material in complex ways — multiple outflows, perpendicular streams, and delayed expulsions — linking these dynamics to gamma-ray production.
Read More Scince News Space 11 days ago How TOI-561 b Stays Cool: A Thick Atmosphere Mystery TOI-561 b's dayside is cooler than models predict, suggesting a persistent atmosphere interacting with a global magma ocean. New studies explore how winds, water vapor and iron-rich magma help the planet retain volatiles.
Read More Scince News Space 13 days ago First Wheelchair User in Space: Michaela Benthaus' Flight Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user to cross the Karman line on Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital flight, spotlighting accessibility and private space tourism ambitions.
Read More Scince News Space 13 days ago Electric Sparks Detected in Martian Dust Devils Revealed Perseverance’s SuperCam microphone recorded electric sparks in Martian dust devils, revealing charged-dust chemistry that may explain methane loss and pose risks to missions and future explorers.
Read More Scince News Space 15 days ago First Contact Might Be Loud: The Eschatian Hypothesis The Eschatian Hypothesis argues that our first detection of extraterrestrial technology may be a loud, atypical transient — a dramatic technosignature tied to crisis or end-times. This article explains the idea, evidence, and search strategies.
Read More Scince News Space 16 days ago Parker Finds Sun's Alfvén Surface Is Growing and Spikier Parker Solar Probe data show the Sun's Alfvén surface is expanding and becoming more irregular through the solar cycle. This direct mapping sharpens solar-wind models and reveals implications for exoplanet environments.
Read More Scince News Space 16 days ago Could a Supernova Conceal a Rare Superkilonova Merger? Astronomers investigating AT2025ulz report a puzzling transient that may be a "superkilonova" — a kilonova occurring inside the debris of a recent supernova. The event, seen in gravitational waves and light, could reshape ideas about neutron-star formation and heavy-element production.
