Read More Scince News Space 27 days ago A Cosmic Coincidence: Two Galaxies, One Line of Sight A striking Hubble image shows two galaxies aligned by chance: Arp 4's faint giant and a distant bright spiral. This accidental pairing reveals how perspective can mislead astronomers and highlights the importance of distance measurements.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Venus Harbors Massive Lava Tubes — A Hidden Network Radar observations hint at enormous lava tubes beneath Venus’s plains. Low gravity and a dense atmosphere may allow thick crusts to preserve underground conduits stretching tens of kilometers—targets for EnVision and VERITAS.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Exploding Primordial Black Hole? PeV Neutrino Clue A 2023 PeV neutrino detected by KM3NeT has prompted a provocative explanation: exploding primordial black holes with a dark charge. This article examines the evidence, theory, and observational tests.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago A New Sungrazer: Will Comet MAPS Light Up Our Skies? A newly found member of the Kreutz sungrazers, comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS), will pass within about 120,000 km of the Sun in early April. Observers may see a brightening, fragmentation, or even daytime visibility.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago New CT Scans of Mars Rock Reveal Hidden Water Stores Non-destructive X-ray and neutron CT scans of the Martian meteorite NWA 7034 (Black Beauty) uncovered tiny hydrogen-rich iron oxyhydroxide clasts that hold a disproportionate share of the rock's water, informing Mars’ ancient hydrology.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Why Axiom Won the Fifth Private Mission to the ISS NASA has awarded the fifth private astronaut mission to Axiom Space, returning private crews to the ISS in early 2027. The article explains Ax-5, the buy-sell logistics with NASA, Axiom's commercial station plans and its AxEMU lunar suits.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago If Earth Needed a Nuke: Rethinking Asteroid Deflection A Nature Communications study shows that asteroid composition — from iron cores to rubble piles — radically alters how a standoff nuclear detonation would transfer momentum, shaping realistic planetary defense plans.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Hydrogen Leaks Postpone NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Flight A hydrogen leak during the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal forced NASA to delay the crewed lunar flyby. Engineers will re-test fueling and inspect seals before committing the four-person crew to launch, highlighting risks of cryogenic propellants.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Moon Rocket Fuel Leak Delays Artemis II Launch Plans A hydrogen leak during Artemis II's dry dress rehearsal halted fueling at Kennedy Space Center, jeopardizing February launch dates and forcing teams to apply fixes learned from earlier SLS tests.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Countdown Begins: NASA’s First Moon Crew in 54 Years NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown and fueling rehearsal for its Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, a decisive step toward the first human lunar mission since 1972.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago NASA Rover Uses AI Maps to Navigate Mars' Rugged Terrain NASA’s Perseverance rover drove across Mars using maps generated by AI models. JPL and Anthropic validated routes via a digital twin, cutting operator workload and pointing toward more autonomous planetary exploration.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago SpaceX's Bold Pitch: One Million Orbital Data Centers SpaceX has applied to the FCC to deploy up to one million solar-powered orbital data centers in LEO, promising environmental and economic benefits while raising serious concerns about orbital congestion, collisions, and regulation.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago How Earthquake Sensors Pinpoint Falling Space Junk Researchers used earthquake seismometers to detect sonic booms from falling space debris, tracking the Shenzhou-15 module’s hypersonic reentry to reconstruct trajectory, breakup and likely fall zones in near real time.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago AI Mines Hubble Archive, Reveals 1,300+ Cosmic Anomalies An AI-driven search of the Hubble Legacy Archive found over 1,300 anomalous objects, including 800+ previously undocumented systems. The study demonstrates how anomaly detection can amplify archival science and prioritize follow-up.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Space-Aged Viruses: Phages Evolve into Antibiotic Allies A space experiment shows bacteriophages and E. coli evolve differently in microgravity. Space-driven phage mutations improved killing of antibiotic-resistant UTI bacteria, informing new phage therapies.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Mysterious Iron Bar Found at Heart of the Ring Nebula Astronomers using WEAVE on the William Herschel Telescope discovered a straight bar of ionized iron crossing the Ring Nebula. The feature defies explanation—dust destruction, jets, and planet debris have problems—prompting new searches and models.
Read More Scince News Space a month ago Rare Solar Eruptions Revealed by Proba-3 Time-Lapse Proba-3's ASPIICS coronagraph captured a rare time-lapse of three prominence eruptions, revealing the Sun’s inner corona in yellow and demonstrating how formation-flying satellites enable repeatable artificial eclipses for detailed solar study.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Why Orange Dwarfs Could Harbor Life for Billions of Years A new spectroscopic survey identifies hundreds of nearby K-type 'orange dwarf' stars as top targets in the search for habitable planets, highlighting their long lifespans and lower flare activity compared with red dwarfs.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Betelgeuse’s Hidden Companion: Wake Reveals Stellar Fire Hubble observations reveal a wake inside Betelgeuse’s atmosphere, offering the first direct evidence of a companion star disturbing the red supergiant and shaping its long-term variability.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago South Atlantic Anomaly Expands: Swarm Reveals Rapid Growth ESA's Swarm satellites reveal the South Atlantic Anomaly has expanded since 2014, growing nearly half the size of Europe. New data link the change to core processes and highlight risks to satellites and navigation.
