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Hubble telescope spots faint irregular galaxy ESO 490-017
The Hubble Space Telescope recently identified Candidate Dark Galaxy-2, a galaxy appearing almost entirely dominated by dark matter.
UN report: Climate change accelerates, 2024 breaches key threshold
Global average temperatures in 2024 reached 1.55°C above pre-industrial levels, temporarily breaching a critical climate threshold.
NASA awards millions for lunar rovers and landers
NASA awarded over $400 million to two private companies for lunar terrain vehicles alone, accelerating the push towards a permanent Moon base by 2032.
GJ 710 stellar flyby poses long-term cosmic risk
In 1.3 million years, a star named Gliese 710 will pass just 0.06 parsecs from our Sun, a distance so close it will shine brighter than any star in our current night sky except Sirius, reaching a brig
New instrument to use Antarctic ice for cosmic neutrino detection
Deep beneath the Antarctic ice, a new instrument is set to listen for the universe's most elusive particles, transforming a frozen continent into the world's largest neutrino detector.
DARPA readies robotic GEO repair satellite in 2026
In a move set to redefine space operations, DARPA and Northrop Grumman are preparing to launch the United States' first robotic servicer, the RSGS demonstrator, as soon as summer 2026.
SETI's history: Federal withdrawal, private persistence
Less than a year after NASA launched its formal, intensive Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program on Columbus Day in 1992, Congress abruptly canceled all federal support.
M Dwarf Surveys Find Super-Earths Abound, Sub-Neptunes Vanish
Around mid-to-late M dwarf stars, a common exoplanet type, the sub-Neptune, effectively vanishes.
SpaceX Starship V3 test flight hits targets, faces engine issues
One of the Super Heavy first stage's 33 Raptor 3 engines shut down early during ascent, even as SpaceX's Starship V3 hit most of its ambitious flight targets during its inaugural orbital test flight i
Webb Telescope Studies Star Clusters, Unveiling Rapid Stellar Birth
On May 6, 2026, the James Webb Space Telescope unveiled a near-infrared image of Messier 51's spiral arm.
NASA seeks partners for Artemis, nuclear propulsion, and aeronautics stories
NASA is asking filmmakers, poets, and documentarians to tell the stories of its Artemis Moon missions and nuclear propulsion efforts.
Hubble captures stunning new image of distant galaxy cluster
Less than 600 million years after the Big Bang, a supermassive black hole already blazed into existence.
NASA Realignment Aims to Accelerate Mission Delivery
NASA is reducing its six existing mission directorates to four, a move that dramatically reshapes how the agency will pursue its ambitious space goals.
NASA Opens Competition for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management Contract
After 66 years of sole management by Caltech, NASA is opening up the $30 billion contract for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to competitive bids.
NASA Names Eight Teams Finalists in Blue Skies Competition
A South Dakota State University team’s 'Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone' project secured first place in NASA's 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, showcasing practical, earth-bound i
NASA supports student lunar robotics for future missions
University of Virginia students built an 80-pound robot to excavate lunar regolith, a critical task for future moon base construction.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft successfully flies by Mars
On May 15, the NASA Psyche spacecraft executed a flawless Mars flyby, a precise gravitational assist that, despite its success, still leaves the mission five years from its ultimate destination: a met
NASA Psyche images 30-mile Mars craters & 30-mile wind streaks
On May 15, 2026, NASA's Psyche spacecraft, still years from its primary asteroid target, captured detailed images of Mars, revealing wind streaks and craters.
Psyche spacecraft captures stunning Mars South Pole images
On May 15, 2026, the Psyche spacecraft, midway through its 2.
Santa Rosa Island wildfire scorches 30% of island, California's largest this year.
Over 30% of Santa Rosa Island, a vital part of Channel Islands National Park, has been scorched by California's largest wildfire of the year.
NASA Psyche Mission images Huygens Crater on Mars
On May 15, 2026, NASA's Psyche mission, merely passing Mars, captured an enhanced-color view of the 470-kilometer-wide Huygens crater, revealing details beyond human sight.
NASA Mars helicopter rotor spins faster than sound in tests
During recent tests, NASA's next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades reached Mach 1.
Satellite megaconstellations fuel unregulated geoengineering, scientists warn
Each day, a minimum of 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of incinerated satellite trash plunges into Earth's atmosphere—a phenomenon scientists gravely describe as an unregulated geoengineering experiment.
Avatar: Fire and Ash Hits Disney+ June 24
Despite grossing over $1.