Space Exploration News
August 5, 2025
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July 27, 2025 — Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for decades because researchers only adjusted rover weight to ...
July 2, 2025 — UF engineers, backed by DARPA and NASA, are perfecting laser-forming techniques that let metal sheets fold themselves into giant solar arrays, antennas, and even space-station parts right in ...
June 27, 2025 — The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area of the full moon in one shot. Over the next ten years, this cosmic giant will scan the southern sky in ultra-HD, helping ...
June 5, 2025 — Supermassive black holes might naturally replicate the colossal energies of man-made particle colliders possibly even revealing dark matter offering a cosmic shortcut to discoveries that would ...
June 3, 2025 — Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this ...
June 3, 2025 — Scientists have identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which detected the powerful phenomena as the spacecraft dipped in and out of the ...
May 30, 2025 — A series of studies sheds light on the origins and characteristics of intermediate-mass black ...
May 28, 2025 — A team of international astronomers have discovered a new cosmic object emitting both radio waves and ...
'Raindrops in the Sun's Corona': New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of Our Star's Atmosphere
May 27, 2025 — Scientists have produced the finest images of the Sun's corona to date. To make these high-resolution images and movies, the team developed a new 'coronal adaptive optics' system that removes blur ...
May 23, 2025 — Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated a cloud of ionized particles that briefly enveloped the ...
May 22, 2025 — The puzzling behavior of Titan's atmosphere has been revealed. The team has shown that the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon doesn't spin in line with its surface, but instead wobbles like a gyroscope, shifting with the ...
May 21, 2025 — The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, according to a new ...
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Aug. 4, 2025 — In a spectacular image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 glows with cosmic elegance and hides a strange ...
Aug. 4, 2025 — NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft just aced a key radar test while flying past Mars, proving its ability to detect structures beneath planetary surfaces—something that couldn’t be tested on ...
Aug. 3, 2025 — A massive, fast-orbiting planet is inching closer to its star, and scientists now have direct evidence of its impending demise. It could disintegrate, burn up, or be stripped bare, offering rare ...
Aug. 3, 2025 — Cosmic rays from deep space might be the secret energy source that allows life to exist underground on Mars and icy moons like Enceladus and Europa. New research reveals that when these rays interact ...
Aug. 2, 2025 — Astronomers using ALMA have discovered complex organic molecules, including potential precursors to life's building blocks, in the protoplanetary disc of a young star, V883 Orionis. This finding ...
Aug. 2, 2025 — A bizarre planet defies cosmic norms: scientists have confirmed a giant planet orbiting in reverse around one star in a close binary system—an arrangement previously thought impossible. Using ...
July 23, 2025 — Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary disc—exactly where theory predicted. The direct light detection is what ...
July 22, 2025 — NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set to embark on a deep-sky survey that could capture nearly 100,000 cosmic explosions, shedding light on ...
July 20, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational beat in a never-before-seen rhythm. It’s the first of its kind, orbiting ...
July 20, 2025 — Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system have uncovered a surprising source of powerful X-rays. Using NASA s IXPE telescope and data from other observatories, an international team found that ...
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July 20, 2025 — Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System. Using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA, researchers detected hot ...
July 14, 2025 — Astronomers have uncovered a massive, hidden exoplanet nestled in the dusty disc of a young star—MP Mus—by combining cutting-edge data from the ALMA observatory and ESA’s Gaia mission. ...
July 11, 2025 — NASA is gearing up for an exciting chapter in lunar exploration by sending a trio of high-tech instruments to the Moon. Two of the devices will be attached to a new lunar rover capable of carrying ...
July 11, 2025 — In its closest-ever dive into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has returned stunning new images and data that bring scientists closer to solving one of the Sun’s biggest ...
July 11, 2025 — In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow in space. The Moon-Rice project, led by the Italian Space Agency in ...
July 11, 2025 — China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary science’s greatest mysteries: why the near and far sides are so ...
July 15, 2025 — Our galaxy may reside in a billion-light-year-wide cosmic bubble that accelerates local expansion, potentially settling the long-running Hubble tension. Galaxy counts reveal a sparsely populated ...
July 13, 2025 — A 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that fell to Earth in Africa is rewriting what we know about lunar volcanism. This rare meteorite, studied by UK scientists and unveiled at a major geochemistry ...
July 9, 2025 — Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ingredients of planets already stretching to Neptune-like orbits. ...
July 9, 2025 — Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope spotted surprisingly cold, dense hydrogen clouds embedded inside the Milky Way’s vast, super-hot Fermi bubbles—structures thought to be created by a ...
July 3, 2025 — Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers ...
July 1, 2025 — Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...
July 2, 2025 — Japan’s Himawari weather satellites, designed to watch Earth, have quietly delivered a decade of infrared snapshots of Venus. By stitching 437 images together, scientists tracked daily thermal ...
June 22, 2025 — Scientists are peering into the universe's mysterious Cosmic Dawn using the faint whispers of hydrogen radio waves emitted over 13 billion years ago. These signals, particularly the elusive ...
June 19, 2025 — Astronomers have uncovered a colossal, searing-hot filament of gas linking four galaxy clusters in the Shapley Supercluster a discovery that could finally solve the mystery of the Universe s missing ...
June 18, 2025 — Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial features in stunning color and resolution. By combining over 50 hours of ...
June 14, 2025 — A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes ...
June 16, 2025 — When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet ...
June 16, 2025 — For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to the European Space Agency s Solar Orbiter and its tilted orbit, scientists ...
June 12, 2025 — Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way. The findings provide a rare ...
Sunday, July 20, 2025
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Friday, July 11, 2025
- NASA’s Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle Will Search for Lunar Ice and Subsurface Structures
- NASA Probe Flies Into the Sun and Captures the Origins of Solar Storms
- This Tiny Rice Plant Could Feed the First Lunar Colony
- Chang’e-6 Unearths Volcanic and Magnetic Mysteries on the Moon’s Farside
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
- Astronomers Catch Planets in the Act of Being Born
- Ice in a Million-Degree Fermi Bubble Reveals the Milky Way’s Recent Eruption
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Sunday, June 22, 2025
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Monday, June 16, 2025
- Tiny Orange Beads Found by Apollo Astronauts Reveal Moon’s Explosive Past
- Magnetic Mayhem at the Sun’s Poles: First Images Reveal a Fiery Mystery
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
- Sand Clouds and Moon Nurseries: Webb’s Dazzling Exoplanet Reveal
- Sun Unleashes Monster Solar Storm: Rare G4 Alert Issued for Earth
- Scientists May Have Spotted a Giant New Planet Forming
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Streaked Slopes on Mars Probably Not Signs of Water Flow, Study Finds
- Not One, but Two Massive Black Holes Are Eating Away at This Galaxy
Thursday, May 15, 2025
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Monday, May 5, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
- A Vast Molecular Cloud, Long Invisible, Is Discovered Near Solar System
- New Look at Galactic Region Surrounding Our Solar System: Lyman-Alpha Emissions
- New Research Shatters Long-Held Beliefs About Asteroid Vesta
Friday, April 25, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Turning Down Starlight to Spot New Exoplanets
- Scientists Probe the Mystery of Titan's Missing Deltas
- Volcanic History and Clues to Ancient Life on Mars
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Ever Wonder Why Some Meteor Showers Are So Unpredictable?
- Crystal Clues on Mars Point to Watery and Possibly Life-Supporting Past
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- On Jupiter, It's Mushballs All the Way Down
- Molten Martian Core Could Explain Red Planet's Magnetic Quirks
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Solar Wave Squeezed Jupiter's Magnetic Shield to Unleash Heat
- Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Thursday, March 20, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Combination of Cosmic Processes Shapes the Size and Location of Sub-Neptunes
- Age of Upcoming Asteroid Flyby Target
Friday, March 14, 2025
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars
- Small and Large Planets Have Significantly Different Upbringings
- Astronomer Finds Gas Giant Exoplanets Formed Earlier Than Previously Thought
- Neural Network Deciphers Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars in a Second
- Ultra-Hot Nova Observed Erupting: Surprising Chemical Signature
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Beyond Our Solar System: Scientists Identify a New Exoplanet Candidate
- NASA's Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Duo May Be Trio
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- The International Space Station Is Overly Sterile; Making It 'dirtier' Could Improve Astronaut Health
- NASA's Hubble Provides Bird's-Eye View of Andromeda Galaxy's Ecosystem
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Lunar Trailblazer Blasts Off to Map Water on the Moon
- ESO Observations Help Almost Fully Rule out 2024 YR4 Asteroid Impact
- Why Is Mars Red? Scientists May Finally Have the Answer
Monday, February 24, 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Einstein Probe Catches X-Ray Odd Couple
- 'Out of Science Fiction': First 3D Observations of an Exoplanet's Atmosphere Reveal a Unique Climate
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Does Planetary Evolution Favor Human-Like Life? Study Ups Odds We're Not Alone
- Deposits Found on a Nearby Asteroid Point to Salty Water in the Outer Solar System
- New Research Sheds Light on Using Multiple CubeSats for in-Space Servicing and Repair Missions
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Jumping Workouts Could Help Astronauts on the Moon and Mars, Study in Mice Suggests
- Phoenix Galaxy Cluster in the Act of Extreme Cooling
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Tidal Energy Measurements Help Scientists Understand Titan's Composition, Orbital History
- First Detection of an Ultra-High-Energy Neutrino
Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- By Studying Neutron 'starquakes', Scientists Hope to Transform Their Understanding of Nuclear Matter
- One in Four Chance Per Year That Rocket Junk Will Enter Busy Airspace
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- AI-Driven Performance Prediction Model to Advance Space Electric Propulsion Technology?
- Wobbling Stars Reveal Hidden Companions in Gaia Data
- Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy With Nine Rings