Voyager 1

"NASA’s Voyager team is celebrating two recent developments with the Voyager 1 spacecraft: In September, they successfully completed a months-long effort to stretch the spacecraft’s diminishing power supply."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-conserves-power-resolves-brief-communications-pause/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=latest-voyager-20261029

Cats Head Nebula

"In NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared image, emission from warm dust and carbon-based molecules excited by starlight outlines intricate structures within the nebula."https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/cats-head-nebula-webb-miri-image/

Dwarf Planet Circling Neptune

"The powerful Vera Rubin Observatory has spotted what seems to be a dwarf planet circling the sun in the frigid depths beyond Neptune."https://www.space.com/astronomy/dwarf-planets/astronomers-found-a-mysterious-object-beyond-neptune-and-it-could-be-a-new-dwarf-planet?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Subaru Telescope

"The Subaru Telescope on Maunakea will contribute 100 nights of observations to a new international partnership with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope."https://mauinow.com/2026/10/27/subaru-telescope-on-maunakea-to-join-nasas-roman-space-telescope-in-exploring-the-universe/

Rocky Lava Planet

"A rocky lava planet once thought to be too extreme to have an atmosphere appears to be wrapped in one with a reflective layer of vaporized silicate mineral clouds, the same family of compounds that make up quartz and sand."https://phys.org/news/2026-10-clouds-lava-planet-astronomers.html#google_vignette

EarthDaily

"EarthDaily today announced that it has been awarded a $3 million task order by NASA to provide EarthDaily Constellation data and technical support for NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to evaluate new approaches for incorporating commercial capabilities into federal land imaging programs."https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/earthdaily-awarded-3-million-nasa-104500620.html

Starlink Service

"Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Elon Musk said Kyiv violated the terms of SpaceX’s commercial Starlink service by using it for offensive drone strikes, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Starlink and Starshield operations had been restored to the speeds available before recent restrictions were imposed."https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-says-ukraine-violated-starlink-terms-12614989?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Grok and SpaceX

"SpaceX has launched a partner program that offers training, tools and support to companies that build products, solutions and services with the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) model, Grok, according to a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release."https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/spacex-enlists-130-tech-leaders-to-help-businesses-deploy-grok-ai/

Moon Base

"NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years."https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2026-10-23/nasa-adopting-apollos-urgency-to-build-a-moon-base-and-land-astronauts-within-two-years

Antimatter of Electron

"For the first time, Northwestern University physicists have coaxed a single positron — the antimatter counterpart of an electron — into an exquisitely controlled quantum state."

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/10/scientists-trap-and-tame-a-single-particle-of-antimatter-for-months?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Fermi Explorer mission

"The Fermi Explorer mission will carry scientific instruments to study conditions along the route to the star, which is located 4.4 light-years, or approximately 25.8 trillion miles, from Earth."https://www.tbsnews.net/science/first-interstellar-space-mission-may-launch-2028-take-80000-years-reach-nearest-star-1579231

Two Blue green Worlds

"Two blue-green worlds near the edge of the solar system may conceal different histories beneath their clouds."https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/neptune-and-uranus-appear-to-have-significantly-different-chemical-origins/

Cosmological simulations

 "Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory completed two of the largest cosmological simulations ever, modeling 13.4 trillion dark matter particles across a 28.6-billion-light-year region of the universe."https://interestingengineering.com/space/aurora-supercomputer-massive-universe-simulations

Mars Flight

"NASA researchers are developing the future of flight on Mars, laying the groundwork for helicopters with the ability to fly higher and farther while conducting science on the Red Planet."https://phys.org/news/2026-10-nasa-experimental-mars-helicopter-blade.html#google_vignette

Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets

 "SpaceX has indicated that it would cease launches of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets to concentrate on the Starship by the end of the International Space Station's operation in 2030."https://ca.news.yahoo.com/opinion-crew-dragon-retiring-nasa-140000538.html

Psyche heads to Mars

"With a successful Mars gravity assist in its rearview mirror, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has fired up its thrusters and is accelerating to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name."https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/psyche/2026/10/22/pedal-to-the-metal-nasas-psyche-heads-toward-asteroid-belt/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202642

Green Star

"Astronomers for the first time have identified a green star, documenting a dense stellar remnant called a white dwarf that became a ghostly shade of chartreuse after ingesting rocky debris from planets that once had orbited it."https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/newly-identified-green-star-leaves-090252472.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Japan Mars mission

"Japan will launch the first spacecraft designed to travel to Mars and return to Earth on Monday, bringing back soil from one of the planet's potato-shaped moons."https://mashable.com/science/how-to-watch-jaxa-mars-mission-phobos-launch?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Phobos

"The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is targeting Oct. 19 for the launch of a first-of-its-kind sample return mission to the martian moon Phobos."

https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/japan-prepares-to-launch-sample-return-mission-to-phobos/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

New Space Images from James Webb Space Telescope

"Four images were featured in NASA’s weekly selection. The James Webb  Space Telescope revealed galaxies magnified and distorted by gravity."https://universemagazine.com/en/a-violin-shaped-structure-formed-by-radio-waves-and-a-rocket-shaped-jellyfish-nasas-best-photos-of-the-week/

Cosmic Explosion Billions of years ago

"A brief flash high above a mountain can carry evidence of an explosion billions of years ago."https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/new-large-sized-telescope-array-in-spain-ushers-in-a-new-era-in-exploring-the-extreme-universe/

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

"NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is performing even better than scientists anticipated after engineers completed an extensive series of tests and precision adjustments."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261016070630.htm#google_vignette

Randy Bresnik

"NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik has expressed the privilege he feels of being part of the Artemis III mission set for 2027."

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/artemis-iii-astronaut-us-space-race/amp/

Orbits

"Like Earth, most planetary bodies circle their star in stable, detached orbits."

https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-catch-star-slowly-snacking-on-brown-dwarf-1005?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Mars Rover mileage

"NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has driven farther than any vehicle ever has on the surface of another world."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-sets-off-world-record-for-total-distance-driven/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=latest-20261012

Cosmic Creation

"A cauldron of cosmic creation is being revealed in a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-captures-commotion-from-nebulas-stellar-jets/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202640

SpaceX Crew 12

The four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission returned to Earth this morning (Oct. 8) after nearly eight months in space.

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/spacex-crew-12-iss-astronaut-mission-return-to-earth?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

NASA has released 800 gigabytes of audio recordings

"NASA has released more than 800 gigabytes of images, audio recordings, written notes and other data gathered by the Artemis II astronauts on their historic flight past the Moon in April."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03197-7?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=0806be2ced-nature-briefing-daily-20261008&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-50276768

Second-generation planet

"Astronomers have discovered a rare second-generation planet orbiting the ashes of the dead star from which it was born, a smoldering white dwarf."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/completely-unexpected-phoenix-planet-was-born-from-the-ashes-of-a-dying-star?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Starship

"On Monday, September 28 at 7:48 a.m. CT, Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its 14th flight and first attempt to go to orbit. "

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14?utm_source=nsspa&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nsspa_021026&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSSPA_Launchpad

International Space Station

"Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station on Thursday after launching on an eight-hour express that set a U.S. speed record."

https://apnews.com/article/spacex-nasa-astronauts-crew-13-d885ec0dcb9fab8bbf8977103118caa0?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Radio Signals Beyond our Solar System

"For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals from a planet beyond our solar system, according to a study available on the preprint server arXiv."

https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-finally-pick-up-radio-signals-from-a-planet-beyond-our-solar-system-2000816236?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Starship launch in Orbit Monday

"SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlink satellites yet, but cut the flight short to ensure safety."https://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-orbit-262d3c58d56bf7a525b49115d6c5dfe8?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Astronomers have reconstructed a fairly complete scenario for planet formation

"Over the past decades, astronomers have reconstructed a fairly complete scenario for planet formation, from minute dust motes clumping together to the emergence of rocky spheres thousands of kilometers across like our Earth, or larger gas giants like Jupiter. Key elements of that scenario are anchored in simulations and measurements, but direct observations (“can’t we just watch how planets form?”) have been notoriously absent."

https://www.mpg.de/26990768/astronomers-produce-the-first-complete-picture-of-gas-planet-formation-in-action

Core Generated Magnetic Field

"Unlike Earth, the moon no longer has a core-generated magnetic field. On our planet, the movement of liquid iron in the outer core generates a global magnetic field."

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-side-moon-clues-magnetic-field.html#google_vignette

Jezero Crater

"When NASA’s Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars’ Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were surprised by what they found."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-discovery-reveals-complex-water-systems-on-early-mars/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Little Red Dots

"Since their discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022, little red dots (LRDs) have been the subject of great interest to astronomers."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-explores-family-tree-of-newly-discovered-distant-objects/

Space Force Orbit

"Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Space Force deal to develop a new reconnaissance satellite for geosynchronous orbit."

https://interestingengineering.com/space/us-ghost-r-spy-satellite-prototyp

Hubble Space Telescope

"Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret."

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-hubble-sync-galaxy.html#google_vignette

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

"NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has orbited the Moon for 17 years, mapping its surface with unprecedented precision."

https://www.iflscience.com/the-moon-has-a-massive-new-crater-over-200-meters-wide-thats-larger-than-the-colosseum-84676?utm_source=newsletters.iflscience.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=twis-the-us-admits-it-placed-weapons-in-space&_bhlid=37d8b697a5d3246305212fd16a37f58527f95616

Cyber Conference

"Speaking at the Air, Space, and "Cyber Conference on Monday, September 14, US Secretary of the Air Force Dr Troy Meink confirmed that the United States had deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit."

https://www.iflscience.com/the-us-has-admitted-for-the-first-time-that-it-placed-weapons-in-space-what-does-this-mean-84669?utm_source=newsletters.iflscience.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=twis-the-us-admits-it-placed-weapons-in-space&_bhlid=60a5d25f89a5d65f630f8c7e9a48a8ccd2434217

Elias 2-24 b

"Astronomers have confirmed a world that’s less than a million years old as the youngest known planet, using data from NASA-funded archives. Called Elias 2-24 b, the baby planet is still whirling in its natal disk of dust and gas."https://science.nasa.gov/universe/newfound-baby-planet-smashes-record-for-youngest-known-world/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

James Webb Space Telescope in summer of 2022

"Since it began sending observations back to Earth in summer 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped scientists create a much clearer picture of the universe, but it has also delivered some frustrating mysteries."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/james-webb-space-telescope/galaxies-housing-the-james-webb-space-telescopes-mysterious-little-red-dots-mightve-revealed-their-secrets

IC 348

"The star-forming region IC 348 is located just 1000 light-years away in the constellation Perseus. In regions like IC 348, cold clouds of molecular hydrogen gas collapse to form new stars, creating glowing, sculpted scenes like this one."

https://petapixel.com/2026/09/17/the-31-out-of-this-world-winners-of-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/

Voyager 1

"On Sept. 18, 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took its first photo of Earth and the moon."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/on-this-day-in-space-september-18-2026

IC 348

"The star-forming region IC 348 is located just 1000 light-years away in the constellation Perseus. In regions like IC 348, cold clouds of molecular hydrogen gas collapse to form new stars, creating glowing, sculpted scenes like this one."

https://esawebb.org/news/weic2619/?lang

Blackholes Ring

"It is 9 am on a warm July Sunday in Cambridge, as I head towards a café in the city centre."

https://aeon.co/essays/black-holes-ring-like-bells-what-happens-next-is-stranger

Megarocket launch pushed back

"SpaceX has pushed the next launch of its Starship megarocket back by nearly a week."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-next-starship-launch-now-on-sept-28-for-1st-orbital-flight

Heavy Hitter Observation

"As the newest heavy hitter in orbital observatories continues the journey to its final destination, NASA has begun the process of switching the spacecraft on."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/roman-space-telescope-starts-waking-up-as-nasa-powers-on-instruments-for-the-1st-time

Youngest Exoplanet on Record

"Astronomers have discovered the youngest exoplanet on record, and they spotted the "newborn" world hiding in old data archives."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/scientists-find-youngest-exoplanet-on-record-a-newborn-named-elias

September 22 orbital flight

"SpaceX announced today (Sept. 15) that it's targeting Sept. 22 for the first orbital flight of Starship, the fully reusable megarocket that the company is developing to help humanity settle the moon, Mars and more."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacexs-next-starship-launch-will-lift-off-on-sept-22-and-aim-to-reach-orbit-for-1st-time?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Troy Meink

"Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday that the U.S. has weapons stationed in Earth’s orbit, the first public acknowledgment of a capability long assumed to exist after decades of debate over the weaponization of space."

https://abcnews.com/Politics/air-force-secretary-acknowledges-us-weapons-space/story?id=136437923&utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Moon Life

"For centuries, people on Earth have imagined what it would be like to live on the moon."

https://abcnews.com/International/forget-lunar-metropolises-water-limits-capmoonspopulation-scientists/story?id=136371711&utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Eye Surgery in Space

"An eye surgeon with a passion for space since childhood predicts that as astronauts start to make journeys to the moon and Mars in the near future, eye surgery in space will eventually become a necessity."

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-cataract-surgery-space-surgeon.html

Unimaginable UFOs and UAPs

"Whatever they are and from where, UFOs, now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena or UAP, are the subject of serious scrutiny at the highest levels of the U.S. government."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/the-us-government-is-sincere-in-its-efforts-to-understand-uap-new-white-house-council-chair-says

Moon Home

"NASA’s Apollo missions proved that humans could make it to the Moon."

https://research.ibm.com/blog/nasa-ibm-lunar-foundation-model?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Birth of Cosmos

"Every second, particles zip through your body at nearly the speed of light."

https://theconversation.com/physicists-zoom-into-the-birth-of-cosmic-rainstorms-with-new-cern-study-280890

Shrinking Mercury

"A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun."

https://apnews.com/article/mercury-shrinking-planet-47b010ee65287f76565bc4859c7c09b3?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Plant in Space

"In 2021, a chile plant did something on the International Space Station that it has never done on Earth: it held its fruit out straight."

https://spacedaily.com/j-in-2021-nasa-hatch-chile-peppers-iss-137-days-26-peppers-straight-stems/

Earth's Moon

"The Moon has been an object of fascination for as long as humanity has been gazing up at the heavens."

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/moon-base-race?utm_campaign=Thursday%203%20September%202026&utm_content=Read%20more&utm_term=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra

LUX-ZEPLIN

"One day in June 2023, the numerous, unblinking electronic eyes of the LUX-ZEPLIN detector may have glimpsed something remarkable — possibly the first direct detection of the shadowy dark matter that pervades the cosmos. Or it may have been just another Friday."

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dark-matter-particle-wimp-lz-experiment?utm_medium=email&utm_term=N%2FA&utm_source=D365&utm_content=SN%20Latest%20Headlines%202026%2009%2003&utm_campaign=SN%20Latest%20Headlines%2009%2003%2026#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=354e440a-8a78-41b1-952c-9e3ec4db0300

Next Mars orbiter

"Blue Origin will build NASA's next Mars orbiter."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/blue-origin-wins-usd700-million-contract-to-build-nasas-next-mars-orbiter

New Clouds formations over Saturn's South Pole

"Scientists have discovered an enormous 10-sided wave pattern in the icy ammonia clouds over Saturn’s south pole."

https://apnews.com/article/saturn-nasa-hubble-decagon-1fd4a0a90badacb6e4e18ac019ac6ead?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Centaurs

"Centaurs are small solar system bodies that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune."

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-see-how-a-centaur-can-become-a-comet

Mercury-bound spacecraft

"Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage to the solar system's smallest and closest-to-the-sun planet."

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-pair-spacecraft-closer-mercury-decade.html

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

"The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, or Swift, is NASA’s multitool, and it may be re-entering Earth's atmosphere sooner than hoped after an attempt to boost the craft was unsuccessful."

https://www.discovermagazine.com/nasa-s-attempt-to-boost-the-swift-observatory-falls-short-but-there-s-still-much-to-learn-from-the-mission-49572?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Low Orbit Satellites

"An entire batch of Russian low Earth orbit satellites, intended to help create Moscow's version of Starlink, has failed to reach or remain at their anticipated altitudes just over a month after launch."

https://www.businessinsider.com/all-16-new-russian-starlink-rival-satellites-short-target-orbit-2026-9

Space Exploration and Spaceflight Research

"Space exploration and spaceflight research often evoke images of astronauts and large spacecraft, but some of the most revealing experiments have flown on satellites no bigger than a loaf of bread."

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/in-2011-nasa-launched-a-12-pound-satellite-the-size-of-a-loaf-of-bread-with-2-bacillus-populations-radiation-exposure-reached-nearly-15-times-the-iss-orbit/articleshow/133675438.cms

New Visor Deployed

"Roman will downlink the highest data volume of any NASA astrophysics mission so far via its high-gain antenna, which measures 5.6 feet wide yet only weighs 24 pounds. "

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/2026/09/01/nasa-roman-space-telescopes-antenna-visor-deployed/

Faster Turbines

"Elon Musk says he’s found a way to solve one of AI’s biggest bottlenecks by making a hard-to-manufacture turbine part himself."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/30/musks-faster-path-to-more-gas-turbines-comes-with-pollution-problem/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

"NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope separated from the SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s second stage at 7:57 a.m. EDT and is flying on its own."

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/2026/08/30/nasas-roman-space-telescope-flying-on-its-own/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Launch of Rocket is Momentous

"Witnessing the launch of a rocket is not something you can enjoy every day; only a few lucky spectators were able to watch live from French Guiana as Ariane 6 carried MTG-I2 into orbit, the new generation of weather satellites that will monitor the atmospheric conditions affecting Earth."

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/08/31/public-reacts-to-ariane-6-rocket-launch-with-mtg-i2

Full Moon September 2026

"The full moon of September 2026 will occur at 12:49 p.m. EDT (1649 GMT) on Sept. 26 as the moon glows opposite the sun in Earth's sky."

https://www.space.com/stargazing/september-full-moon-2026-when-where-and-how-to-see-the-harvest-moon

Superconductors as projectors

"Dirk Morr, a physics professor at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), has developed a quantum imaging strategy that uses superconductors as tiny projectors."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/a-chicago-physicist-proposed-a-way-to-create-quantum-images-20-years-ago-after-two-decades-waiting-for-experimental-proof-superconductors-have-finally-produced-the-effect-he-predicted/articleshow/133625281.cms

How to Build a Better World

"If I could go back in time and tell my younger self something about life as a theoretical physicist, I might say: mind the gap between what’s exciting about physics and what the job actually is."

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585251-thinking-about-the-edges-of-space-time-can-help-build-a-better-world/

Starship MegaRocket

"SpaceX just took another step toward the highly anticipated next test flight of its Starship megarocket."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-test-fires-starship-super-heavy-booster-ahead-of-key-test-flight

Mars Rover

"One of NASA's intrepid Mars rovers has notched another impressive milestone during its exploration of the Red Planet."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/mars-rovers/curiosity-climbs-to-new-heights-on-mars-space-photo-of-the-day-for-aug-28-2026

Nancy Grace Roman telescope

"The Nancy Grace Roman telescope is heading to space in a few days."

Read More: https://www.engadget.com/2243391/how-to-watch-the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescopes-launch/

Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

 

"Less than five years after the revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST or Webb) debut, NASA is heading back to the launch pad to deploy another world-class space observatory—the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope."

https://www.popsci.com/science/nasa-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-compare-hubble-webb/

Falcon Heavy Rocket

"SpaceX's mighty Falcon Heavy rocket is due to roar into the skies once again, putting on a show for Florida spectators as it soars overhead."

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2026/08/27/spacex-falcon-heavy-florida-launch-nasa/91456868007/

Space Alloy

"The advance could eventually make the alloy, which is widely used in aerospace applications and may have uses in other industries, printable on more common commercial equipment."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260827010504.htm

Anil Meno and Sophie Adenot

"NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 2:57 p.m. EDT. "

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/08/25/nasa-esa-spacewalkers-finish-installing-high-speed-antenna/

Pushing the Boundaries of Space Travel

"As NASA strives to push the boundaries of space travel with the Artemis program and the agency’s upcoming deep-space science missions, increased system autonomy and resiliency have inevitably become key technology needs."

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/technology-highlights/integrating-model-based-systems-engineering-and-fault-management-to-enable-autonomous-space-missions/

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

 

"The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is NASA's next great observatory poised to lead humanity's next generation of astronomical discoveries."

https://www.space.com/news/live/nancy-grace-roman-telescope-live-updates-nasa-readies-roman-for-launch-august-24-2026

Moon Base

"NASA and its commercial partners are making progress on their way to a permanent human presence on the Moon."

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-highlights-next-gen-cargo-landers-paving-the-way-for-a-moon-base

What Artemis II began

"The widest speed range in the Artemis II mission began before the rocket ever left the ground."

https://spacedaily.com/t-artemis-ii-crawl-four-miles-orion-return-25000-mph/

Starlink Satellites

"Scientists have used orbital information from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites to reconstruct atmospheric density nearly 500 kilometers above Earth."

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/08/starlink-satellites-atmospheric-sensors/

What Artemis II began

"The widest speed range in the Artemis II mission began before the rocket ever left the ground."

https://spacedaily.com/t-artemis-ii-crawl-four-miles-orion-return-25000-mph/

Enormous Gas Cloud

"Astronomers have detected an enormous cloud of gas tens of millions of degrees hot surrounding one of the most extreme structures known in the early universe."

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-astronomers-hot-birth-galaxy-cluster.html

HawkEye 360

"The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded HawkEye 360 a new contract to provide commercial radio-frequency intelligence, moving the company from a multiyear evaluation program into operational support for U.S. intelligence and defense agencies."

https://spacenews.com/nro-to-expand-use-of-hawkeye-360s-satellite-intelligence/

Adrift Starship

"The Starship that’s been adrift in the Indian Ocean since a test flight from Texas last month has finally made it to safe harbor, but its odyssey back to Starbase isn’t over."

https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/spacex-starship-christmas-island-texas-22393511.php

Unraveling Ancient Star Clusters

 

"For billions of years, an ancient star cluster has been slowly unraveling, leaving behind a delicate ribbon of stars. And now it’s finally giving up its secrets."https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/08-2/cosmic-breadcrumb-trail-reveals-hidden-dark-matter?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Starlink Satellites

"Scientists have used orbital information from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites to reconstruct atmospheric density nearly 500 kilometers above Earth."

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/08/starlink-satellites-atmospheric-sensors/

Pierre Jules César Janssen

"On Aug. 18, 1868, a French astronomer named Pierre Jules César Janssen discovered helium while observing a total solar eclipse in India."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/on-this-day-in-space-aug-18-1868-total-solar-eclipse-leads-to-discovery-of-helium

Sophie Adenot

"Sophie Adenot has become the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Tuesday, accompanied by American astronaut Anil Menon."

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260818-sophie-adenot-set-to-become-first-french-female-astronaut-to-venture-outside-iss

Aerobots

"Spherical "Aerobots" may one day swarm the caves of Titan — a moon of Saturn that NASA says is one of the most Earthlike in our solar system."

https://www.space.com/technology/nasa-funds-spherical-aerobots-that-could-explore-the-caves-of-saturns-moon-titan

MIT astronomers

"Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe."

https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-discover-brand-new-type-astrophysical-object-black-hole-star-0812?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Space.com

"The head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) says having a “credible, acknowledged” means of damaging or even destroying enemy assets in space is vital to deterring opponents and surviving if a major fight in orbit does break out."

https://www.twz.com/space/new-anti-satellite-weapons-now-officially-a-top-u-s-priority

SpaceX update

"SpaceX isn't a launch company anymore."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/spacex-could-make-usd500-billion-in-2027-elon-musk-says

SpaceX might compete with Mobile Carriers

"In another sign that SpaceX might eventually compete with traditional mobile carriers, the company plans on using satellites and its own ground network to develop Starlink Mobile."

https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-mobile-wont-just-be-satellites-but-a-ground-network-too?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NASA'S space images are like a collage of colored cellophane

"Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous star-forming nebula from NASA space telescopes."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasa-telescopes-create-colorful-craft-from-nearby-nebula/

NASA new school year opportunities

"A new school year brings fresh opportunities to get involved with NASA."

https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/launch-into-a-new-school-year-with-nasa/

Vera C. Rubin Observatory

"At the heart of Chile’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory is the largest camera human beings have ever built."

https://nautil.us/new-observatory-captures-more-than-half-a-million-galaxies-in-a-single-image-1283526

Who Turns off the Lights?

"There is an uncomfortable practical question inside every permanent-looking human project: who turns off the lights?"

https://spacedaily.com/t-iss-deorbit-vehicle-point-nemo-2030/

Sky watching

"For more than three decades, one particular star has been watched more closely than almost any other star in the night sky."

https://spacedaily.com/a-a-giant-planet-was-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-one-of-astronomys-most-studied-star-systems/

Perseid-meteor-shower

 

"The Perseid summer light show is back, and viewing conditions are especially promising across the northern hemisphere."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/09/perseid-meteor-shower

A Swarm of Tiny Robot Helicopter

"Picture it: A swarm of tiny robot helicopters descends through a reddish-brown sky, landing gracefully on the Martian surface. What are they wearing? Tiny capes."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/nasas-skyfall-mars-helicopters-will-wear-tiny-capes

GHOST spaceport

"Rocket Lab plans to start launching even more frequently and flexibly, thanks to a new portable spaceport system called "GHOST.""

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/launching-anywhere-anytime-and-without-compromise-rocket-lab-unveils-new-ghost-portable-spaceport-system

Space Companies New Twist

"From launchpads to low Earth orbit and beyond, space companies and their affiliates are deploying a familiar marketing tactic – with a new twist."

https://theconversation.com/starwashing-how-space-companies-use-the-greenwashing-playbook-while-engaging-in-environmentally-damaging-practices-285904

Solor Eclipse in Europe

"On Wednesday, Aug. 12, the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe in 27 years and the first anywhere in the world since 2024 will block out the sun for up to two minutes."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/08/11/august-2026-total-solar-eclipse/91241308007/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Perseid-meteor-shower

 

"The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most prolific and impressive meteor showers of the year, peaks tonight!"

https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-under-perfect-skies-tonight-heres-what-to-expect

GHOST

Albert Einstein’s Time Travel

"Last week I explained how Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity makes time travel into the future possible—and how varied solutions to his general theory of relativity open the door to traveling into the past."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wormholes-could-be-the-key-to-time-travel/

Stars aren't dead

"The Majority Of The Stars You See Aren't Dead. There’s a common misconception that when you’re looking up at the sky, you’re seeing thousands of dead stars who are still sending light out into the universe. It’s a poetic thought, but it’s also false. Most of the stars in the night sky are still out there, shining away. After all, stars burn for millions of years. What are the chances all the ones you see would have perished by now?"

https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

Full Moon

"The largest and brightest full moon of 2024 lit up the skies of Earth on Thursday (Oct. 17), with skywatchers across the globe on hand to capture the lunar face in its full glory."https://www.space.com/hunters-moon-supermoon-2024-photos?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Hubble Space Telescope

"NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye!"https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-investigates-galaxy-with-nine-rings/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Andromeda Galaxy

"If you can spot the Andromeda Galaxy with your naked eyes, you can see something 14.7 billion billion miles away."https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

Venus

"Venus spins backwards."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Sedna

"In the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, lies Sedna, one of the most mysterious objects ever discovered."https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2025-06-propulsion-enable-mission-sedna.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17511392160985&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2025-06-propulsion-enable-mission-sedna.html

LIGO

"In 2016, scientists with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made history with the first-ever detection of Gravitational Waves (GWs)." https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-most-massive-black-hole-merger-ever

Mandelbrot

"In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined the term to describe a family of rough, fragmented shapes that fall outside the boundaries of conventional geometry."https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fractals-math-science-society-50-years

Earliest Rocky Planet

"Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system."https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-capture-birth-planets-around-150125742.html

ISS is 26

"The International Space Station (ISS) has been in orbit for over 26 years, housing astronauts at an altitude of 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth."https://gizmodo.com/spacex-just-sent-the-iss-a-new-way-to-stay-in-orbit-2000648211?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-08-26-pm

Predawn launch on SpaceX

"A predawn launch by SpaceX on the Space Coast marked the 50th from Florida in 2026."

https://www.nny360.com/top_stories/spacex-knocks-out-50th-launch-on-space-coast-this-year/article_f31395f9-1fbd-5482-be79-db64a90a9ffc.html

Another Batch of Starlink Satellites

"SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California's scenic central coast."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-falcon-9-launch-starlink-group-17-38-ocisly

SpaceX Satellite

"A South Korean satellite has captured images of the mark left on the moon when a SpaceX rocket crashed into it on Wednesday."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/spacex-moon-crash-scar-9.7298047?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

First Images by James Webb Space Telescope

"On July 12th, 2022, the first images acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) were released to the public."https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-a-new-object-from-the-early-universe-using-webb-data

SpaceX 50

"A predawn launch by SpaceX on the Space Coast marked the 50th from Florida in 2026."

https://www.nny360.com/top_stories/spacex-knocks-out-50th-launch-on-space-coast-this-year/article_f31395f9-1fbd-5482-be79-db64a90a9ffc.html

Landscape

"The Chinese commercial launch company Landspace is set for a second attempt at catching an orbital booster."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/chinese-company-landspace-targets-aug-10-for-historic-rocket-launch-and-landing-attempt

X

"An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer’s disease in a markedly different way than today’s treatments — by lowering levels of a brain protein called tau, researchers reported Tuesday."https://apnews.com/article/alzheimers-drug-brain-protein-tau-diranersen-biogen-d58728ee8f7d9dfd9ec8de416cddd75d?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Falcon 9

"Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell craters."

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/nasa-will-attempt-to-observe-rocket-parts-lunar-impact/

Artemis III

"NASA is advancing toward Artemis III’s crewed demonstration mission with accelerated, measurable progress across all fronts, outpacing Artemis II integration timelines as teams ready the Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for next year’s mission in low Earth orbit."

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/08/05/nasa-joins-artemis-iii-orion-modules-rocket-hardware-update/

Moon Base

"Before astronauts return to the Moon’s surface through NASA’s Artemis program, the hardware they depend on must first prove it can survive the unforgiving lunar environment."https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/nasas-lunar-development-and-test-facility-prepares-artemis-hardware-for-moon/

Moon Base

"NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations."

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/moon-base/nasa-provides-updates-on-moon-base-cargo-landers-tech-demonstrations/

Vehicle for Space Station

"A new and enhanced vehicle for researchers to send science to the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) has successfully launched and berthed with the orbiting outpost."https://issnationallab.org/press-releases/new-jaxa-cargo-vehicle-transports-research-to-the-international-space-station/

Vortices Discovered in the Sun

"Researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO), the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany, and the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) in the USA have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of solar physics."

https://www.mpg.de/26900660/tiny-vortices-discovered-on-the-sun-s-surface

Liquid Water on Mars

"Rover data from more than 20 years ago has revealed clues to the existence of liquid water on ancient Mars."

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientist-constructs-big-picture-of-mars-water-from-rover-data

Einstein Crater

"Crater Einstein is a large feature near the Moon’s western limb, but can only be seen from Earth during favourable conditions."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/crater-einstein?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

SpaceX

"SpaceX will attempt to make history Thursday night by reusing a rocket booster."

https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/spacex-launch-graphic/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Space Exploration

"Space exploration enthusiasts have been tracking the unprecedented journey of SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype, which wound up floating in the Indian Ocean after the company’s latest test flight."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/science/spacex-starship-indian-ocean-recovery-satellite-images

Falcon 9

"A discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket likely slammed into the Moon early Wednesday (August 5), ending an 18-month journey through space after it was left drifting following a lunar mission."

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/spacex-falcon-9-second-stage-rocket-hits-the-moon-after-drifting-in-space-since-2025-nasa-tracking-impact-11785938562662.html

Phoenix Mars Lander

"On Aug. 4, 2007, NASA launched its Phoenix Mars Lander on a mission to touch down on Mars."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/on-this-day-in-space-august-4-2026

Space Helicopter

"Flying a helicopter on Earth is a remarkable engineering achievement."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/the-tiny-helicopter-nasa-built-to-survive-30-days-on-mars-ended-up-flying-for-nearly-three-years/articleshow/132824815.cms

Starlinks Russian rival

"A Russian satellite network built to rival Starlink has quietly reached a threshold Ukrainian defense officials have been dreading, providing at least two reliable windows of connectivity over Ukrainian territory every single day, each lasting more than an hour, Militarnyi reported, citing satellite communications expert Volodymyr Stepanets."

https://defence-blog.com/russias-starlink-rival-gains-steady-coverage-over-ukraine/

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

"NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/swift/nasas-swift-sees-wandering-mega-black-hole-shredding-star/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202630

Honeycomb-like textures

"NASA officials say they’re gobsmacked by new images from the Curiosity Mars rover that show stretches of Red Planet terrain covered in honeycomb-like textures."

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/mars-honeycomb-polygon-surface/

Soviet Probe

"On 7 October 1959, a Soviet probe the size of a small water heater swung around the back of the Moon, opened a camera port on its sunlit side, and began photographing a hemisphere no human had ever seen."https://spacedaily.com/sd-in-1959-the-soviet-luna-3-probe-swung-around-the-far-side-of-the-moon-and-took-29-grainy-photographs-that-humans-had-never-seen-before-then-developed-the-film-onboard-in-a-tiny-automated-darkroom-a/

Radio Telescope

"On the night of August 15, 1977, a radio telescope the size of several football fields sat in a field outside Delaware, Ohio, listening to the sky."https://spacedaily.com/sd-in-1977-a-radio-telescope-in-ohio-called-big-ear-picked-up-a-72-second-signal-so-strong-and-so-cleanly-from-the-direction-of-sagittarius-that-the-astronomer-on-duty-circled-it-in-red-ink-and-wrote/

Satellite company

"A beleaguered satellite company on the verge of bankruptcy a year ago has become the Fortune 500’s latest success story in shareholder returns: its stock price soared 430% since the beginning of last year, including nearly 375% in 2025 alone."https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/dying-satellite-company-sold-spectrum-155332532.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20uZ29vZ2xlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ29vZ2xlcXVpY2tzZWFyY2hib3gv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAYmjzVXSavVZyEB8ZiWLI-LIomQskSCx7Kkpd8Gp4Ut2WFo69Mo2WhTNIvEVztmvNcKYA5OkONn2S_aMQRH62X8EGwA6cibuz1Jg2Gxz9ypDgpnyK3f7sDR2LeIRic69oUIdhSIqgSchZSM50dfAdxfFFbn2ls8iPXohYOKo_au

Complete the following sentence and then keep writing: "My first___"

My first flight in space was awesome. I boarded the spaceship with my friends. We took a long nap and when we awoke we were on Mars. It was breathtaking all the wonders we got to see. We stayed in a fully furnished Mars Bed and Breakfast for the low cost of $200 a month.

#BeNoteWorthy

#piccadillyinc

SLS Rocket

"Following NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully splashing down on Earth, engineers started diving into detailed analysis of data to assess how key systems and subsystems on the Orion spacecraft, SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, and systems at the launch pad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida performed."https://www.nasa.gov/missions/nasa-on-track-for-future-missions-with-initial-artemis-ii-assessments/

Pluto Day

"Every year on February 18, we celebrate the date the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/february/pluto-day-february-18?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=16933944&hashed_email=90b5e25581634376972953552bab634b31f7675f&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

End of Universe

"Whether the universe will “end” at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity’s cosmic home for a very, very long time."

https://theconversation.com/how-will-the-universe-end-269678?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

James Webb Discovery

"Two icons of discovery, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME’s “Best Inventions Hall of Fame,” which recognizes the 25 groundbreaking inventions of the past quarter century that have had the most global impact, since TIME began its annual Best Inventions list in 2000."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-webb-curiosity-named-in-times-best-inventions-hall-of-fame/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=tech20251215

Two Maneuverable Probes

"NASA is planning to send two maneuverable probes to lunar orbit in order to learn how spacecraft are affected by the complex gravitational environment near the moon."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/nasa-is-sending-2-probes-to-the-moon-to-test-complex-three-body-orbits

Exosatellite CD-35 2722

"A possible “exosatellite” has been discovered 73 light years away. Bizarrely, it is roughly the size of Jupiter and orbiting a failed star called a brown dwarf, which in turn is orbiting the red dwarf star CD-35 2722."

https://physicsworld.com/a/discovery-of-giant-exosatellite-challenges-our-notion-of-what-makes-a-moon/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Discovery of New Worlds

 

"Since the discovery of the first world beyond the solar system in the 1990s, astronomers have become adept at spotting extrasolar planets, or exoplanets."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/astronomers-may-have-discovered-the-1st-moon-outside-of-our-solar-system-or-is-it-something-weirder

NATIONAL MOON DAY

"National Moon Day on July 20 commemorates the day man first walked on the moon in 1969."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-moon-day-july-20

Beta Pictoris

"Beta Pictoris (β Pictoris) is located about 63 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Pictor."

https://www.sci.news/astronomy/third-planet-beta-pictoris-system-14920.html#google_vignette

SpaceX and Artemis III

"NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract to deliver laser communications capabilities for its Artemis III mission using Starlink, which could give Earthbound viewers a better view of the ship-to-ship transfer in LEO set for 2027."

https://payloadspace.com/nasa-selects-starlink-for-artemis-iii-mission/

Why do Spiral Galaxies have two arms?

"For generations, astronomers have been puzzled by a deceptively simple question: Why do some spiral galaxies have two arms while others have many?"https://news.etsu.edu/articles/why-do-galaxies-have-spirals

Artemis 2 Documentary

"As our planet revels in the recent achievements of this spring’s Artemis 2 mission and its four astronaut crew members, a new four-part PBS documentary series takes a scrutinizing look at space exploration and its inherent perils and promises."

https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/once-upon-a-time-in-space-how-to-watch-pbss-out-of-this-world-astronaut-documentary

New SpaceX Rocket

"On the same day that SpaceX could launch its massive Starship rocket from Texas, Elon Musk's spaceflight company may also launch its Falcon 9 rocket in California."

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/california/2026/07/16/spacex-rocket-launch-today-vandenberg/90926420007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z118885p119850l003850c119850e008000v118885&gca-ft=53&gca-ds=sophi

White Dwarf Surveys

"Astronomers have performed detailed surveys of the local neighborhood of stars for decades, but white dwarfs like these have been notoriously hard to find."

https://www.sci.news/astronomy/four-white-dwarfs-solar-neighborhood-14915.html#google_vignette

Speed of Light

 

"Imagine you were traveling at the speed of light, racing alongside a single photon, the fastest possible thing in the universe. What would you see?"

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/whats-it-like-to-travel-near-the-speed-of-light-part-1-the-broken-view

Space Enthusiasm

"Lots of excitement for space bubbled up in spring 2026."

https://theconversation.com/building-a-long-term-base-on-the-moon-will-require-extensive-planning-a-planetary-geologist-describes-the-considerations-that-go-into-it-285899

Strange Honeycomb

"NASA's Curiosity rover has spotted a strange honeycomb texture on the surface of Mars. But what is it?"

https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/honeycomb-structures-spotted-on-mars-space-photo-of-the-day-for-july-14-2026

Sugar Interstellar Dust

"Astronomers have detected a natural sugar found in raspberries in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the center of the Milky Way galaxy."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/science/sugar-detected-interstellar-space

NASA astronaut

"A NASA astronaut blasted off from a launch site in Kazakhstan Tuesday along with two Russian cosmonauts as part of a mission to the International Space Station."

https://abcnews.com/International/nasa-astronaut-joins-russian-cosmonauts-launch-international-space/story?id=134745320

First XRay in space

"A miniature X-ray machine is set to transform astronauts' health prospects following a successful test in orbit."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/1st-ever-x-rays-in-space-offer-hope-for-possible-patients-headed-to-the-moon?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Cosmic Sugar

"The latest discovery in the galactic center strengthens the Milky Way's resemblance to a mouth-watering treat."

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-first-true-sugar-ever-detected-in-interstellar-space?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Falcon 9

"The world's first commercially built nuclear-powered satellite has reached orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-just-launched-the-1st-ever-nuclear-powered-commercial-satellite?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Artemis III mission

"It is full steam ahead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as teams process and assemble flight hardware in preparation for the upcoming crewed Artemis III mission."

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/07/13/nasas-artemis-iii-flight-hardware-stacks-up-at-kennedy/

Eärendil-1

"Reflect Orbital, a California startup that markets itself as “The Sunlight Company” and aims to make “clean, abundant energy available on demand,” has just received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch the Eärendil-1."

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/fcc-approves-orbital-space-mirrors-first-test-satellites-will-launch-this-year-large-spacecraft-reflects-sunlight-to-earths-surface-for-construction-sites-search-and-rescue-lighting-and-more

Meteors

"Here comes a classic crescent moon-and-meteors week."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2026/07/13/perseid-meteor-shower-returns-this-week-under-an-earthshine-moon/

Tianwen-2

"The China National Space Administration’s asteroid probe Tianwen-2 successfully reached the asteroid Kamo’oalewa, which orbits the sun in a path nearly identical to Earth’s."

https://www.wired.com/story/chinas-tianwen-2-space-probe-earth-quasi-moon/

Up close to different asteroids

"Within just three days of each other, Chinese and Japanese spacecraft got up close and personal with two different asteroids."

https://mashable.com/science/jaxa-hayabusa2-torifune-china-tianwen-2-kamooalewa-images

Tianguan

"In July 1054, court astronomers in China recorded a new “guest star” near Tianguan, the star we now call Zeta Tauri. It was bright enough to be seen in daylight."

https://spacedaily.com/t-nearly-a-millennium-ago-sky-watchers-recorded-a-new-star-so-bright-it-was-visible-in-daylight-for-weeks-and-hubble-has-now-traced-how-far-its-remnant-the-crab-nebula-has-expanded-since-a/

Orion Nebullla

"Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula located 1,350 light-years away in the constellation of Orion."https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hidden-structures-orion-nebula-14907.html

New Images of JWST

"In new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer, and far more complex, than ever seen before."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-uncovers-unusual-galaxy-shaped-by-cosmic-collision/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202627

Vantor

"Vantor, the American Earth-observation company formerly known as Maxar, is now rebuilding chosen stretches of the planet as three-dimensional models and delivering them within a day of imaging — a commercial first, the company says, and one aimed as much at autonomous machines as at the analysts and militaries who have always been its customers."

https://spacedaily.com/sd-on-july-1-2026-the-company-once-known-as-maxar-began-selling-3d-maps-of-earth-it-can-refresh-within-a-day-or-sharpen-to-15-centimeters-built-less-for-people-to-study-than-for-the-autonomous-dron/

Horizon Probe

"NASA's New Horizons probe has awakened after hibernating for nearly a year billions of miles into deep space."

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/07/08/nasa-new-horizons-pluto/3281783529518/

James Webb Space Telescope further inights

"NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving us new insight into the far-future of solar systems like our own, as the agency continues to reveal the secrets of the universe and our place in it."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-studies-how-planet-survived-death-of-its-star/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Nancy Grace launches August 30, 2026

"NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now listed by NASA for launch on August 30, 2026, a little earlier than the September 2026 timing that has appeared in some recent coverage."

https://spacedaily.com/t-nasas-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-due-to-launch-in-september-2026-is-expected-to-discover-around-100000-exoplanets-in-a-single-mission-more-than-every-telescope-in-the-history-of-a/

Mars was once like Earth

"Mars once had a global magnetic field, generated deep inside the planet, strong enough to deflect the solar wind much as Earth’s does today."https://spacedaily.com/t-mars-once-had-a-magnetic-field-strong-enough-to-deflect-solar-wind-just-as-earths-does-now-when-it-collapsed-the-planet-lost-its-atmosphere-and-its-oceans-within-a-geologically-brief-peri/

Interstellar Space Begin

"Where does the Solar System end and interstellar space begin?"

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-horizons-watches-the-solar-wind-as-it-slows-down

Jupiters Closest Flyby

"On October 24, 2017, NASA's Juno spacecraft made its 8th close flyby of Jupiter."

https://www.ba-bamail.com/science-and-technology/amazing-new-images-of-jupiter/

Old Quasers

"The Euclid space telescope has spotted the oldest quasars — the brightest objects in the universe — ever discovered, deepening a cosmic mystery that has been puzzling scientists."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oldest-quasars-ever-discovered-euclid-telescope/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Katalyst

"NASA and Arizona-based startup Katalyst launched a robotic spacecraft over the Pacific on Thursday on a mission to rescue an aging NASA satellite observatory while ​demonstrating a new orbital grappling technology at the center of the U.S.-China space race."

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/space-startup-katalyst-launches-orbital-rescue-mission-aging-nasa-observatory-2026-07-03/

Late 2023, Voyager 1

"In late 2023, one of the most distant machines humanity has ever built started talking nonsense."

https://spacedaily.com/t-in-2024-engineers-rescued-voyager-1-after-it-spent-months-transmitting-gibberish-remotely-rewriting-and-relocating-pieces-of-46-year-old-code-around-a-failed-memory-chip-from-more-than-24-billion-ki/

CHANDRA and the European Space Agency

"The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our galaxy, the Milky Way. By measuring the distance to these echoes, they found the outer arms to be up to 10% farther away than previously thought."

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-xmm-newton-chandra-distance-milky.html#google_vignette

Commercial Crew Program

"NASA’s inspector general released an audit Tuesday of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, and it looks increasingly likely that Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule won’t be certified for operational flights to the International Space Station until next year."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/nasa-inspector-general-suggests-boeings-starliner-will-now-be-a-decade-late/

High Stakes Mission

"A high-stakes mission is on the cusp of launching an uncrewed spacecraft on a bold journey to save a NASA telescope from certain doom as it plummets back to Earth."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/space/2026/06/28/nasa-swift-observatory-boost-rescue-mission-launch/90689507007/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Swift launch Mission Delay

"NASA is delaying the launch of the Swift Boost mission until July 1."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/nasa-to-launch-ambitious-mission-to-save-a-space-telescope-from-burning-up-in-earths-atmosphere

Fluffiest Planets

"Astronomers have identified two of the fluffiest giant planets ever discovered, with densities so low they are actually less dense than cotton candy."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260626124659.htm

Quantum Particles

"The study demonstrates how a new critical phase of matter can emerge when quantum particles are pushed far from their normal equilibrium conditions. Using ultracold cesium atoms confined to one dimension, the researchers repeatedly altered how strongly the particles interacted with one another."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260619101330.htm#google_vignette

Cotton Candy Planets

"Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy — super-puffs the size of Jupiter."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-puff-planets-lighter-than-cotton-candy-found/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Spaceplane

 

"China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its ongoing fourth mission, according to space surveillance firm LeoLabs."

https://spacenews.com/chinese-spaceplane-releases-object-into-orbit-according-to-commercial-space-surveillance/

Action Packed Sky

"The cosmos is sparkling, and the sky is action-packed with activity!"https://people.com/how-to-see-mars-and-the-seven-sisters-stars-for-the-last-time-until-2034-12005222

SpaceX Starpipe

"SpaceX (SPCX.O), opens new tab plans to begin next month building an eight‑mile (13-km) natural gas pipeline called "Starpipe" to its Texas launch facilities, according to county filings, as Elon ​Musk’s company seeks to ramp up launches of its next‑generation Starship rocket."https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/spacex-plans-build-starpipe-natural-gas-pipeline-fuel-starship-rockets-2026-06-25/

Bow and Arrow shaped Radio Galaxy

"Astronomers have discovered a "remarkable" bow-and-arrow-shaped radio galaxy with an enormous arc-like structure extending nearly 1.8 million light-years across."

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-arrow-radio-galaxy-citizen-scientist.html#google_vignette

SpaceX

"SpaceX (SPCX.O), opens new tab plans to begin next month building an eight‑mile (13-km) natural gas pipeline called "Starpipe" to its Texas launch facilities, according to county filings, as Elon ​Musk’s company seeks to ramp up launches of its next‑generation Starship rocket."https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/spacex-plans-build-starpipe-natural-gas-pipeline-fuel-starship-rockets-2026-06-25/

Alone?

"What would it mean to discover that we are not alone?"

https://www.seti.org/news/disclosure-needs-data/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=062526&utm_id=news

Solstice

 

"Twice each year, we celebrate what we call a solstice when Earth is at its maximum tilt toward or away from the sun."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/summer-solstice-seen-from-space-space-photo-of-the-day-for-june-25-2026?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2156A0D6-DF4F-420B-8412-CD8507310A9D&utm_source=SmartBrief

ESA Dark Universe

"In 2025, the European Space Agency dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid turned its attention to the heart of the Milky Way for just 26 hours."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/galaxies/this-is-the-largest-and-most-detailed-image-of-our-milky-way-with-over-60-million-stars-and-50-exoplanet-systems?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2156A0D6-DF4F-420B-8412-CD8507310A9D&utm_source=SmartBrief

Oldest Asteroid Impact

"The oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth was created 3.02 billion years ago in what's now Western Australia — not far from where we've seen the oldest traces of life on our planet."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/3-billion-years-old-this-australian-crater-is-the-oldest-known-asteroid-impact-site-on-earth?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2156A0D6-DF4F-420B-8412-CD8507310A9D&utm_source=SmartBrief

SETI Institute’s Community College

"The SETI Institute’s Community College Internship program continues to provide students with meaningful, hands-on research experience during the academic year through its partnership with Bay Area community colleges."https://www.seti.org/news/community-college-internship-program-celebrates-fourth-year/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=063026&utm_id=news

Cigar Cluster

"Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique sight to behold, and now NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed previously unseen details."

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-webb-millions-stars-cigar-galaxy.html#google_vignette

Where should we Explore?

"After Earth's moon and Mars, where could humans plant their footprints?"

https://www.space.com/astronomy/saturn/titan-is-actually-a-very-reasonable-destination-for-humans-scientists-start-mapping-out-crewed-mission-to-huge-saturn-moon

Quantum Technologies

"Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA’s newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility designed to improve how scientists explore the fundamental workings of matter and develop new quantum technologies."

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/cold-atom-laboratory/nasas-quantum-lab-aboard-space-station-gets-chilly-upgrade/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

SETI Community College

"The SETI Institute’s Community College Internship program continues to provide students with meaningful, hands-on research experience during the academic year through its partnership with Bay Area community colleges."https://www.seti.org/news/community-college-internship-program-celebrates-fourth-year/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=062526&utm_id=news

Perseverance Rover

"After more than five years of roaming the desolate and dusty landscapes of the Martian surface, NASA’s Perseverance rover has come across some of the most intriguing evidence yet of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet."

https://futurism.com/space/nasa-rover-complex-organic-matter-mars?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=futurism-newsletter&_bhlid=18352664d2d4fc162c9c9d29b2ef6e132ca5c14a

Planetary Habitability

"A new planetary habitability model could make the search for aliens more efficient by quickly identifying rocky worlds unlikely to sustain the atmospheres needed for life as we know it."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/searching-for-alien-life-new-model-could-help-scientists-home-in-on-habitable-exoplanets?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2156A0D6-DF4F-420B-8412-CD8507310A9D&utm_source=SmartBrief

NASA changes

"A lot has changed since NASA last sent astronauts to the moon — including the attitudes of those space explorers."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/everybody-wanted-to-be-the-first-apollo-astronauts-were-more-competitive-artemis-2-pilot-says?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2156A0D6-DF4F-420B-8412-CD8507310A9D&utm_source=SmartBrief

Martian Mudstones

"Could Martian mudstones be holding evidence of ancient microbes?"https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/did-nasa-just-find-evidence-of-ancient-life-on-mars-perseverance-rover-spots-complex-carbon-in-red-planet-rocks?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2156A0D6-DF4F-420B-8412-CD8507310A9D&utm_source=SmartBrief

Euclid

"A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, overlaps with a region scientists will observe with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching later this summer."https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/euclid-view-of-milky-way-heart-previews-core-survey-by-nasas-roman/

Fierce Solar Storms

"During the fierce solar storms of 2024, people in places far south — places where no one expected to see auroras — snapped photos of luminous green and purple light rippling in the sky."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/nasa-daring-rescue-space-telescope-090000211.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Voyager 1

"Voyager 1 is the fastest and most distant object people have ever built."

https://spacedaily.com/t-voyager-1-has-been-travelling-non-stop-since-1977-faster-than-a-speeding-bullet-every-second-of-every-day-and-it-has-not-yet-reached-the-distance-of-a-single-light-year-from-earth/

SpaceX

"SpaceX just notched a remarkable launch-dominance milestone."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/launch-monster-spacex-has-lofted-more-satellites-than-everyone-else-in-history-combined?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61ACBB3C-8283-4A8A-A52F-B9E7A4E99ED2&utm_source=SmartBrief

Menstruation in Microgravity

"One new mission is setting out to study menstruation in microgravity for the first time ever."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/menstruation-in-space-will-be-studied-for-1st-time-with-operation-period?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61ACBB3C-8283-4A8A-A52F-B9E7A4E99ED2&utm_source=SmartBrief

Swift Space Observatory

"For over 20 years, NASA's Swift space observatory has been conducting prolific science in orbit, hunting for signs of gamma-ray bursts — the most powerful explosions in the universe."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/no-one-thought-it-was-going-to-be-possible-a-space-telescope-is-falling-out-of-space-this-is-nasas-daring-plan-to-save-it?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61ACBB3C-8283-4A8A-A52F-B9E7A4E99ED2&utm_source=SmartBrief

Parker Solar Probe

"When NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed through the solar corona during perihelion encounters at the heliospheric current sheet, its instruments recorded energetic protons at energies far above what existing models of particle acceleration at that location could account for."

https://spacedaily.com/n-nasas-parker-solar-probe-flew-in-and-out-of-the-solar-corona-and-found-a-source-of-high-energy-particles-that-no-existing-model-had-predicted/

Strange Clump of Stars

"A strange clump of stars near the Milky Way's core may be the battered remnant of something far more complex than previously thought."https://mashable.com/science/james-webb-space-telescope-terzan-5-bulge-fossil-fragment

Titan

"Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is the only known satellite in the solar system to feature an atmosphere, which is almost 50 percent bigger than the Earth’s."

https://futurism.com/space/saturns-moon-titan-hydrocargbon-production?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=futurism-newsletter&_bhlid=f997fd27158a870b6674b2480d73007a5f327833

Explosive beams

"Explosive beams of energy crisscross through rainbow-colored space in a scene that evokes a cinematic sci-fi battle."https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-telescope-finds-a-cosmic-cloud-of-creation-buried-in-the-sword-of-orion-space-photo-of-the-week

Ghost Particles

"Astronomers have traced a high-energy "ghost particle" back to Shadow Blaster, a star-forming galaxy located 11 billion light-years away."

https://www.space.com/science/particle-physics/scientists-trace-high-energy-ghost-particle-to-the-shadow-blaster-galaxy

Terzen 5

"Researchers using two of humanity’s most powerful observatories — NASA’s James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — have definitively shown that Terzan 5 is not a globular star cluster as it was once classified, offering new insight into how galaxies like our own form and evolve over time."https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-hubble-reveal-history-of-relic-of-milky-ways-formation/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202624

Chandra Steller Explosion

"The aftermath of a supernova, a stellar explosion, is usually a slowly fading cloud of hot gas. So when astronomers pointed NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory at the nearby galaxy Messier 83 (M83), they did not expect to find a population of supernova remnants, or the debris from these explosions, showing dramatic changes in their brightness. The new results were presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Pasadena, California, and published in The Astrophysical Journal."https://science.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasas-chandra-finds-unexpected-fireworks-in-aftermath-of-stellar-explosions/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202624

Atlas Survey

"On the morning of 1 July 2025, the ATLAS survey telescope at Río Hurtado in Chile detected an unusual moving point of light against the background stars."

https://spacedaily.com/d-the-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-discovered-on-july-1-2025-by-a-survey-telescope-in-chile-is-now-believed-by-astronomers-at-oxford-to-be-roughly-7-billion-years-old-meaning-it-was-already/

Earth orbit Mars

"Every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars align in a particular geometric configuration that allows spacecraft to travel between them with the lowest possible fuel expenditure."

https://spacedaily.com/d-five-uncrewed-starship-rockets-are-projected-to-launch-toward-mars-during-the-brief-window-in-late-2026-when-the-two-planets-align-for-the-closest-possible-journey-and-depending-on-whether-t/

Astronauts to Join Artemis

"NASA on Tuesday revealed the four astronauts who will join the next Artemis mission — a key, two-week flight that will aim to test out various technologies considered vital to putting astronauts back on the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/science/artemis-3-crew-announcement?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Jim Fuller Theoretical astrophysict

"A new study from Caltech's Jim Fuller, professor of theoretical astrophysics, proposes a new model of the final death throes of Sun-like stars that shows how escaping mass from the stars' surfaces leads to a series of little kicks."

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/a-stars-death-throes-involves-a-lot-of-kicking?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Spectrum Rocket canceled

"Isar Aerospace has scrubbed the planned June 15 launch of its Spectrum rocket, citing a technical issue."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/isar-aerospace-second-orbital-launch-attempt-andoya-spaceport?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71C7071A-2740-4DAB-BAB0-518EF20CA133&utm_source=SmartBrief

Sun Eruption

"Scientists may have finally seen the sun telegraph an eruption hours before it happened — and the one caught was one of our star's most powerful explosions."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/sun/scientists-find-strange-changes-on-sun-hours-before-a-powerful-x9-solar-flare-i-was-not-expecting-what-i-found?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71C7071A-2740-4DAB-BAB0-518EF20CA133&utm_source=SmartBrief

Quantum Gravity

"For decades, scientists have searched for a fifth fundamental force of nature that can explain mysterious aspects of the universe such as dark energy and dark matter."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/we-have-4-fundamental-forces-of-nature-quantum-gravity-could-help-lead-us-to-a-mysterious-5th?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71C7071A-2740-4DAB-BAB0-518EF20CA133&utm_source=SmartBrief

Dragon Crew aboard ISS

"Ten days ago, in a moment of very high drama in orbit, NASA directed its astronauts living on the International Space Station to briefly seek emergency refuge in a Crew Dragon spacecraft."https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/06/russia-appears-set-to-finally-address-long-term-serious-space-station-cracks/

Extremes of WASP-121 b

"WASP-121 b is split between extremes. One side faces its star nonstop and burns at about 2,770 Kelvin."

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/jwst-finds-rare-planet-with-different-atmospheric-conditions-at-dawn-and-dusk/

Over Eight Billion Light years

"This discovery is extraordinary because of the record distance at which we’ve detected it, over eight billion light-years away."https://theconversation.com/south-african-telescope-detects-record-breaking-signal-from-the-early-universe-280060

Ghost Particles

"A massive underground detector aimed at understanding the mysterious ghost particles in our universe released its first major results on Wednesday."https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-underground-detector-releases-first-major-findings-on-ghost-particles

Mars Now

"Today we know Mars to be a dry, barren, dead and desolate world. Its distinctive rust-coloured surface stretches out across the planet's landscape."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-missing-water-atmosphere-found

Complex Human Spaceflight

"Taking another step toward one of the most complex human spaceflight missions in recent history, NASA on Tuesday provided new Artemis III details and announced the four prime crew members and a backup for the test flight."

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-marches-toward-artemis-iii-mission-in-2027-names-crew-members/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Galaxy-killing wind

"Astronomers have discovered a 'galaxy-killing wind' that may explain why there are far more massive 'dead' galaxies than expected in the early universe."https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/galaxy-killing-wind-discovered-early-universe?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Wasp 94A

"Astronomers using the JWST have found that exoplanet WASP-94A b appears to have some pretty exotic weather, forming clouds of rock every morning, which then vanish in the planet's night."

https://www.iflscience.com/wasp-94a-b-the-exoplanet-where-clouds-of-rock-form-in-the-morning-and-vanish-every-night-83718

Supermassive blackhole

"A supermassive black hole lies at the heart of every galaxy, including the Milky Way."https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-astronomers-discover-earliest-known-flickering-quasar-0608?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Clear Skies

"Unfortunately, there's more bad news to report on the clear skies front."https://phys.org/news/2026-06-space-telescopes-overwhelmed-satellite-trails.html#google_vignette

Sophie Adenot

"French astronaut Sophie Adenot captured the view of a lifetime in a new image of Mount Vesuvius, as seen from aboard the International Space Station."https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/astronaut-spots-mount-vesuvius-from-space-space-photo-of-the-day-for-june-8-2026

Cosmic Map

"Understanding the nature of our cosmos requires an accurate map of how galaxies are spread throughout it."

https://www.astronomy.com/science/giant-supercluster-discovered-hiding-behind-the-milky-way/

Brain

"The human brain contains roughly 86 billion neurons."https://spacedaily.com/n-scientists-have-discovered-a-cell-type-in-the-brain-that-was-previously-ignored-and-it-may-explain-why-human-memory-has-no-known-upper-limit/

Mars Rover

"This is one of the sharpest, clearest panoramas you're ever likely to see captured from the surface of Mars."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/nasa-perseverance-rover-falbreen-mosaic

Space and time

"Space and time looked settled, at least in broad outline."https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/physicists-propose-that-our-universe-may-contain-three-dimensions-of-time/

Dublin Air

"The air above Dublin contains, among other things, genetic traces of cannabis, poppy, and magic mushrooms."https://spacedaily.com/n-scientists-have-discovered-that-air-filters-can-capture-dna-floating-in-the-atmosphere-and-it-can-identify-wildlife-viruses-and-even-illegal-drugs-nearby/

SpaceX Dragon

"NASA ordered five astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter in an attached SpaceX Dragon spacecraft today while Russian cosmonauts tried to fix a concerning air leak on the orbiting lab."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/astronauts-on-international-space-station-take-shelter-in-spacex-dragon-as-cosmonauts-try-to-fix-air-leak

Sagittarius A

"After more than 50 years of searching, astrophysicists at Northwestern University have finally discovered evidence of a powerful wind blowing from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*)."https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/06/found-milky-way-black-holes-missing-wind?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

MAVEN

"The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended after more than 11 years in orbit at Mars and a decade beyond its primary, one-year mission."https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-says-farewell-to-maven-mars-mission-hosts-media-call-today/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Disabled in Space

"A British Paralympian and surgeon could become the first person with a physical disability to live in orbit after the government signed a deal with a US company that is building a small commercial space station."https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/02/british-paralympian-john-mcfall-astronaut-disability-space-station-haven-1-vast

Alexei Leonov

"On 18 March 1965, a 30-year-old Soviet Air Force pilot named Alexei Leonov opened the hatch of an inflatable airlock on Voskhod 2 and became the first human being to float free in space."https://spacedaily.com/sd-in-1965-soviet-cosmonaut-alexei-leonov-stepped-outside-voskhod-2-for-the-first-spacewalk-in-history-and-his-suit-ballooned-so-badly-in-vacuum-that-he-had-to-bleed-oxygen-through-a-valve-to-fit-ba/

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

"We just took one final look at NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and now? It's officially ready for launch."https://www.space.com/astronomy/the-mirror-passed-with-flying-colors-nasa-just-took-its-last-look-at-the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-before-launch

Detecting Light and Radiation

"Detecting light and radiation is essential across the electromagnetic spectrum, but some regions remain especially challenging."https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260530053416.htm#google_vignette

Ceres

"The long, puzzling dwarf planet Ceres, in reality the first named asteroid, has surface features that are much more complex than previously thought."https://www.universetoday.com/articles/ceres-surface-is-much-more-complex-than-previously-thought

Most Distant Object so far

"On a clear, moonless autumn night, away from city lights, the patch of sky between the constellations Andromeda and Cassiopeia contains a faint, fuzzy smudge that looks like a slightly out-of-focus star."https://spacedaily.com/d-the-light-from-the-andromeda-galaxy-the-most-distant-object-visible-to-the-naked-human-eye-left-its-source-about-2-5-million-years-ago-which-means-when-you-look-at-it-on-a-clear-n/

Early Mars

"The familiar version goes like this. Early Mars was a warmer world with rivers and lakes and a thick atmosphere."https://spacedaily.com/t-mars-was-once-a-warmer-world-of-rivers-lakes-and-a-thicker-atmosphere-but-after-its-internal-dynamo-died-and-the-planet-lost-the-magnetic-shield-that-helps-protect-an-atmosphere-the-solar-wind-stri/

Smallest Particles

"By definition, elementary particles can't be broken into smaller pieces."https://phys.org/news/2026-06-photon-infinite-swarm-particles.html#google_vignette

Spacecamp

"Forty years ago, the future seemed just around the corner—and the vehicle that was going to take us there was NASA’s Space Shuttle."https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/05/on-its-40th-anniversary-we-reassess-1986s-spacecamp/

Robotic flights

"During these missions — all robotic flights — NASA aims to scout locations at the moon’s south pole, gather scientific data, test technologies and prepare for the return of its astronauts to the lunar surface."https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-announces-moon-missions-prepare-build-base-rcna346349?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

SpaceX Updates

"There will probably be a lot of people that die," says Elon Musk.He is sitting at his desk, at the headquarters of his company — of one of his companies — SpaceX."https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a16681/elon-musk-interview-1212/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

April 15, 1970

"On the afternoon of April 15, 1970, somewhere between the Moon and the Earth, three men were sitting inside a spacecraft they were not supposed to be living in, watching their breath fog in front of them, and looking through a small triangular window at a tiny crescent of blue and white."https://spacedaily.com/sd-in-april-1970-the-crew-of-apollo-13-navigated-home-by-holding-the-spacecraft-against-the-terminator-of-the-earth-the-line-where-day-met-night-on-the-planet-they-were-trying-to-reach-timing-a-fou/

Home Galaxy

"Our home galaxy didn't pop into existence all at once."https://www.space.com/astronomy/galaxies/the-milky-way-may-have-devoured-another-galaxy-named-loki-and-astronomers-think-theyve-found-its-remains

Speed of Light

"The speed of light is one of science’s most trusted constants, a value woven into modern physics so deeply that questioning it means probing the foundations of how nature works."https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/new-discovery-rewrites-what-we-know-about-the-speed-of-light/

Titan

"Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, has a denser atmosphere than Earth and a surface where rain, rivers, and seas are made of liquid hydrocarbons rather than water."https://spacedaily.com/t-titans-atmosphere-is-thicker-than-earths-its-rivers-and-lakes-are-made-of-methane-and-ethane-and-nasa-is-sending-a-nuclear-powered-drone-there-because-on-saturns-largest-m/

Planets in our Backyard

"We have learned a lot about the planets in our own backyard, and for a long time we assumed the rest of the galaxy looked roughly the same."https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/the-most-common-type-of-planet-in-the-galaxy-may-not-look-anything-like-earth-on-the-inside

What is Dark Matter?

"The standard cultural framing of dark matter tends to treat it as a known scientific substance."https://spacedaily.com/d-most-of-the-matter-in-the-universe-has-never-been-observed-directly-and-the-existence-of-dark-matter-is-essentially-a-placeholder-name-for-the-gap-between-what-we-can-see-and-what-the-math-requires/

Atomic Clocks

"There is a particular fact about the most precise atomic clocks currently in operation that the wider cultural register has, on the available evidence, not yet adequately absorbed."https://spacedaily.com/d-the-most-accurate-atomic-clocks-in-operation-now-lose-less-than-one-second-every-30-billion-years-and-the-reason-this-matters-isnt-precision-for-its-own-sake-its-that-gravity-itself-slo/

Lunokhod 1

"For nearly 40 years, Lunokhod 1 was not so much dead as misplaced."https://spacedaily.com/sd-the-soviet-lunokhod-1-rover-sat-abandoned-on-the-moon-for-nearly-40-years-after-its-mission-ended-in-1971-and-when-scientists-finally-located-it-again-with-laser-ranging-in-2010-its-retroreflector/

Future of Starships

"SpaceX has decided to stand down from what was supposed to be the first test launch of Starship’s v3 rocket tonight after a minor issue with a hydraulic pin delayed the flight once more."https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-reveals-reason-starship-v3-stand-down-announces-next-launch-date/#google_vignette

Images of Galaxies

"Look closely at this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and you’ll see galaxies of various shapes and sizes clustered together toward the center-left of the image."https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-captures-galaxy-cluster/

Huygens Probe

"On 14 January 2005, the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and came to rest on the surface."https://spacedaily.com/t-the-huygens-probe-descended-by-parachute-to-the-surface-of-titan-in-2005-through-an-orange-haze-colder-than-minus-170-degrees-celsius-and-more-than-a-billion-kilometres-from-home-it-remains-the-only/

Roman Space Telescope

"NASA’s upcoming Roman Space Telescope could launch sooner than planned, bringing one of the most powerful sky-mapping missions ever built into orbit."https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260518041345.htm#google_vignette

JWST New Planet

"A planet that is about the size of Saturn, but with a temperature more like Earth’s, has an atmosphere rich in methane, according to a new study using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)."https://astrobiology.com/2026/05/atmosphere-of-saturn-sized-planet-with-earth-like-temperature-contains-methane.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

SpaceX New Launch

"SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its massive Starship rocket Thursday evening, and will try again for its 12th test flight on Friday."https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/21/spacex-plans-12th-test-flight-of-massive-starship-rocket-as-ipo-looms.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4