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