Artemis

"For the first time in over 50 years, astronauts from Earth have launched to the moon."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/nasa-launches-4-astronauts-to-the-moon-on-historic-artemis-2-voyage-a-lunar-leap-for-the-21st-century

NASA elements

"Most elements of a major NASA event this week that laid out spaceflight plans for the coming decade were well received: a Moon base, a focus on less talk and more action, and working with industry to streamline regulations so increased innovation can propel the United States further into space."https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/what-happens-next-with-nasas-plan-to-replace-the-iss-source-it-could-get-ugly/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=ars&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=Ars_Orbital_040126&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bdce8643f92a434ca85f247&cndid=45206598&hasha=ecc4eb5a460f31b456c54514153c0893&hashb=126020d02221c0fc5a17b7aa92eeaba8b008e1db&hashc=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&esrc=ars_prefs&utm_content=Final&utm_term=ARS_OrbitalTransmission

Artemis program

"The Artemis program is named for the Greek goddess of the moon and wilderness, and represents the agency's most ambitious human exploration campaign since the Apollo program — the series of missions that first carried astronauts to the lunar surface more than 50 years ago."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/who-is-artemis-meet-the-goddess-who-inspired-nasas-return-to-the-moon?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Jared Isaacman

"When NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman took the stage at a Northern Virginia conference in mid-February, the agency was preparing for a second fueling test of the SLS moon rocket, in hopes of launching as soon as March."https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/the-new-space-race/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Edwin Hubble

"Happy birthday, Edwin Hubble, born on November 20, 1889. The Hubble Space Telescope bears his name. His work became the basis for our modern cosmology: our idea of the universe as a whole."https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-edwin-hubble-and-the-expanding-universe/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Solar Flare Artemis II

"The sun unleashed a powerful X1.4 solar flare in the early hours today (March 30), triggering radio blackouts on Earth and raising potential concerns for NASA's Artemis 2 mission preparations."https://www.space.com/astronomy/sun/powerful-x-class-solar-flare-triggers-radio-blackout-ahead-of-artemis-2-launch

Artemis II

"Christina Koch is ready to make history."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/an-incredible-privilege-and-responsibility-artemis-2s-christina-koch-is-ready-to-become-the-1st-woman-to-fly-around-the-moon

Gravity

"Gravity is a force that governs motion throughout the universe. It holds us to the ground, and it keeps the moon in orbit around Earth and Earth in orbit around the sun."https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/what-is-microgravity/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

CSA

"Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on their Artemis II mission around the Moon, the launch team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and teams across the country will begin counting down about two days before liftoff."https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-releases-artemis-ii-moon-mission-launch-countdown/

TYPHOON survey

"Using data from the TYPHOON survey on the Irénée du Pont telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory, the scientists examined the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 1365, whose wide disc shape is oriented so we can see it face-on from Earth."https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/space-archaeology-reveals-first-dynamic-history-giant-spiral-galaxy?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Minor Planet Center

"On March 16, 2026, the Minor Planet Center announced an additional 11 moons for Saturn, bringing its total to a whopping 285."https://earthsky.org/space/more-moons-for-jupiter-and-saturn-total-satellite-discoveries/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Next Rocket Launch

"NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-artemis-moonshot-launch-d4cee0936115bb4d995272f7e1b921c4?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Alien Hunters

"Earth’s leading alien hunters believe extraterrestrials could be out there, they’re just having a hard time getting through to us because it’s stormy in space."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/08/stormy-space-weather-messages-aliens?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Hummus in Space

"If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, a step toward enabling astronauts on long-term moon missions to produce their own food."https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lunar-missions-looming-scientists-grow-160200108.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4&guccounter=1

NASA Target Practice

"An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future incoming killer space rock, scientists reported Friday."https://apnews.com/article/asteroid-nasa-draft-dimorphos-9abccd32d4cb532a66249dd6145685cb?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Artemis II

"NASA has just given an update on the status of Artemis II and the Artemis program in general."

https://www.iflscience.com/nasa-just-announced-a-radical-shift-in-artemis-iii-mission-goals-plus-key-updates-on-artemis-ii-82713?utm_source=The+IFLScience+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6d7f5ab493-ICYMI-4-3-26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f3c4e60-272567312&goal=0_3aa1738e2a-6d7f5ab493-272567312&mc_cid=6d7f5ab493&mc_eid=561ee916fc

AI helps pinpoint first soft landing on moon

"Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth."https://www.seti.org/news/ai-helps-pinpoint-the-moons-first-soft-landing/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=022826&utm_id=news

Suns Magnetic Field

"Every eleven years, the Sun’s magnetic field flips."

https://news.njit.edu/njit-physicists-trace-sun%E2%80%99s-magnetic-engine-200000-kilometers-below-surface?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Visible Eclipse

"Early Tuesday morning, March 3, a total eclipse of the Moon will be visible from throughout the U.S. (and North and America)."https://www.seti.org/news/the-march-3-2026-total-eclipse-of-the-moon/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=022826&utm_id=news

AI Research Reality

"In 2022, the scientific community confronted an uncomfortable reality about the use of AI in research."

https://www.seti.org/news/guarding-the-source-why-the-future-of-science-depends-on-proven-data/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=022826&utm_id=news

New Discoveries on Mars

"Two NASA rovers have strengthened the case that ancient Mars may have supported life."https://www.seti.org/news/new-discoveries-on-mars-and-habitability/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=022826&utm_id=news

Quantum Cat Launch

"At first everything looked good. The rocket lit its engines right on schedule, and lifted slowly off the launch pad."https://www.thequantumcat.space/p/starship-the-most-ambitious-spacecraft?open=false

Cosmic Bodies

"At any given time across the universe, massive cosmic bodies are releasing incomprehensible amounts of energy."https://www.popsci.com/science/most-powerful-explosion-in-universe/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=popular-science-newsletter&_bhlid=07d98557ce2ee7b716eb875a7f05ca55e877de80

Drake Equation

"The Drake Equation has been called the second most important equation in science."https://www.seti.org/research/seti-101/drake-equation/

UFO UAP

"NASA has responded to President Donald Trump's latest talk of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs)."https://www.iflscience.com/nasa-responds-brilliantly-to-president-trumps-latest-talk-of-ufos-uaps-and-aliens-82647?utm_source=The+IFLScience+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d031ff15b3-ICYMI-25-2-26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f3c4e60-272567312&goal=0_3aa1738e2a-d031ff15b3-272567312&mc_cid=d031ff15b3&mc_eid=561ee916fc

Blue Stragglers

"Blue straggler stars stand out in old star clusters because they appear hotter, more massive and younger than stars that should all have formed billions of years ago."https://esahubble.org/news/heic2602/?lang

Orion and Artemis II

"NASA is taking steps to potentially roll back the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to the "Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after overnight Feb. 21 observing interrupted flow of helium to the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage."https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/21/nasa-troubleshooting-artemis-ii-rocket-upper-stage-issue-preparing-to-roll-back/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Vesta

"Vesta, the brightest asteroid in our Solar System’s asteroid belt, was one of the very first asteroids to be discovered."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/asteroid-vesta-discovery-celestial-police?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Cosmic Event

"An incredible space event might be happening in the heavens, and it is likely that we are going to miss it."https://www.iflscience.com/weve-only-seen-a-pair-of-eclipsing-exoplanets-once-before-astronomers-think-its-about-to-happen-again-82572?utm_source=The+IFLScience+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a85716136b-TWIS-FEBRUARY-14_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f3c4e60-272567312&mc_cid=a85716136b&mc_eid=561ee916fc

New Fuel to be used in Launch

"NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-artemis-moon-launch-astronauts-446d72be9dca1b28f441d761bd97ee17?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Webb News

"On January 19, the Webb space telescope stared deep into the chaotic world of Uranus for 17 hours, observing as the faint glow from molecules above the planet’s clouds meets its unusual magnetic field."https://gizmodo.com/webb-just-spent-17-hours-staring-at-uranus-and-found-its-auroras-are-even-weirder-than-we-thought-2000724794?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&https://gizmodo.com/webb-just-spent-17-hours-staring-at-uranus-and-found-its-auroras-are-even-weirder-than-we-thought-2000724794?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-02-22-pm=2026-02-22-pm

Warm Mars

"A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy."https://phys.org/news/2026-02-early-mars-icy-latest.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4#google_vignette

Phones in Space

"NASA astronauts are now able to take their smartphones into space — a historic first for the agency."https://people.com/nasa-will-now-allow-astronauts-bring-smartphones-into-space-11906846?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Four New Crew Members

"Four new crew members are on their way to the International Space Station after launching into orbit early Friday morning."

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/astronauts-launch-space-station-rcna258184?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Artemis II

"NASA concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis II test flight early Tuesday morning, successfully loading cryogenic propellant into the SLS (Space Launch System) tanks, sending a team out to the launch pad to closeout Orion, and safely draining the rocket."

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/03/nasa-conducts-artemis-ii-fuel-test-eyes-march-for-launch-opportunity/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

NATIONAL CREATE A VACUUM DAY

"National Create A Vacuum Day on February 4th explores spaces void of matter."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-create-a-vacuum-day-february-4?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=16727494&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Map of Hidden Solar System

"Every few years, the sun seems to change its mood. Dark spots appear and disappear, massive bursts of energy shoot into space, and Earth briefly feels the consequences through disrupted satellites or power systems. "https://interestingengineering.com/science/3d-map-of-the-hidden-solar-magnetism?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Artemis II

"Bracing for a weekend cold snap in Florida, NASA delayed a dress rehearsal fueling test for its Artemis II moon rocket, moving it from Saturday to Monday, and pushed the long-awaited launch back at least two days to no earlier than 11:20 p.m. EST on Feb. 8."https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-delays-artemis-moon-mission/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Earth sized planet

"Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable new planet about 146 light-years away which is Earth-sized and has conditions similar to Mars."https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/29/a-potentially-habitable-new-planet-has-been-discovered-146-light-years-awfrom-earth-but-it-may-be--70c?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Dark Matter

"Scientists using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made one of the most detailed, high-resolution maps of dark matter ever produced."https://www.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-reveals-new-details-about-dark-matters-influence-on-universe/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Auroral Display

"Starting on the night of January 19, 2026, planet Earth was treated to a global show that had only been seen once before in the 21st century: a spectacular auroral display that wasn’t triggered by a solar flare or by a coronal mass ejection, but instead by a completely different form of space weather known as a solar radiation storm."https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/solar-radiation-storm-2026-aurora/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=swab

GPS inventor died

"Over the span of a single lifetime, the world has changed in ways that would have been virtually unimaginable in the first half of the 20th century."

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/gladys-west-einstein-gps/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=swab

Blue Origin

"Two passengers that flew on one of Blue Origin’s supersonic flights to the edge of space have shared footage of the 10-minute journey captured behind the scenes or inside the capsule during flight, giving a rare glimpse into the full experience."https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/tech/blue-origin-flight-footage-takeoff-to-landing-scn?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Helix Nebula

"Webb has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of our own Sun and planetary system. In Webb’s high-resolution look, the structure of the gas being shed off by a dying star comes into full focus."https://esawebb.org/news/weic2601/?lang

Poles of Jupiter and Saturn

"Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. "https://news.mit.edu/2026/polar-weather-jupiter-saturn-hints-planets-interior-details-0119?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Weather patterns over Jupiter and Saturn

"Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. "https://news.mit.edu/2026/polar-weather-jupiter-saturn-hints-planets-interior-details-0119?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Quantum Computer

"Quantum computers could rapidly solve complex problems that would take the most powerful classical supercomputers decades to unravel."https://news.mit.edu/2026/efficient-cooling-method-could-enable-chip-based-quantum-computers-0115?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Iron atoms

"The cloud of iron atoms, described for the first time in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, is in the shape of a bar or strip: it just fits inside the inner layer of the elliptically shaped nebula, familiar from many images including those obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope at infrared wavelengths."https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/jan/mysterious-iron-bar-discovered-famous-nebula?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Medical SpaceX

"An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation."

https://apnews.com/article/nasa-space-astronauts-crew-medical-spacex-d89651fb83a8eb32d8619052424a5cb8?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

First Materials to help settle Lunar debate

"The first material ever collected from the far side of the Moon could help settle a long-held lunar mystery."https://www.sciencealert.com/our-moon-is-curiously-lopsided-and-a-massive-impact-could-be-to-blame?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

NASA mission postponed

"In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-spacewalk-postponed-1a6f794035be86582025c196f8f9e7b5?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Vera C. Rubin Observatory

"Astronomers analyzing data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer – a feat uniquely enabled by Rubin."https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-01-07-nsf-doe-vera-c-rubin-observatory-spots-record-breaking-asteroid-pre-survey?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4