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

HZDR

"An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, has directly observed for the first time how angular momentum moves and remains conserved inside a crystal lattice."https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-observe-strange-quantum-rotation-effect-that-defies-intuition/

Psyche Spacecraft

"NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-psyche-mission-aces-mars-flyby-targets-metal-rich-asteroid/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=psyche20260519

Asteroid

"A hefty, never-before-seen asteroid is racing toward Earth at around 20,000 mph (32,000 km/h) and will zoom past our planet closer than some satellites on Monday (May 18), scientists say."https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/asteroid-2026-jh2?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Puzzles of Time

"Few concepts in physics are as familiar, or as puzzling, as time itself."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260517211440.htm#google_vignette

Artemis 2 Views

"Here's a unique view of NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/giant-radio-telescope-sees-artemis-2-astronauts-on-orion-flying-around-the-moon-there-are-4-people-in-those-pixels

SpaceX Starship

"SpaceX's newest version of its massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is scheduled to launch on a critical test flight no earlier than Wednesday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) from Starbase, Texas."https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-12-launch-updates-may-18-2026

Skeletons of Cosmos

"Astronomers have reconstructed the "skeleton" of the cosmos in unprecedented detail, thanks to the largest-ever survey conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)."

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/truly-significant-james-webb-telescope-reveals-largest-ever-map-of-the-universes-hidden-megastructures

Abell 2029

"If galaxy clusters were contestants in a pageant, then Abell 2029 would likely win the title of most relaxed cluster in the Universe."https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-galaxy-clusters-wild-youth

Voyager

"The popular version of this story has hardened into a fixed shape."https://spacedaily.com/nasa-still-maintains-some-of-the-voyager-spacecraft-code-in-a-1970s-era-programming-language-that-almost-nobody-on-earth-fully-understands-anymore-and-the-handful-of-engineers-who-do-are-now-in-their/

Bright Star

"This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-sights-galaxy-in-transition/

ENIAC

"Eighty years ago, Penn researchers J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly launched the age of electronic computing by harnessing electrons to solve complex numerical problems with ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer."https://phys.org/news/2026-05-physicists-hybrid-particles-interact-strongly.html#google_vignette

Objects

"Astronomy is full of objects that sound similar, look similar, or are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. But once you understand the differences, the night sky suddenly makes a lot more sense."https://astrophotons.com/space-comparisons

Voyager 1

"On 17 April 2026, mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California sent commands to switch off the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment aboard Voyager 1. "https://spacedaily.com/voyager-1-is-still-transmitting-from-beyond-the-heliosphere-on-22-watts-less-power-than-the-bulb-in-your-hallway-and-the-engineers-who-built-it-in-the-1970s-never-expected-wed-st/

Dark Matter

"We may be more in the dark about dark matter than previously thought, according to a new analysis of distant galaxy clusters."https://phys.org/news/2026-05-qa-dark.html#google_vignette

New Asteroid

"A newly discovered asteroid will pass within about 56,000 miles of Earth on Monday, significantly closer than the distance between Earth and the moon."https://abcnews.com/US/newly-discovered-asteroid-make-close-safe-encounter-earth/story?id=132917112&utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

SpaceX Starship

"You'll have to crane your neck just a little farther to look up at SpaceX's new Starship rocket."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/the-worlds-biggest-rocket-how-spacexs-new-starship-v3-differs-from-its-predecessors

Deep Space

"Astronomers say they've made the first ever direct detection of turbulence in the space between stars distorting light from deep space."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/txs-2005403-quasar-turbulence-interstellar-medium

Astronomy Photos

"Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer."https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260513.html

Space Based Neutrino

"The world's first space-based neutrino detector launched to space last week to study elusive neutrino particles that constantly bombard Earth."https://www.space.com/science/particle-physics/like-putting-a-microscope-into-the-core-of-the-sun-worlds-1st-space-based-neutrino-detector-launches-to-orbit

Schrödinger

"New research into how humans perceive color differences is helping resolve questions tied to a theory first proposed nearly 100 years ago by physicist Erwin Schrödinger."https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-solve-100-year-old-schrodinger-mystery-about-color-perception/

UFO sightings

"The Trump administration released the first batch of long-promised files related to UFO sightings on Friday."https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/trump-ufo-files-revelations-1236590123/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Starts with a Bang

"In 1675, Newton famously wrote , “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”"https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/brief-history-cosmic-distance-record/

RIKEN

"Three theoretical physicists at RIKEN have proposed a new way to achieve one-way quantum synchronization in phonons." https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-solve-major-challenge-in-quantum-synchronization/

Hubble

"The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured an image of a roaming galaxy 50 million light-years away called NGC 3137, but it’s not traveling alone."https://nautil.us/hubble-captures-traveling-galaxy-in-stunning-detail-1280614

ISS

"The International Space Station has long cemented its legacy as an iconic feature in Earth's orbit."https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/06/international-space-station-visible-earth-how-spot-iss/89946097007/?tbref=hp&utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Search For Life

"The search for life beyond our solar system has entered a new phase, with a focus on prioritizing observational targets."

https://www.seti.org/news/45-best-targets-for-alien-life/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=050726&utm_id=blog

UAP

"In response to President Donald J. Trump’s directive for transparency on U.S. government information regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), the Department of War (DOW), with support from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), is overseeing government wide efforts to expeditiously find, review, identify, declassify and publicly release unresolved UAP-related records and historical documents in the federal government’s possession."https://www.war.gov/UFO/user_id/66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Gravity and Time

"Few ideas in physics feel as intuitive, yet remain as puzzling, as time. In Einstein’s theory of relativity, time is not fixed. It changes depending on motion and gravity."https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-propose-strange-experiment-where-time-goes-quantum/

Johnson Space Center

"From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible."https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/artemis-ii-backup-crew/

Alien Life

"The search for life beyond our solar system has entered a new phase, with a focus on prioritizing observational targets."https://www.seti.org/news/45-best-targets-for-alien-life/?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=newsletter_body&utm_campaign=050726&utm_id=blog

Mars and Beyond

"After "re-booting" the moon and establishing a base there, followed by dispatching expeditionary crews to Mars, where should humanity go?"https://www.space.com/astronomy/saturn/should-saturns-huge-moon-titan-be-humanitys-next-destination-after-the-moon-and-mars

UFO sightings

"Mass UFO sightings don't happen very often. My personal thoughts is they only are seen when we are allowed to see them."George KnappInvestigation AlienEpisode 5

National UFO Reporting

"The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) is a non-governmental, non-profit corporation registered in Washington State, the United States that documents UFO / UAP sightings and/or alleged alien contacts."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_UFO_Reporting_Center

Cosmic Simulation

"Astronomers have unveiled one of the largest cosmological simulation datasets ever created, offering an expansive new tool to explore how the universe evolved across billions of years."https://www.space.com/astronomy/scientists-created-one-of-the-largest-simulations-of-our-universe-ever-about-the-size-of-500-000-hd-movies

Phoenix Lights

"The Phoenix Lights (sometimes called the "Lights Over Phoenix") were a series of widely sighted unidentified flying objects observed in the skies over the southwestern U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada on March 13, 1997."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights

David Grusch

"David Grusch is a former United States Air Force (USAF) officer and intelligence official who has claimed that the U.S. federal government, in collaboration with private aerospace companies, has highly secretive special access programs involved in the recovery and reverse engineering of "non-human" spacecraft and their dead pilots, and that people have been threatened and killed in order to conceal these programs."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims

NATIONAL ASTRONAUT DAY

"National Astronaut Day on May 5th each year celebrates Astronauts as true heroes."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-astronaut-day-may-5

Artemis II Photos

"Artemis II was a massive scientific success for NASA, but it was also a victory for photography, as the still images shot by the crew have inspired and awed people all over the world."https://petapixel.com/2026/05/04/nasa-releases-thousands-of-unseen-artemis-ii-photos/

Milky Way Research

"An ancient galaxy appears to be buried inside the Milky Way, new research suggests."https://nz.news.yahoo.com/scientists-something-huge-buried-inside-113000810.html

Sagittarius A

"A newly reported population of vast, thread-like structures stretching across several light-years has been identified near the center of the Milky Way, offering a striking new clue about the behavior of Sagittarius A."

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/structures-pointing-milky-way-black-hole/#google_vignette

Space Tourism

"Space tourism is about to take a major leap forward."https://orbitaltoday.com/2025/06/07/worlds-first-space-hotel-to-open-in-2027/#google_vignette

Pluto

"NASA chief Jared Isaacman wants to restore Pluto to its former glory."https://www.space.com/astronomy/pluto/nasa-chief-jared-isaacman-says-hes-fighting-for-pluto-i-am-very-much-in-the-camp-of-make-pluto-a-planet-again

Big Bang

"Scientists have redefined gravity to explain the Big Bang and perhaps change our picture of the earliest moments of the cosmos."https://www.space.com/astronomy/what-is-quantum-gravity-scientists-think-it-could-explain-the-beginning-of-our-universe

Record Breaking Journey

"The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-artemis-moon-astronauts-64349e8a74939deb8e2f48e7c30a07cb

Robots in Space

"Whether it's robotic rovers heading to Mars or, one day, a crew of astronauts, a round-trip journey is an incredibly long one."https://phys.org/news/2026-04-interplanetary-shortcut-mars.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4#google_vignette

Artemis 2 Heat Shields

"The Artemis 2 heat shield looks like a sunken treasure from the Titanic in an underwater shot following splashdown."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/artemis-2-heat-shield-is-a-sunken-treasure-in-the-ocean-space-photo-of-the-day-for-april-28-2026

TESS and ASTEP

"Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP) on the Antarctic Plateau, astronomers have discovered a rare and uniquely weird planetary system."https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/nasas-tess-spacecraft-discovers-a-weird-system-of-exoplanets-unlike-anything-seen-before?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BE8C3789-79D9-4F19-8AFD-823EC4DBE5A5&utm_source=SmartBrief

Lyrid meteor shower

"The Lyrid meteor shower put on a spectacular show last night as Earth plunged through the debris stream cast off by comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), triggering a peak of activity that saw shooting stars blaze a path away from the blue-white star Vega in the constellation Lyra."https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/spectacular-photos-of-the-2026-lyrid-meteor-shower-captured-from-earth-and-space?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BE8C3789-79D9-4F19-8AFD-823EC4DBE5A5&utm_source=SmartBrief

Buckyballs

"The spectacular birthplace of weird carbon molecules known as "buckyballs" came to light in new imagery of a nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope."

https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/james-webb-space-telescope-peers-into-a-dying-star-surrounded-by-mysterious-buckyballs-the-structures-were-seeing-now-are-breathtaking?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BE8C3789-79D9-4F19-8AFD-823EC4DBE5A5&utm_source=SmartBrief

Synthetic Universe

"Astronomers say they’ve created an entire synthetic universe which uncannily reproduces the properties of our real one."

https://futurism.com/space/astronomers-create-synthetic-universe

Elusive Particle

"In 2018, researchers in Japan claimed to find concrete evidence of an elusive particle, a Majorana fermion, in a quantum spin liquid called ruthenium trichloride."https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/04/soundwaves-settle-debate-about-elusive-quantum-particle

Navy divers Artemis II

"Four U.S. Navy divers were the first faces to greet NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts when they splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after their historic journey around the moon this month."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/meet-the-us-navy-divers-who-welcomed-the-artemis-2-astronauts-home-from-the-moon

Artemis II video

"The moon joy continues in another stunning video from the Artemis II crew."https://www.popsci.com/science/artemis-ii-video/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

SPHEREx

"NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped interstellar ice at an unprecedented scale."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/interstellar-glaciers-nasas-spherex-maps-vast-galactic-ice-regions/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Everything in Space

"If you take everything we know of and can directly observe in the Universe — stars, stellar remnants, galaxies, gas, dust, plasma, and black holes — we find that it’s insufficient to explain what we see on the grandest of all cosmic scales."https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/dark-matter-new-cosmic-test-mond-fails/

Artemis Otherworldly Experiance

"The Artemis II astronauts who recently returned from the far side of the Moon have described their “otherworldly” experience during the record-breaking mission."https://www.independent.co.uk/space/artemis-moon-mission-astronauts-nasa-b2959601.html

Large Hadron Collider

"The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator that pushes protons or ions to near the speed of light. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator complex."

https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider

Worlds outside Solar System

"Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from University of Washington."https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/04/15/planets-need-more-water-to-support-life/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Discovery Centers

"The discovery centers on the galaxy J1007+3540, where scientists observed a supermassive black hole at its core suddenly restarting powerful jets after remaining inactive for almost 100 million years."https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260411022037.htm

Artemis II Astronauts

"The four astronauts who flew around the moon and back again on the Artemis II mission made their way back to the Johnson Space Center in Houston on April 11 after safely splashing back down on Earth the evening before."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/11/artemis-ii-astronauts-earth-landing-whats-next/89568776007/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Spacecraft Spin

"A spacecraft that spins to create its own gravity."

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/04/chrysalis-starship-1000-people-250-year-voyage/#google_vignette

Mega Laser

"One of the most remarkable discoveries made by astronomers in recent years is the identification of an extremely strong "mega-laser" signal that has travelled over 8 billion light-years without losing its strength and reaching Earth."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/astronomers-detect-mega-laser-beam-signal-from-8-billion-light-years-away/articleshow/130218711.cms

SpaceX Megarocket

"The new, juiced-up version of SpaceX's Starship megarocket just cleared a big hurdle on the path to its first-ever launch."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-fires-up-next-gen-version-3-starship-ahead-of-landmark-may-test-flight-photos

Artemis 2 Zero G

"Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch starred in an out-of-this-world selfie with the zero-gravity indicator "Rise" on April 4, captured from a camera mounted on a solar panel as the crew were half way to the moon ahead of their historic lunar flyby."https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/artemis-2-astronaut-poses-for-epic-selfie-space-photo-of-the-day-for-april-9-2026

Terafab

"Elon Musk is partnering with Intel INTC 10.56%increase; green up pointing triangle on his ambitious Terafab project, which aims to build specially designed chips for SpaceX and xAI as well as for Tesla TSLA 0.44%increase; green up pointing triangle."

https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-partners-with-spacex-tesla-to-operate-new-chip-plant-01412554?st=bjztUx&mod=1440&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Reid Wiseman and Trump

"Speaking with President Trump, commander Reid Wiseman listed the incredible sights the Artemis II crew witnessed on Monday, telling the president that when the astronauts could see Mars, "All of us commented how excited we are to watch this nation and this planet become a two-planet species," referring to NASA plans to eventually go to Mars."

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/artemis-moon-lunar-flyby/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Moon Joy

"NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts have officially struck "moon joy.""

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/when-the-moon-hits-your-eye-from-your-orion-ship-up-high-thats-a-mare

One-dimensional superionic state

"Sophisticated models predict that a quasi-one-dimensional superionic state of carbon hydride exists under the extreme pressures and temperatures found deep inside Neptune and Uranus."

https://carnegiescience.edu/depths-neptune-and-uranus-may-be-superionic?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Record breaking

"The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record."

https://apnews.com/article/nasa-artemis-moon-flyby-astronauts-e470e962d028d1a4b811cbf31cdacd90?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

First Artemis Photos

"Awe-inspiring new photos captured by the Artemis II astronauts showcase the moon and the interior of the Orion spacecraft, offering a glimpse into their lives in space as they close in on another historic milestone."

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/04/science/artemis-2-images-halfway-to-the-moon

FIRST CONTACT DAY

"First Contact Day on April 5th commemorates a fictional date in the future when an alien species visits Earth and makes contact with Earthlings for the first time."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/first-contact-day-april-5?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=17533836&hashed_email=90b5e25581634376972953552bab634b31f7675f&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Artemis II Photos

"As the Artemis II astronauts fly farther from Earth, they’re taking the opportunity to look back home."https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/science/nasa-artemis-moon-photos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YFA.niU3.mjN6IAwf3eqD&smid=url-share&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Artemis II technology

"As millions around the world watched on smartphones, T.V.s, or in person, Artemis II and its four-person crew burst from the ground on April 1 and successfully began its 10-day journey to the moon."https://www.popsci.com/science/nasa-voyager-computers-video/

Light Waves

"Observing in complementary wavelengths of light, Webb and Hubble are providing scientists with a richer, more layered understanding of the gas giant’s atmosphere."https://esawebb.org/news/weic2606/?lang

Moon Orbit

"Four astronauts are preparing to leave Earth’s orbit and slingshot towards the moon as Nasa’s Artemis II mission enters its second day."https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/artemis-ii-astronauts-earth-orbit-moon-nasa

SAW

"The Orion spacecraft’s SAWs (solar arrays wings) have fully deployed, completing a key configuration step for the Artemis II mission."https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/01/live-artemis-ii-launch-day-updates/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Orion Spacecraft size

"The Orion spacecraft that’s taking the four Artemis II astronauts around the moon and back is the largest crewed capsule ever sent beyond low Earth orbit – with habitable space roughly equal to that of two minivans combined, NASA says."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/04/02/how-orion-interior-space-compares-apollo-spacecraft/89434010007/

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