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