Space and astronomy

Perseverance completed a marathon on Mars – and was filmed from space
Perseverance completed a marathon on Mars – and was filmed from space
NASA's Gamma rover covered 42.195 kilometers in five years and four months. A day before the milestone, the HiRISE camera captured it from orbit around Mars, as a tiny dot surrounded by the tracks of its wheels.
Atomic bomb in space. Illustration: depositphotos.com.
Protons in space may reveal nuclear weapons hidden in satellites
Hidden fifth dimension may create natural dark matter resonance
Hidden fifth dimension may create natural dark matter resonance
Dust may betray supermassive black holes kicked out of galaxy centers
A third planet has been discovered around Beta Pictoris after hiding in the archives for more than a decade.
Dust may betray supermassive black holes kicked out of galaxy centers
Dust may betray supermassive black holes kicked out of galaxy centers
A general illustration of a star being torn apart by the tidal forces of a black hole. Some of the material forms a hot accretion disk, from which a high-speed wind is emitted. The researchers speculate that a similar mechanism, within a binary system, may explain the AT2024wpp event. Image: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab.
A black hole probably ripped apart a massive star, creating an unprecedented cosmic flash
China recovers orbital launch stage for first time – and traps it in a containment net at sea
China recovers orbital launch stage for first time – and traps it in a containment net at sea

Astrophysics

Cosmological Hint: Dark Matter and Neutrinos May Interact
Cosmological Hint: Dark Matter and Neutrinos May Interact
Illustration of the ambipolar vortex in the protostellar core L1544. The blue lines represent the magnetic field; the red dots are ions and the green dots are neutral molecules. In the inner part of the core, the neutral molecules partially detach from the field and fall towards the center at a higher speed than the ions. Illustration: Yurika Nakamura and Doris Arzoumanian, Kyushu University.
The cosmic "slip" that allows a star to begin being born has been measured
Simulation of the planet GJ 436 b and the magnetic field linking it to its host star
Strongest evidence yet for a magnetic field on a planet outside the solar system
Map of excess gamma radiation at the center of the Milky Way on an optical image of the galaxy
Does the mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way actually come from dark matter?

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Catalyst engineers attach the LINK to a baseplate inside the Space Environment Simulator at NASA's Goddard on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. After all the air was pumped out of the 27-foot-diameter chamber, the team practiced firing the satellite's ion engines and operating one of the robotic arms as they moved between hot and cold space-like temperatures. Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts
This week: An in-orbit rescue operation. A robotic satellite will try to prevent the fall of the Swift telescope
A rendering of the ancient ceremonial landscape at Bulford, Wiltshire. Analysis of two post-pits at the site suggests an alignment with the sunrise on the summer solstice and the sunset on the winter solstice. Credit: Wessex Archaeology.
Two wooden pillars preceded the Stonehenge stones and marked the days of the solstice
Once launched, the LINK assist spacecraft (left) will capture the Swift Space Telescope (right) and help it climb into a higher orbit. Illustration: Katalyst
NASA embarks on a space rescue operation: Robotic spacecraft will try to save the Swift telescope
Meteor shower. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Don't blink: Chance to view Arietid meteors from Israel on the morning of June 10

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Solar System

A cross-section of the Earth showing the hot core and the magnetic field lines surrounding the planet.
The flow of iron in the Earth's outer core has changed direction beneath the Pacific Ocean
Is the asteroid Kamua'aluwa a fragment from the moon? The Chinese spacecraft will try to decide
Is the asteroid Kamua'aluwa a fragment from the moon? The Chinese spacecraft will try to decide
An experimental robotic vehicle with four curved wheels moves on a sandy surface.
A Mars rover inspired by a desert lizard “swims” in the sand instead of getting stuck in it
The Allen Telescope Array at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory. Credit: Seth Shostak/SETI Institute
SETI scanned 3I/ATLAS for artificial signals – and found none

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space missions

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Blue Origin
Blue Origin addresses investors for the first time: seeks to raise $10 billion
Starship Human Landing System illustration from NASA's Human Landing System page. Credit: NASA/SpaceX
As space transforms from an engineering vision to a stock market asset, SpaceX raises $75 billion in the largest IPO in history
The Crew Dragon spacecraft is docked at the International Space Station above Earth.
NASA has ordered five astronauts to prepare for evacuation from the space station following an air leak that has been fixed in the meantime.
June 25, 2024: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launcher is seen launching the GOES-U weather satellite for NOAA from NASA's LC-39A launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Illustration: depositphotos.com
Not just an IPO: SpaceX seeks to fund the next phase of the space economy

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man in space

The color of feces reveals from space what Adélie penguins eat
The color of feces reveals from space what Adélie penguins eat
Satellite tracks observed for one hour over the northern Atacama Desert in Chile, October 2025. Credit: F. Kamphues, ESO/M. Kornmesser.
More than a million satellites could make the night sky three times brighter
Future research station on the moon
Proposal: Test samples from Mars in a quarantine facility on the Moon before bringing them to Earth
An artist's rendering of PExT communicating directly with a ground station on Earth.
NASA is testing a more flexible “space internet”: spacecraft that will move between communication networks

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