Artemis astronauts begin fifth day on historic moon mission

by quasarn01 | Apr 5, 2026 | Astronomy

The four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis 2 mission began their fifth day journeying to the moon on Sunday, after already taking in sights of the lunar surface never before seen by human eyes. Go to Source

Bennu sample reveals how water flowed through the newly forming asteroid

by quasarn01 | Apr 5, 2026 | Astronomy

A team of US astronomers has carried out one of the deepest analyses to date of a sample from the asteroid Bennu, revealing new details about how water and organic material interacted during the earliest stages of the solar system. Go to Source

It’s time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13’s distance record. What to know about the moon flyby

by quasarn01 | Apr 5, 2026 | Astronomy

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. Go to Source

TESS spots the rise of a black hole X-ray binary system

by quasarn01 | Apr 5, 2026 | Astronomy

Designed to hunt for new alien worlds, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has serendipitously observed the rising outburst of a black hole X-ray binary known as AT 2019wey. The observations, which may help us better understand the nature of this...

The largest survey of exoplanet spins confirms a long-held prediction

by quasarn01 | Apr 5, 2026 | Astronomy

For some time, astronomers have theorized that there is a connection between planetary mass and rotation. In the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn both rotate rapidly, completing a rotation in roughly ten hours, while accounting for a significant fraction of the solar...