NASA conducts vital tests ahead of slated Moon mission

by quasarn01 | Feb 2, 2026 | Astronomy

NASA on Monday was conducting critical final tests ahead of setting a launch date for its first crewed flyby mission to the moon in more than half a century. Go to Source

Europe observatory hails plan to abandon light-polluting Chile project

by quasarn01 | Feb 2, 2026 | Astronomy

Europe’s ESO star-gazing organization on Monday welcomed plans to call off building a massive green energy project in the Chilean desert which threatened to spoil its telescopes’ view of the darkest skies on Earth. Go to Source

Hubble sees galaxy with dark rings in new light

by quasarn01 | Feb 2, 2026 | Astronomy

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features an uncommon galaxy with a striking appearance. NGC 7722 is a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. Go to Source

Perseverance rover completes first AI-planned drive on Mars

by quasarn01 | Feb 2, 2026 | Astronomy

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first drives on another world that were planned by artificial intelligence. Executed on Dec. 8 and 10, and led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the demonstration used...

As Rubin’s survey gets underway, simulations suggest it could find about six lunar-origin asteroids per year

by quasarn01 | Feb 2, 2026 | Astronomy

Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an Earth quasi-satellite whose reported spectrum resembles lunar...