by quasarn01 | Jun 2, 2026 | Astronomy
Four-and-a-half billion years ago, a massive world—possibly as big as the moon or even Mars—orbited our sun before crashing into another celestial body and shattering into rubble. Now, in a paper published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, scientists...
by quasarn01 | Jun 2, 2026 | Astronomy
China’s Tianwen-2 sample-return mission is well on its way to its target, an asteroid called Kamo’oalewa. The spacecraft left Earth in May 2025 and should return in late 2027 with samples of a space rock that scientists had assumed originated from the...
by quasarn01 | Jun 2, 2026 | Astronomy
The CEO of Blue Origin vowed its New Glenn rocket “will fly again before the end of this year” after a recent ground test ended in a massive fireball that damaged the launch platform. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 2, 2026 | Astronomy
Two French astronauts are to blast into space next year, one of whom will stay on board the world’s first commercial space station, under a new deal sealed between France and the U.S. company Vast. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 2, 2026 | Astronomy
The astronauts circling Earth on the Artemis mission sent back beautiful clear photos of the continents, clouds, and oceans. But we might be the exception. Many planets in the universe may be hazed in clouds of soot, according to a new study by University of Chicago...
