Spotted thanks to a fleeting light distortion in 2011, a mysterious duo — a tiny star and its hefty companion — has turned out to be much faster and stranger than first imagined. Astronomers have observed hypervelocity stars before, but NASA…
Category: 2. Space
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Planet Discovered Orbiting a Star Speeding Out of the Galaxy at 1.2 Million MPH
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NASA’s Juno Exposes Sizzling Lava Lakes Beneath Io and Cyclonic Chaos on Jupiter
Juno’s latest discoveries have pulled back the veil on Jupiter’s harsh atmosphere and the fiery volcanic world of Io. The spacecraft detected warm lava flows beneath Io’s crust and uncovered how heat flows like a cosmic radiator across its…
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Evidence for a composite volcano on the rim of Jezero crater on Mars
Farley, K. A. et al. Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars. Science 377, eabo2196 (2022).
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This Giant Telescope Shoots Lasers Into Space – And It’s Brilliant
At the Paranal Observatory, the UT4 telescope doesn’t just stargaze—it actively creates its own stars using powerful lasers to battle atmospheric turbulence. Thanks to its advanced adaptive optics system, UT4 delivers incredibly sharp images…
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James Webb Unveils “Torch Dragon,” a Galaxy That Shouldn’t Exist Yet
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just one billion years after the Big Bang. Defying expectations, Zhúlóng already sports a mature, Milky Way–like…
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Alien Earths Everywhere: How Cosmic Light Revealed a Universe of Hidden Worlds
Super-Earths, larger planets similar to Earth, are far more common across the universe than scientists previously believed, according to a groundbreaking microlensing study using KMTNet telescopes. Researchers discovered that these planets can…
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Europe begins probing SES–Intelsat merger on competition grounds
TAMPA, Fla. — European regulators have launched a preliminary investigation into Luxembourg satellite fleet operator SES’ multi-billion-dollar plan to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat.
The European Commission set a June 10 deadline to…
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Human Landing System Post-Budget Tag-Up [Audio]
Keith’s note: Lisa Watson-Morgan HLS Program Manager held a tag-up with over 400 attendees today after NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro sent an email out about the White House FY 2026 “skinny” budget [Audio part 1] [Audio part 2]
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Back to Earth – NASA
The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is pictured backing away from the International Space Station shortly after undocking on April 19, 2025. Three hours later, the spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan, returning astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey…
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A gas cloud 5,500 times as massive as the sun lurks nearby
Astronomers have found a giant interstellar cloud surprisingly close to Earth.
Lurking about 300 light-years from our solar system, this immense cloud of gas and dust is the closest of its kind ever found to Earth, beating the…
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