Cosmic nuclear fission seen for 1st time in 'incredibly profound' discovery (www.space.com)
Wild new NASA plasma tech reduces drag during hypersonic flight (www.space.com)
The agency claims the technology is 'simpler than conventional methods for control of hypersonic craft.'
An 'extragalactic' intruder may lurk among stars orbiting the Milky Way's black hole (www.space.com)
This solar eruption was so powerful it warped the sun's magnetic field (video) (www.space.com)
1 year after Artemis 1 launch, NASA readies Artemis 2 to shoot for the moon again (video) (www.space.com)
European Space Agency signs on to upcoming 'Starlab' space station (www.space.com)
Comets that 'bounce' from planet to planet could spread life across the universe (www.space.com)
Dark matter-hunting satellite ARRAKIHS to launch in 2030. Here's how it will work (www.space.com)
James Webb Space Telescope finds 2 of the most distant galaxies ever seen (www.space.com)
Astronauts dropped a tool bag during an ISS spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars (www.space.com)
Artemis moon astronauts will need oxygen. NASA wants to extract it from lunar dust (www.space.com)
Strange moon of asteroid Dinkinesh is weirder than thought after NASA probe finds 'contact binary' (photo) (www.space.com)
The Magellanic Clouds must be renamed, astronomers say (www.space.com)
New Japanese spacecraft aims to explore the mysterious moons of Mars (www.space.com)
Watch 2 NASA astronauts conduct 4th-ever all-female spacewalk on Nov. 1 (www.space.com)
Infrared aurora on Uranus confirmed for the 1st time (www.space.com)
The Keck II telescope in Hawaii is the first to see the infrared glow on Uranus, caused by hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere becoming excited.
Declassified spy satellite images reveal 400 Roman Empire forts in the Middle East (www.space.com)
‘Intensive fort construction’ took place at the borders of Rome’s reach.
New 'galactic atlas' offers stunning details of 400,000 galaxies near the Milky Way (www.space.com)
AI is already helping astronomers make incredible discoveries. Here's how (www.space.com)
Who knows what future discoveries we will ultimately have to credit to a machine?
Astronomers discover thousands of active red galaxy hearts with powerful radio signals (www.space.com)
How to talk to your kids about aliens: 'Is There Anybody Out There?' (www.space.com)
Space.com spoke with author Laura Krantz about her new book "Is There Anybody Out There?"
'Einstein ring' snapped by James Webb Space Telescope is most distant gravitationally lensed object ever seen (www.space.com)
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of a perfectly formed Einstein ring, which is also the most distant gravitationally lensed object ever detected.
SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida this evening (www.space.com)
Liftoff is scheduled for 6:39 p.m. ET tonight (Sept. 29).
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases asteroid sample capsule toward Earth in flyby, heads to Apophis (www.space.com)
OSIRIS-REx's samples of asteroid Bennu will land at 10:42 a.m. EDT (1442 GMT), while the spacecraft itself heads to a new target.