The first supermoon of the year will light up the night sky Monday evening ( www.npr.org )
A close-in giant planet escapes engulfment by its star - Nature ( www.nature.com )
The giant planet 8 Ursae Minoris b seems to have avoided engulfment by its giant host star through a stellar merger that either affected the evolution of the host star or produced 8 Ursae Minoris b as a second-generation planet.
India to join Artemis Accords ( www.hindustantimes.com )
Grounded in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the Artemis Accords is a non-binding international agreement, designed to guide civil space exploration and use.
This morning's Delta IV Heavy NROL-68 launch from Cape Canaveral. (Not mine - full credit to Jim Poppino for the spectacular shot) ( media.kbin.social )
Scientists use Webb, SOFIA telescopes to observe metallic asteroid ( phys.org )
Southwest Research Institute scientists are using telescopes to observe the asteroid Psyche in the infrared, providing context for NASA's upcoming Psyche mission. Dr. Stephanie Jarmak is using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to look for water signatures on the metallic surface of Psyche, while Dr. Anicia Arredondo is using...
NASA Funds Eight Studies to Protect Astronaut Health on Long Missions ( www.nasa.gov )
NASA is funding eight new studies aimed at better understanding how the human body reacts to spaceflight. These studies will be done on Earth without the need
‘Fossilized’ Bubble 10,000 Times the Size of the Milky Way Could Be a Relic from the Big Bang ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Astronomers have spotted a gigantic void they believe to be a baryon acoustic oscillation — a relic from when the universe was a fiery plasma soup
Next stop, Europa? Nano subs to get test beneath Antarctic ice in 2026 ( www.space.com )
The German project aims to explore beneath Earthly ice as a test for space exploration.
DARPA wants new ideas for space weapons ( www.space.com )
The U.S. Department of Defense wants fresh ideas on how to maintain military superiority in space.
Astronomers observe a galaxy’s magnetic field in the very early Universe ( www.advancedsciencenews.com )
The galaxy 9io9 is seen as it was when the cosmos was just 2.5 billion years old, making this the earliest galactic magnetic field ever observed.
Sleeping on the ISS isn't easy. This lamp for astronauts could help ( www.space.com )
ISS inhabitants sleep strapped to the wall and experience 16 sunrises a day.
NASA’s LRO Spots Likely Luna-25 Crash Site ( spacepolicyonline.com )
Dead 'vampire' star is feeding on a companion and firing out cosmic cannonballs ( www.space.com )
"Enormous amounts of matter, similar to cosmic cannonballs, are launched into space within a very brief time span."
Live Coverage: India’s Chandrayaan 3 probe heads for lunar landing - They have stuck the landing ( spaceflightnow.com )
Soft landing achieved.
Webb telescope captures image of most distant star ever seen ( www.cnn.com )
The James Webb Space Telescope has been used to observe Earendel, the most distant star ever detected.
NASA may delay crewed lunar landing beyond Artemis 3 mission ( phys.org )
NASA's Artemis 3 mission, set to return humans to the Moon in 2025, might not involve a crewed landing after all, an official said Tuesday.
Two tiny stars fit into an orbit smaller than our sun ( www.popsci.com )
One of the objects is a brown dwarf, which has a much more mass than a typical planet but isn't big enough to be a proper star.
Scientists may have just cracked the sun's greatest mystery ( www.space.com )
Newly discovered fast magnetic waves might explain why the sun's corona is so hot.
US Space Force Wants to Add a Third Launch Provider for NSSL Phase 3 ( www.satellitetoday.com )
While U.S. Space Force thus far has split National Security Space Launch (NSSL) between SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA), the service plans to have one more provider by the end of NSSL Phase 3 to guarantee Space Force can reach high-priority orbits when needed.
Yes, solar storms are increasing, but don't lose sleep over an 'internet apocalypse.' ( www.space.com )
Non-existent NASA warnings about a months-long global internet shutdown triggered by a major solar storm in 2025 began circulating online recently.
TERRIFYING double solar storm to strike the Earth today, says NASA; Know the danger ( tech.hindustantimes.com )
NASA has predicted that a double solar storm attack will strike the Earth around 5:30 PM today, July 7. Know just how intense it can be and what to expect.
India, a growing space power, is forging closer ties with NASA ( arstechnica.com )
Details of a potential US-Indian partnership in human spaceflight remain murky.
Our Solar System possibly survived a supernova because of how the Sun formed ( arstechnica.com )
Stars are thought to form within enormous filaments of molecular gas. Regions where one or more of these filaments meet, known as hubs, are where massive stars form....
Massive Black Holes Littered the Early Universe, Simulation Suggests ( www.gizmodo.com.au )
Since the gravitational waves predicted by Einstein were first detected in 2015, astrophysicists have been pondering the gravitational wave background...