Read MoreOliver Hayes2025-11-042Inside Starship’s Moon Lander: How SpaceX Plans Artemis 3SpaceX revealed interior images of its Starship HLS lander for Artemis 3, showing roomy cabins for four astronauts. But orbital refueling, hard-surface landings, and multiple launches remain key technical challenges.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2025-10-302NASA and Lockheed Fly X-59: Quiet Supersonic Flight DebutLockheed Martin and NASA have completed the X-59's first flight, a subsonic test that begins a program to reduce sonic booms. The demonstrator aims to reshape shockwaves and gather community acoustic data for potential supersonic travel over land.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2025-10-262Three Earth-Size Worlds Orbit Both Stars in TOI-2267Three Earth-sized planets have been discovered in the binary star system TOI-2267. Two transit one star while the third orbits the companion—challenging theories of planet formation in multi-star systems.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2025-10-253Webb Detects Carbon-Rich Moon Factory Around CT Cha bJames Webb has identified a carbon-rich circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b, revealing molecules that could seed moon formation. This discovery offers new clues about how moons form and the chemistry of young planetary systems.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2025-10-16Milky Way's Giant Ripple: Gaia Reveals a Galactic WaveGaia data reveal a vast wave sweeping across the Milky Way’s disc, displacing stars tens of thousands of light-years. New maps trace the ripple’s structure, motions, possible origins and what upcoming Gaia releases may reveal.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2025-10-15South Atlantic Anomaly Is Growing — What Scientists SeeSatellites show the South Atlantic Anomaly has expanded and weakened since 2014. New Swarm data reveal complex flux changes linked to deep-Earth dynamics and implications for satellites, navigation and radiation.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2025-10-112Starlink Satellites: Daily Reentries Threaten Orbit SafetyDaily Starlink satellite reentries illustrate a growing orbital debris and atmospheric risk as megaconstellations expand. Experts warn of collision cascades, atmospheric contamination, and the need for stronger mitigation and international policy.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2025-10-10Astronomers Discover Most Pristine Star Close to Milky WayAstronomers have identified SDSS J0715-7334, a remarkably metal-poor red giant in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Its elemental pattern points to enrichment by a ~30-solar-mass supernova and offers new clues about early star formation.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2025-10-09Humans Might Be Among the Earliest Intelligent BeingsA statistical study suggests humanity may be an early or atypical intelligent species. David Kipping's Bayesian analysis questions whether M-dwarf planets—the most common stellar hosts—are likely homes for complex life, with implications for SETI and future observatories.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2025-10-08Tiny Asteroid Passed Within 270 Miles of Earth in 2025Asteroid 2025 TF passed within about 428 km of Earth on 1 October 2025—inside the ISS orbit. Discovered after closest approach, the 1–3 m rock posed no significant threat and is predicted to return only at a much greater distance in 2087.
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