Read MoreNora Schmidt2026-02-113Mars Rover Drove 456 Meters Autonomously — A MilestoneNASA's Perseverance rover drove 456 meters over two days using AI-generated waypoints. This article explains the test, engineering safeguards, and how AI could change autonomous planetary exploration.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-02-113Could Dark Matter Replace the Milky Way's Black Hole?New research suggests the Milky Way's central mass—traditionally identified as the black hole Sagittarius A*—could instead be a compact fermionic dark matter core. Current stellar or imaging data cannot yet distinguish between the two.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2026-02-112Musk: I'll Congratulate Bezos If Blue Origin Reaches MoonElon Musk says he'd congratulate Jeff Bezos if Blue Origin reaches the Moon first, marking SpaceX’s strategic shift from a Mars-first stance to building lasting lunar infrastructure and a self-sustaining city.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2026-02-092Musk's Pivot: SpaceX Aims to Build a City on the MoonElon Musk has announced SpaceX will prioritize building a self-sustaining city on the Moon, citing frequent travel windows and faster logistics than Mars. The shift reframes near-term goals while keeping Mars aspirations alive.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2026-02-083Runaway Black Holes Aren't Myth: Cosmic Fugitives NowAstronomers increasingly accept that 'runaway' black holes exist: mergers can kick resulting black holes at thousands of km/s, leaving stellar contrails that recent JWST and galaxy observations appear to reveal.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2026-02-083When Earth's Magnetic Poles Took Tens of Thousands of YearsNew analysis of Eocene seafloor cores shows some geomagnetic reversals unfolded over tens of thousands of years, reshaping how scientists view the geodynamo, atmospheric effects, and biological impacts.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-02-072An Ice-Cold Earth Candidate Found 150 Light-Years AwayScientists have identified HD 137010 b, an Earth-sized exoplanet candidate about 150 light-years away. It orbits a long-lived K dwarf in roughly one year and may be a frozen ‘snowball’ or, with the right atmosphere, retain liquid water.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-02-063Hidden Blobs Beneath Earth Stabilize Our Magnetic ShieldSeismic ‘Blobs’ deep in the lower mantle appear to insulate parts of the core, altering heat flow and helping stabilize Earth’s magnetic field; new models connect mantle heterogeneity with paleomagnetic records.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-02-042Sun Shoots Four Major Flares — New Space Weather AlertThe Sun produced four X-class flares from sunspot group RGN 4366 on February 1–2, including an X8.1 blast. NOAA and NASA say further energetic activity and possible CMEs remain possible.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-02-032Astronomers Find First Six-Member Sulfur Ring in SpaceAstronomers detected thiepine (C6H6S), a six-membered sulfur ring, in a Milky Way molecular cloud—bridging interstellar chemistry and organic compounds seen in meteorites and comets.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-02-022James Webb Reveals Helix Nebula's Intricate Final ActJames Webb’s new near-infrared image of the Helix Nebula unveils intricate comet-like knots and dust structures, revealing how dying sunlike stars recycle carbon, oxygen and nitrogen into the galaxy.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-02-012Radio Echoes Unveil a Star’s Final Years Before DeathAstronomers detected the first radio emission from a Type Ibn supernova, revealing intense mass loss in the star's final years likely driven by a binary companion. Radio observations now offer a new window on stellar death.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-01-312A 44‑Minute Beacon: Strange Pulses in Radio and X‑RaysASKAP J1832-0911 emits coordinated radio and X‑ray pulses every 44 minutes. This rare long‑period transient challenges existing models and highlights the power of simultaneous multiwavelength observations.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2026-01-302Mercury's Bright Streaks Reveal Surprising Geologic LifeNew analysis of hundreds of bright streaks on Mercury suggests active, recent geological processes: volatile-driven flows on sunlit crater slopes point to ongoing change beneath the planet’s surface.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2026-01-283If Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hits the Moon: Science vs RiskAsteroid 2024 YR4 has a ~4% chance of striking the Moon on Dec 22, 2032. The impact would create a ~1 km crater, trigger a magnitude 5 moonquake, produce debris that could reach Earth, and threaten satellites.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-01-273Superionic Water: Hot, Black Ice Driving Neptune's MagnetismLaboratory experiments recreate superionic water—hot, black ice with mobile protons—and reveal a messy, mixed crystal lattice. New results help explain Neptune and Uranus's unusual magnetic fields and change how we model ice-giant interiors.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-01-252Artemis II: NASA Returns to Lunar Orbit After 50 YearsArtemis II will send astronauts into lunar orbit for the first time in over 50 years. This article explains mission goals, technology like SLS and Orion, program context, timelines, and the role of international partnerships.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-01-243JWST Zooms into the Helix Nebula: Inside the Eye Up CloseJWST's NIRCam has captured an unprecedented infrared close‑up of the Helix Nebula, revealing thousands of cometary knots and new details about how Sun‑like stars die and seed the galaxy.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-01-242Seismic Sensors Track Sonic Booms from Space Junk ReentriesSeismic networks can detect sonic booms from reentering space debris. Analysis of the Shenzhou‑15 module shows seismoacoustic methods can reconstruct speed, altitude, fragmentation and likely fall zones.
Read MoreNora Schmidt2026-01-083Cloud-9: Dark-Matter Relic of a Failed Galaxy Near M94Cloud-9, a starless hydrogen cloud near M94, may be a dark-matter–dominated relic (RELHIC). Deep radio and Hubble observations suggest a massive dark halo with little to no stars, shedding light on failed galaxy formation.
