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September 2, 2026

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A blistering lava world and a larger planet sitting in the habitable zone have been confirmed orbiting the same red dwarf 337 light-years away, a rare pairing that has put the system near the top of astronomers' list for probing whether an alien world can hold an atmosphere.

September 2, 2026

Two planets, orbiting the same M-dwarf star, both physically well-suited to atmospheric spectroscopy with existing and upcoming instruments,…

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September 2, 2026

Insider Brief Cyprus and Greece have established their first quantum-secure satellite data connection using Sparkle’s Quantum Safe Interconnect…

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A rocket launches at night, surrounded by bright flames and smoke, with a tall supporting structure visible and the dark sky in the background.

September 2, 2026

High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E…

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Falcon Heavy brings the heat photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2026

September 2, 2026

Fire spews from the 27 Merlin engines of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket during the launch of NASA’s…

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Scientists may have detected the 1st direct evidence of dark matter

September 2, 2026

In what could be a groundbreaking discovery, scientists report they may have detected the first direct evidence of…

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APOD: 2026 September 2 - Solar Eclipses and Culture

September 2, 2026

Explanation: Pretend you have never heard of a solar eclipse. The Sun’s behavior has been predictable your whole…

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In 2025, astronomers mapped Quipu, the largest reliably identified cosmic superstructure yet—a branching filament roughly 1.4 billion light-years long, 13,000 times the diameter of the Milky Way’s stellar disc, with an estimated mass of about 200 quadrillion Suns.

September 2, 2026

Quipu is difficult to picture because even the comparisons used to make it manageable are enormous. The structure…

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September 2, 2026

Science & Exploration 02/09/2026 457 views 8 likes Yesterday evening, during a signing ceremony at the Space for…

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September 2, 2026

Artist’s concept from NASA. Lava-world exoplanets like this one might be expected to be airless, but some have…

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Every galaxy in our neighborhood, including our own, is being pulled toward a single point in space hidden directly behind the crowded disk of the Milky Way, and when astronomers finally looked through the dust, they found a large, previously hidden cluster of thousands of galaxies sitting almost exactly where the pull was coming from

September 2, 2026

In 1986, a small team of astronomers noticed something that did not add up. They were measuring how…

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS arrived from the direction of Sagittarius with the highest incoming speed of any known interstellar visitor, accelerated to nearly 250,000 kilometres per hour near the Sun, and is now escaping on a hyperbolic trajectory that will never bring it back.

September 2, 2026

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is doing something no ordinary long-period comet does. It is leaving the Solar System without…

Astroscale Selects Isar Aerospace To Launch Japanese Debris Mission

A blistering lava world and a larger planet sitting in the habitable zone have been confirmed orbiting the same red dwarf 337 light-years away, a rare pairing that has put the system near the top of astronomers’ list for probing whether an alien world can hold an atmosphere.

Cyprus and Greece Establish Quantum-Secure Satellite Link

NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds

Falcon Heavy brings the heat photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2026

Scientists may have detected the 1st direct evidence of dark matter

APOD: 2026 September 2 – Solar Eclipses and Culture

In 2025, astronomers mapped Quipu, the largest reliably identified cosmic superstructure yet—a branching filament roughly 1.4 billion light-years long, 13,000 times the diameter of the Milky Way’s stellar disc, with an estimated mass of about 200 quadrillion Suns.

ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward

How do lava-world exoplanets keep their atmospheres?

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS arrived from the direction of Sagittarius with the highest incoming speed of any known interstellar visitor, accelerated to nearly 250,000 kilometres per hour near the Sun, and is now escaping on a hyperbolic trajectory that will never bring it back.