APOD: 2026 June 3 – Andromeda Through Gas and Dust
APOD: 2026 June 3 – Andromeda Through Gas and Dust Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
JWST found a fully formed galactic bar where theory said one couldn’t possibly exist yet — and it quietly rewrites how the universe’s earliest giants stopped making stars
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a fully formed stellar bar inside a massive galaxy…
ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life
Science & Exploration 04/06/2026 563 views 11 likes In the region where the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will…
New analysis reveals why Ganymede has a magnetic field when other moons do not
Ganymede has long looked like a contradiction in orbit. Jupiter’s largest moon is the only moon known to…
New Zealand testing of Elon Musk’s Starshield ‘significant’, US expert says
SpaceX says its Starshield system uses “high-assurance cryptographic capability to host classified payloads and process data securely”. Photo:…
The Sun sent out a strange radio signal that refused to fade for 19 days
The Sun puts out radio noise all the time. Every so often, a solar radio burst flares up…
Astronomers Detect a Close Pair of Supermassive Black Holes for the First Time
The artistic rendering shows the center of the galaxy Markarian 501, from which two powerful jets emanate. The…
A New Map of Stars Shows That the Small Magellanic Cloud is Expanding
Our galactic neighbours are struggling to get along with one another. According to a new research letter to…
NASA’s Webb detects methane and strange chemistry on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first mid-infrared chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object, providing new…
Rare meteorite hints at giant early planet
This is a view of the rare meteorite NWA 12774 under cross-polarized light. Scientists from the University of…
SpaceX’s Next Big Business Could Be Building Stuff in Space
SpaceX is getting ready to test reentry vehicles that could be used for in-orbit manufacturing, tapping into a…
International Sea Level Satellite Observes El Niño Precursor
Sea level height data from the international Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite collected from March to May 2026 show…