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Making Sense Of Mars’ Tiny Moon Of Phobos June 20, 2026Making Sense Of Mars’ Tiny Moon Of Phobos By Bruce Dorminey (https://ift.tt/tUDpGJZ) Understanding the Martian moon of Phobos’ origin hin...Read More
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Astronomers Want to Build a Swarm of Telescopes to Find LIFE June 19, 2026Astronomers Want to Build a Swarm of Telescopes to Find LIFE By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/ewGWJig) Current plans for flagship telesc...Read More
Plutonium in Earth Rocks Signals Long-ago Cosmic Collision June 18, 2026Plutonium in Earth Rocks Signals Long-ago Cosmic Collision By Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://ift.tt/vqaj9sP) A small lump of rock pull...Read More
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'High-Res' is the Secret to Finding Alien Life with the Next Great Space Telescope June 17, 2026'High-Res' is the Secret to Finding Alien Life with the Next Great Space Telescope By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/9Lbs1qy) We’...Read More
Lava planet has hydrogen-rich, active atmosphere June 16, 2026Lava planet has hydrogen-rich, active atmosphere By Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://ift.tt/80Pt4xg) It’s 2158, and you’re chugging away o...Read More
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Are Alien Probes Hiding in Our Backyard? A New Study Says We’ve Barely Looked June 16, 2026Are Alien Probes Hiding in Our Backyard? A New Study Says We’ve Barely Looked By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/ZxPCwv0) Even at this ear...Read More
What Would Happen if the Sun Stopped? Part 1: The Infernal Reservoir June 15, 2026What Would Happen if the Sun Stopped? Part 1: The Infernal Reservoir By Paul Sutter (https://ift.tt/l7t5Hhj) If the Sun's fusion shut...Read More
LISA Could Double as an Asteroid Scale June 15, 2026LISA Could Double as an Asteroid Scale By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/ZxPCwv0) One of the hardest things to calculate for an asteroid ...Read More
The Little Red Dots That Turned Out to Be Black Holes in Disguise June 15, 2026The Little Red Dots That Turned Out to Be Black Holes in Disguise By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/bUIJjPN) For three years they've b...Read More
FAST Finds a Pulsar in an Almost Flawless Circular Orbit June 15, 2026FAST Finds a Pulsar in an Almost Flawless Circular Orbit By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/bUIJjPN) Somewhere in the plane of the Milky Wa...Read More
New Study Assesses Titan's Resources and their Potential Uses June 14, 2026New Study Assesses Titan's Resources and their Potential Uses By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/J1637gV) In a recent NASA-supported...Read More
Venus’ Strange Rotation Was Likely Triggered By A High Velocity Moon-Sized Impactor June 14, 2026Venus’ Strange Rotation Was Likely Triggered By A High Velocity Moon-Sized Impactor By Bruce Dorminey (https://ift.tt/S0troTc) Venus’ ext...Read More
JWST Finds Exoplanets Choked by Diesel Smog June 13, 2026JWST Finds Exoplanets Choked by Diesel Smog By Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://ift.tt/ftTso71) It’s 2134, and humanity has finally embrac...Read More
NASA Study Challenges Theories on Where the Ingredients for Life Came From June 12, 2026NASA Study Challenges Theories on Where the Ingredients for Life Came From By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/B187e5o) NASA-supported sc...Read More
Titan's Hidden Blanket June 11, 2026Titan's Hidden Blanket By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/k64eOdp) Saturn's moon Titan has long fascinated scientists, it’s a world...Read More
Did Life Start When Impacts Created Vast Hydrothermal Systems in Earth's Crust? June 11, 2026Did Life Start When Impacts Created Vast Hydrothermal Systems in Earth's Crust? By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/JuXSvkC) Earth was bomb...Read More
Astrochemical Model Digs Into the Universe's Missing Sulfur June 11, 2026Astrochemical Model Digs Into the Universe's Missing Sulfur By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/AfNo84w) Sulfur is one of the most abun...Read More
On The Hunt For Cosmic Dawn And The Universe’s Very First Stars June 10, 2026On The Hunt For Cosmic Dawn And The Universe’s Very First Stars By Bruce Dorminey (https://ift.tt/2uiFMwm) After decades of searches, cos...Read More
David Kipping Has a New Take on the Existence of Advanced Life in the Universe... and the Numbers are Not Encouraging! June 10, 2026David Kipping Has a New Take on the Existence of Advanced Life in the Universe... and the Numbers are Not Encouraging! By Matthew Williams ...Read More
Astronomers Find a Four-Carbon Sugar in Deep Space June 10, 2026Astronomers Find a Four-Carbon Sugar in Deep Space By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/uwimR5p) The space between stars may seem like a bar...Read More
Orbiting Stars Give Clues to a Quiescent Black Hole's Mass June 09, 2026Orbiting Stars Give Clues to a Quiescent Black Hole's Mass By Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://ift.tt/v86JztZ) How do you measure th...Read More
Neptune’s Weirdest Moon Nereid Might Be the Lone Survivor of an Ancient "Moonpocalypse" June 09, 2026Neptune’s Weirdest Moon Nereid Might Be the Lone Survivor of an Ancient "Moonpocalypse" By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/yWctj3u...Read More
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Catch Comet 220P McNaught in Outburst June 08, 2026Catch Comet 220P McNaught in Outburst By David Dickinson (https://ift.tt/f4z3WLO) We witnessed a surprise outburst late last week, from a...Read More
The Hidden Physics Complicating Interstellar Lightsails June 08, 2026The Hidden Physics Complicating Interstellar Lightsails By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/yWctj3u) If we’re to reach another star, chemic...Read More
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The SETI Institute Releases Technosignature Report on 3I/ATLAS June 06, 2026The SETI Institute Releases Technosignature Report on 3I/ATLAS By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/DSw6hq1) Scientists at the SETI Instit...Read More
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NASA Bids Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission in Public Teleconference June 05, 2026NASA Bids Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission in Public Teleconference By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/56lZJVv) The first mission devoted ...Read More
They've Been Searching for the Milky Way's Black Hole Wind for 50 Years and Finally Found It June 05, 2026They've Been Searching for the Milky Way's Black Hole Wind for 50 Years and Finally Found It By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/GVKaki0)...Read More
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What Happens to a Star That Captures A Primordial Black Hole? June 05, 2026What Happens to a Star That Captures A Primordial Black Hole? By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/GVKaki0) Stephen Hawking predicted that stars...Read More
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The Unexpected Brightness 'Gap' in an Ancient Globular Cluster June 04, 2026The Unexpected Brightness 'Gap' in an Ancient Globular Cluster By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/yEqj3lg) Scientists using the Euclid...Read More
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A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part IX: What Have We Found? June 03, 2026A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part IX: What Have We Found? By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/5xbNfqo) In our final installment in the se...Read More
Asteroid Dirt is "Fluffier" Than We Thought June 03, 2026Asteroid Dirt is "Fluffier" Than We Thought By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/qku3mZ2) The strength of gravity is different on ...Read More
Blue Origin Issues Official Statement on New Glenn Explosion June 02, 2026Blue Origin Issues Official Statement on New Glenn Explosion By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/OIK9As4) Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is ...Read More
Astronomers Uncover Statistical Evidence for Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes June 02, 2026Astronomers Uncover Statistical Evidence for Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/qku3mZ2) Galactic colli...Read More
The Next-Generation Very Large Array Prototype (ngVLA) Gathers its First Light June 02, 2026The Next-Generation Very Large Array Prototype (ngVLA) Gathers its First Light By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/OIK9As4) The prototype...Read More
Could the Milky Way’s Missing Mass Be Hiding in a Swarm of Interstellar Comets? June 02, 2026Could the Milky Way’s Missing Mass Be Hiding in a Swarm of Interstellar Comets? By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/X8C0FAd) 3I/ATLAS has c...Read More