Space News
JWST Finds Methane Atmosphere on Temperate Exoplanet
Universe Today - 1 Jun 2026 03:08
Its 2165, and methane is in high demand, especially after the Titan Treaty of 2145 made it illegal to harvest methane from Saturns moon, Titan. But the advent of interstellar travel has made exoplanetary exploration far ...
China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delivers Qianfan satellites on debut flight
Space News - 1 Jun 2026 12:43
China conducted the maiden launch of its reusable Long March 12B rocket Monday, providing no advance warning and delivering operational payloads to orbit. The post China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delive...
NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft
NASA Breaking news - 2 Jun 2026 01:45
NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Ca...
NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy
NASA Breaking news - 1 Jun 2026 23:22
Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASAs Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the coming weeks. The observatory will arrive aboard NASAs Pegasus barge fr...
Roman telescope's massive infrared mirror is ready to fly
Phys.org - 1 Jun 2026 23:20
NASA has completed its final inspection of the primary mirror on the Roman Space Telescope, which measures 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in diameter and contains a layer of silver hundreds of times thinner than a human hair, at ...
How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars
SPACE.com - 1 Jun 2026 23:00
How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the bright beautiful structures exoplanets create.
ESA selects two new scout-class missions
Phys.org - 1 Jun 2026 22:40
When it comes to understanding Earth and our changing environment, space is the place. Not only does it give us an overall holistic view of the planet below, but satellite-based imagery can transcend national boundaries ...
Are the JWST's Early Overrmassive Black Holes Just Normal-Range Outliers?
Universe Today - 1 Jun 2026 22:39
The JWST found an abundance of overmassive black holes at high redshifts, pushing the limits of black hole (BH) science in the early Universe. Results have claimed that these BHs are significantly more massive than expec...
Rovers, regolith, robots: The blueprint for the moon
Phys.org - 1 Jun 2026 22:00
The "soil" blanketing the moon's surface isn't actually soil. It's a fine, lethal, abrasive powder of shattered rock and jagged glass that shreds gaskets, chews through seals, and hangs in an airless ...
Astrobiology's Looming Statistical Crisis
Universe Today - 1 Jun 2026 21:49
Multi-billion dollar space telescope programs arent only feats of aerospace engineering. They also feature lies, damn lies, and statistics. Or at least statistics. They definitely feature those, as does all good observat...
'The Lone Gunmen' at 25: the underrated 'X-Files' spin-off that aspired to be 'Mission: Impossible' with geeks
SPACE.com - 1 Jun 2026 21:00
Conspiracy theories, print media, and James (sorry, Jimmy) Bond collide in an all-too-brief extension of Mulder and Scully's world.
Rocket goes boom, satellite cameras zoom: Explosive Blue Origin damage is visible from space
SPACE.com - 1 Jun 2026 20:30
Satellites zoomed-in on the aftermath of the New Glenn rocket explosion at Blue Origin's LC-36 launchpad, and the extent of the damage is visible from orbit.
NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston
NASA Breaking news - 1 Jun 2026 20:29
Five researchaircraftwill support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston. Flights are expected from Wednesday, June 3 to Saturday, June 13.During the mission, select maneuver...
Whats Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
NASA Breaking news - 1 Jun 2026 20:13
Venus and Jupiter meet after sunset, the Moon passes in front of Venus, summer begins, and deep-sky treasures rise into view.
NASA's X-59 jet is ready to break the sound barrier for the 1st time this month
SPACE.com - 1 Jun 2026 20:00
NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first supersonic flight this month.
How Heavy Can a Neutron Star Get?
Universe Today - 1 Jun 2026 19:55
The physics of neutron stars are almost too fantastic to believe. Something the weight of two Suns compacted to a sphere the size of a city. Each teaspoon of its material would weigh billions of tons. If youve done any r...
Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
ESA - 1 Jun 2026 19:00
Image: Webb's MIRI image of the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in three different light wavelengths
It had the power! The weird origins of He-Man, Skeletor, and the 'Masters of the Universe'
SPACE.com - 1 Jun 2026 19:00
Mattel's musclebound response to 'Star Wars' had a life of its own
Smile: cleanroom to space
ESA - 1 Jun 2026 19:00
Video: 00:03:24 Smile successfully launched from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana on 19 May 2026.This timelapse captures the excitement and precision of launch operations as the spacecraft begins its journey to study t...
The 2025 hurricane season was devastating. Will 2026 be calmer?
SPACE.com - 1 Jun 2026 18:00
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict a below-normal number of named storms in the upcoming 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
Jupiter Created the Birthplace of Rocky Bodies in the Early Solar System
Universe Today - 1 Jun 2026 17:36
Jupiter helped create the different rocky bodies in the Solar System. The massive gas giant created a planet-induced pressure bump in the gas in the disk surrounding the young Sun. This pressure bump filtered different t...
How a Giant Moon and a Steam Atmosphere Built the Recipe for Life
Universe Today - 1 Jun 2026 17:21
4.5 billion years ago was an interesting time for the Earth. The atmosphere was thick and what we would now think of as toxic. The Moon, which was freshly formed, looks much more massive than it does today and faintly gl...