19+ hour, 5+ min ago   (974+ words) The most fundamental inquiries regarding space frequently prove to be the most challenging. Why is space perceived as dark? Why did the early Earth not freeze despite the Sun’s lesser intensity? Why is a star’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (979+ words) A distant spiral galaxy appears unusually asymmetric. One of its arms is densely populated with young stars, while the opposite arm is almost empty. Two different forces brought it to this state, and the earlier of the two acted hundreds…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1605+ words) The term “Drone” has gained immense popularity in 2026. However, sophisticated machinery capable of traversing extensive distances under human control and executing specific tasks was first developed decades prior. The reality is that, throughout this period, such technology has been predominantly…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (791+ words) The neighboring planet was long considered geologically frozen. New calculations suggest that Venus is still changing. Enormous fractures on its surface may have formed quite recently, and some appear to be continuing to widen. The key clue came from the…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1354+ words) Computing modules normally used to process graphics in computer games will soon reach the Moon. They will be installed on a small rover scheduled to travel there by the end of the year. Conditions for electronics on the lunar surface…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (422+ words) At the same time, the startup Reflect Orbital plans to deploy a constellation of 50,000 mirrors that would reflect sunlight onto ground-based power plants at night. Its first demonstration spacecraft, Eärendil-1, measuring 18 by 18 meters, has already received authorization for launch, which…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (394+ words) During the flybys of December 30, 2023, and February 3, 2024, the solar-powered Juno spacecraft passed approximately 1,500 kilometers above the moon’s surface. The data suggest two possible explanations. First, heat may gradually rise through a conductive crust. Although this background heat flow—measured at…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (582+ words) Shijian-31 was launched on June 16 aboard a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, or CASC, described its purpose in a single sentence about studying the space environment and released no…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (882+ words) Scientists are studying eruptions from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy IC 3599. The enormous ejection of matter has now been observed for the third time in the past 35 years. Researchers have determined what causes it. A…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (522+ words) Thanks to the efforts of NASA and ground-based space observatories, humanity has already discovered more than 6,000 exoplanets. However, astronomers have yet to officially confirm the existence of a single exomoon orbiting a celestial body beyond our Solar System. That situation…...