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Each spring, the Black Sea shifts from deep indigo to a milky, swirling turquoise. The color comes from coccolithophores, microscopic single-celled algae coated in tiny calcium carbonate plates that scatter sunlight in ways that dye entire ocean surfaces blue-green. On June 22, 2026, NASA’s PACE satellite captured the sea mid-bloom, its waters lit up from…
Astronomers have identified two of the fluffiest giant planets ever discovered, with densities so low they are actually less dense than cotton candy. The rare pair of “super-puff” planets was found by an international team led by the University of Oxford, working with Université Côte d’Azur/Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and the University of Birmingham….
The main-belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, as captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft during a close flyby on April 20, 2025.The spacecraft snapped images every 2 seconds, a total of 37 in this time-lapse animation, until 40 seconds before the spacecraft passed by at a distance of 960 km (600 miles).NASA-Goddard / SwRI / Johns Hopkins APL…
The ‘Earthset’ photo from the Artemis II crew’s lunar flyby in April 2026. Credit: NASA With the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission on April 1, 2026, human beings have finally returned to the Moon for the first time in 50 years – since the age of Apollo. When Apollo 11 first landed on the…
An artist’s interpretation of the redesigned Launch Complex 36A that supports a hybrid horizontal-vertical integration process for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets. Graphic: Blue Origin Blue Origin continues to analyze the explosion of its New Glenn rocket a little more than a month ago, but on Tuesday, CEO Dave Limp shared the company’s plan for…
Ryland Grace, the ‘Project Hail Mary’ protagonist, exhibits intellectual humility while problem-solving to save the Earth. Credit: Amazon MGM Studios Early in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s science fiction blockbuster “Project Hail Mary,” middle school teacher Ryland Grace, played by Ryan Gosling, is tasked by an international coalition to uncover the biology of a strange…
On 29th June, the UK announced steps to support making innovative medicines in microgravity. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the UK Space Agency have published the first dedicated regulatory pathway for medicines produced in space. A joint statement from the UK Space Agency, MHRA, Regulatory Innovation Office, and the Civil Aviation…
We’ve come a long way since the days when interstellar space – and even the environment of our own planetary system – was considered empty. Dust and gas between the stars factor into deep space thinking in many ways given their potential uses and dangers, from hydrogen clouds serving as fuel for a Bussard-style ramjet…
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected three companies to fly four robotic lunar lander missions worth nearly $600 million as part of its lunar base ambitions, as the agency weighs sending a spare Mars rover to the moon. During a June 30 online presentation, NASA officials announced they selected Astrobotic Technology, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines…
NASA awarded about $600 million in contracts to three companies today to put robotic landers on the Moon carrying NASA payloads. They are part of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s “Moon Base” effort to send 10 robotic landers to the Moon every year beginning in 2027 during Phase 1 of the Moon Base project. One surprise…