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January 09, 2026
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Hubble tracks Betelgeuse companion carving dense wake in giant star atmosphere



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope with ground-based observatories, astronomers have traced how Betelgeuse's recently identified companion star, Siwarha, disturbs gas in the red supergiant's extended atmosphere and produces a dense wake of material. The work, led by researchers at the Center for Astrophyphysics | Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), links this wake to puzzling changes in Betelgeuse's brightness and atmosphere over the past several years. The team reported its results at the 247th meeti ... read more

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TIME AND SPACE
Star like early galaxies challenge views of cosmic evolution
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Scientists at the University of Missouri have identified a small group of unusual objects in the early universe that look like stars in images yet behave like compact galaxies when analyzed in detai ... more
TECH SPACE
From Space Missions to Media Buying How Automation Is Redefining Complex Systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Modern space missions and modern digital industries share an unexpected similarity: both depend on automated systems making millions of decisions in real time, often faster than humans can meaningfully intervene ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Hubble confirms dark starless relic cloud near galaxy M94
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
A team using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has identified a new type of astronomical object, a starless gas-rich dark-matter cloud considered a relic of early galaxy formation and nicknamed "Cloud-9 ... more
MOON DAILY
Chinese astronauts hone extreme cave survival skills
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
Twenty-eight astronauts and trainees have completed China's first cave-survival training program, a nearly monthlong exercise run by the Astronaut Center of China in Chongqing's Wulong district. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Second ESCAPADE spacecraft completes key trajectory fix on path to Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft are back on a fully synchronized path to Mars after mission controllers successfully carried out a critical trajectory correction maneuver for the second probe on Jan ... more
SPACEWAR
Starfighters Space positions for rapid hypersonic era missions
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 03, 2026
As rivals deploy operational hypersonic vehicles, analysts describe a new Sputnik moment for U.S. tactical space access, with the Pentagon directing more than $6.9 billion toward hypersonic weapons ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Satellites to extend 5G and 6G coverage worldwide
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 31, 2025
The integration of satellite communication systems with terrestrial networks is emerging as a central approach to achieving seamless global connectivity in 5G and future 6G eras. A recent article in ... more
TECH SPACE
Essential Strategies for Enhancing Data Integrity and Compliance in Today's Business Environment
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Organizations are increasingly recognizing the critical importance of data governance. At its core, data governance refers to the framework and processes that ensure the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data used in an organization. ... more

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SPACE MEDICINE
5 Best White Label Supplement Manufacturers in Europe for 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
White label supplements accelerate European market entry through proven formulations ready for branding. Finding reliable white label supplement manufacturers in Europe provides access to compliant products meeting regional regulatory standards ... more
SPACEWAR
Sierra Space finishes first plane of SDA missile tracking satellite structures
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Sierra Space has completed the first nine satellite structures for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program, delivering Plane 1 of its contracted 18 satellites three months ah ... more
SPACEWAR
US Space Command APEX summit explores AI for campaign planning
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 03, 2026
U.S. Space Command's Joint Operations Division hosted the command's first artificial intelligence-enabled summit Nov. 18-21, 2025, at the Bayfield facility in Colorado Springs and at a MITRE-operate ... more
SPACEWAR
Defence backs Australian STARS system for autonomous space threat detection
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
Space Machines Company (SMC) has been awarded a 2.9 million Australian dollar contract by Defence's Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) to develop the Space Threat Analysis and Respon ... more
EXO WORLDS
ALMA views giant dusty disk in Gomezs Hamburger with signs of early giant planet formation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ALMA have identified the earliest phases of giant planet formation inside the dense layers of gas and dust in the nearly edge-on di ... more
EXO WORLDS
Rogue planet mass pinned down for the first time
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
Peking University, January 2, 2026: A coordinated observation campaign using space- and ground-based telescopes has yielded the first precise mass measurement of a rogue planet, confirming that one ... more
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MOON DAILY
Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of life
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise yield clues about the origins of earthly life, according to a recent study. T ... more
MARSDAILY
Sandblasting winds sculpt Mars landscape
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Martian winds lift sand grains into the air and drive them across the surface, where they erode soft sedimentary layers and gradually carve elongated grooves and ridges near the planet's equator. Th ... more
MARSDAILY
Thin ice may have protected lake water on frozen Mars
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing. Using a climate model adapted for Martian conditions, a team of researchers ... more
EXO WORLDS
We finally know how the most common types of planets are created
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune orbit most stars. Oddly, our sun lacks such a planet. That's been a source ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
We have no idea what most of the universe is made of, but scientists are closer than ever to finding out
College Station TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
When it comes to understanding the universe, what we know is only a sliver of the whole picture. Dark matter and dark energy make up about 95% of the universe, leaving only 5% "ordinary matter," or ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NJIT researchers discover long-hidden source of gamma rays unleashed by solar flares
Newark NJ (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most violent eruptions. In findings published in Nature Astronomy, scie ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA's IXPE Measures White Dwarf Star for First Time
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 05, 2026
For the first time, scientists have used NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star. Using IXPE's unique X-ray polarization capability, astronomers examined a star ... more
OUTER PLANETS
Jupiter's moon Europa has a seafloor that may be quiet and lifeless
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and space scientists quite like Europa, an ice-shrouded world that is thought ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Solar probes follow hyperactive sunspot region through three full rotations
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
The sun rotates about once every 28 days, so active regions on its surface are usually visible from Earth for only around two weeks before they move out of view behind the limb. Ioannis Kontogiannis ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Milky Way black hole flare leaves X ray echoes in nearby gas cloud
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is among the faintest known, yet new observations indicate it was far more active in the recent past on cosmic timescales. Sagittarius A*, at the Milky Way's cen ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA selects industry partners to mature Habitable Worlds Observatory technologies
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
NASA has chosen a set of industry proposals to advance technologies for its Habitable Worlds Observatory concept, a planned flagship space telescope intended to directly image Earth-like planets aro ... more
EXO WORLDS
K dwarf survey maps stellar neighborhood for habitable worlds
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
A Georgia State University astronomy graduate student has led a new survey of nearby K-type stars to identify targets where Earth-like planets could provide conditions suitable for life. Sebastian C ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW
Hunga eruption reshaped stratospheric water and ozone with limited climate cooling
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 05, 2026
A new international assessment details how the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano in the South Pacific altered the stratosphere, atmospheric chemistry, and radiation while ... more
MOON DAILY
Danish Mani mission to chart lunar terrain in 3D
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 03, 2026
The University of Copenhagen will lead Denmark's first lunar mission, a European Space Agency project that will map the Moon's surface in three dimensions to support future landings and base constru ... more
EXO WORLDS
M dwarf plasma torus offers window into space weather and planetary habitability
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Carnegie researcher Luke Bouma is using a naturally occurring plasma structure around certain young M dwarf stars as a kind of space weather station to investigate how stellar particles shape planet ... more
IRON AND ICE
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory spots record-breaking asteroid in pre-survey observations
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
As part of the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look event in June 2025, Rubin announced that it had observed thousands of asteroids cruising about our Solar System, about 1900 of which have ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Dark matter neutrino link may ease cosmic tension
London, UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Scientists report signs that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, a possibility that would extend the standard cosmological model and change how structure growth in the universe is understood. ... more
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