January 08, 2026

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 extend ... more 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