February 05, 2026

Einstein effect clears planets from tight double star systems Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 Of the more than 4,500 stars known to have planets, one puzzling statistic stands out. Even though nearly all stars are expected to have planets and most stars form in pairs, planets that orbit both ... more

Martian toxin found to toughen microbe built bricks Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not survive easily on Mars, where the soil contains toxic perchlorate salts at levels that can reach about 1 percent by weight. Researchers at the Indian Institute ... more

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NASA books fifth Axiom private astronaut flight to space station Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 NASA has ordered a fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station from Axiom Space, targeting a launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Flor ... more

Why Modern Game Engines Struggle with Real Interstellar Combat Physics Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 Your favorite space sim lies to you every single time you hit the throttle. Developers prioritize "fun" over "physics" because actual interstellar combat involves math that would melt your brain and your GPU simultaneously ... more

BlackSky expands Gen 3 Assured deals with new defense customer Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 BlackSky Technology Inc. has secured multiple Gen 3 Assured services contracts totaling seven figures with a new international defense customer following an early access period for the capability. T ... more

Lab made cosmic dust experiment reveals paths to life chemistry Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 A PhD candidate at the University of Sydney has recreated a small slice of cosmic chemistry in the laboratory by manufacturing carbon rich dust under conditions that mimic space. Working in the Scho ... more

Survey of 80 near Earth asteroids sharpens view of their origins and risks Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 Near Earth asteroids are small bodies whose orbits cross or come close to Earth, making them key tracers of Solar System formation and evolution as well as potential impact hazards for our planet. ... more

Exploding primordial black hole model may link extreme neutrino and dark matter Amherst MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe ... more

Perseverance rover completes landmark AI guided trek across Jezero rim Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first AI planned drives ever carried out on another planet, using a vision capable generative AI system to map out safe routes across the rim of Jeze ... more Jupiter size refined by new radio mapping Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 For more than half a century, planetary scientists relied on a handful of spacecraft flybys to pin down Jupiter's size and shape. Now, an international team led by the Weizmann Institute of Science ... more ExLabs taps SpacePilot autonomy for Apophis asteroid mission Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 ExLabs has selected CUS-GNC's SpacePilot onboard autonomy software to provide guidance, navigation, and control for its planned Mission to Asteroid Apophis, a commercial deep-space campaign that wil ... more Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon construction Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Before any building rises on the Moon, engineers will need to understand the soil beneath their structures just as they do on Earth. To address this challenge, a recent ESA Discovery project led by ... more Artemis II teams step through full-scale launch rehearsal at Kennedy Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 The countdown for NASA's Artemis II wet dress rehearsal is underway at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking a key test before the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System rock ... more Study maps thousands of non native plants that could colonize Arctic Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Species that are not native to an area can displace the species that already live there, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Nature has identified invasive alien organisms as one of the greatest thre ... more Ancient lungfish fossils refine early vertebrate story Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 New research from Australian and Chinese scientists is filling key gaps in the evolutionary story of some of the oldest fishes on Earth, including early lungfishes closely related to land vertebrate ... more Hidden mechanical energy may help sustain life on Earth Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Life on Earth has traditionally been viewed as running on two main energy sources, sunlight captured by photosynthesis and chemical energy derived from reactions such as microbes feeding on reduced ... more One dimensional anyons offer tunable quantum statistics Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Physicists have traditionally divided all elementary particles in three dimensional space into just two categories, bosons and fermions, depending on how systems of identical particles behave when t ... more Light guided system delivers uniform nanoliter droplets on chip Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 Precise control of very small liquid volumes is essential for many modern biochemical analyses, but reliably dispensing droplets on the nanoliter scale remains a technical challenge on microfluidic ... more