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| September 12, 2026 |
Dragonfly Structure Takes Shape as Parachute and Chemistry Lab Tests Advance Apr 26, 2026 (SPX) The fuselage panels that form Dragonfly's body were recently delivered to APL, where engineers began assembling the structure in early April. Designed at APL and manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, the panels use aluminum face sheets just 0.01 inches thick - far thinner than standard spacecraft construction - to meet the tight mass limits required for powered flight through Titan's ni... read more |
Curiosity Rover Uncovers Diverse Organic Molecules on Mars in First-of-Its-Kind Chemical TestApr 23, 2026 (SPX) The findings come from a chemical experiment performed for the first time on another world, revealing that the Martian surface can preserve the kinds of molecules that could serve as signs of ancient life. However, the e... more 
Rover discovers more building blocks of life on MarsApr 21, 2026 (AFP) The organic molecules are not definitive evidence of past life, the NASA-led team emphasised, because they could also have formed on the red planet or crash-landed on meteorites. But it proves that these important clues ... more 
Ocean Wave Mechanics Across the Solar System and BeyondApr 16, 2026 (SPX) Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, the study introduces a model the team has coined "PlanetWaves." The researchers apply it to predict how waves behave on planetary bodies that might host liquid l... more 
After Artemis II, NASA looks to SpaceX, Blue Origin for Moon landingsApr 11, 2026 (AFP) The Apollo program -- which sent the first and only humans to the Moon's surface between 1969 and 1972 -- was designed so that only two astronauts could land on the lunar surface for a maximum of a few days. More than 50... more |
Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first timeFeb 16, 2026 (SPX) Gas giants, such as Jupiter and Saturn in our own solar system, are large planets made mostly of helium and/or hydrogen around a dense core, but they have a bit of an identity crisis. Planets form in the swirling disk of... more 
Titan may have formed in a giant impact between ancient Saturn moonsFeb 13, 2026 (SPX) The study, led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Cuk, aims to reconcile several puzzles that emerged from the Cassini mission, including the youth of Saturns rings, Titans unusual orbital behavior, and the tilted orbit ... more |
Debris disc oddities point to hidden outer planetsFeb 13, 2026 (SPX) The study used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to image 24 debris discs made of dust, gas and rocks orbiting stars in systems between roughly 10 million and two billion years old. The new... more 
Enceladus waves shape Saturn space weatherFeb 10, 2026 (SPX) An international team led by researchers at the Laboratoire de Physique de Plasmas in France examined 13 years of Cassini observations to map how Enceladus interacts with Saturn's magnetosphere. Plumes of water vapor and... more |
The Race Is On: Artemis, China and Musk Turn the Moon Into the Next Strategic High GroundFeb 09, 2026 (SPX) For two years, NASA has framed Artemis as a "sustainable return" to the Moon, not a flag-planting sprint. Chinese officials describe their 2030 crewed landing goal as methodical national development, not a reaction to an... more 
Alfven waves drive stable electric fields that power aurorasFeb 08, 2026 (SPX) A new study led by researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) identifies Alfven waves as the engine behind this long-suspected space battery above the auroral zo... more |
The Perception War: How Artemis II Could Win the Race Without LandingJan 31, 2026 (SPX) The answer lies not in propulsion equations or landing dynamics, but in the realm where space programs have always competed most fiercely-perception, prestige, and the stories nations tell about themselves. On Friday, NA... more 
Mercury and Earth chorus waves show shared plasma behavior across magnetospheresJan 21, 2026 (SPX) Chorus emissions are plasma waves generated when magnetospheric electrons interact resonantly with electromagnetic waves, producing characteristic rising and falling tones in the audible frequency range often described a... more |
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