by rpuser | Apr 25, 2026 | Space
In 2020, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought samples of an asteroid named Ryugu to Earth — and now, scientists examining those samples found that the object bears the scars of a recent encounter with tiny space rocks. The reason the research team believes Ryugu...
by rpuser | Apr 25, 2026 | Space
The sun has certainly woken up! It has fired off not one but two powerful X2.5 solar flares within just 7 hours. Both eruptions came from a sunspot region on the sun’s western limb, AR4419. The first solar flare peaked at 9:07 p.m. EDT on April 23 (0107 GMT...
by rpuser | Apr 25, 2026 | Space
Using NASA’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP) on the Antarctic Plateau, astronomers have discovered a rare and uniquely weird planetary system. The extrasolar...
by rpuser | Apr 25, 2026 | Space
**James Webb Telescope Unveils Buckyball Birthplace in Cosmic Question Mark** New images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope have illuminated the celestial cradle of enigmatic carbon molecules, famously dubbed “buckyballs.” Within a sprawling...
by rpuser | Apr 25, 2026 | Space
HOUSTON — The Trump administration’s newest federal budget proposal is once again poised to ignite a familiar conflict with Congress, as it reiterates calls for significant funding reductions to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This fiscal...
