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Venus and Jupiter Align in Rare Planetary Conjunction
2+ week, 1+ day ago (518+ words) Venus and Jupiter will align closely in the western night sky on June 9, 2026, creating a rare planetary conjunction visible to the naked eye shortly after sunset. As reported by Fox Weather and Space. com, the two brightest planets will appear…...
Harvard Astronomer Links Asteroid 1998 KY26 to Defunct Soviet Spacecraft
2+ week, 6+ day ago (945+ words) Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb proposed in a new preprint paper on June 2, 2026, that the dark comet 1998 KY26the target for Japan's 2031 Hayabusa2 missioncould actually be a derelict Soviet spacecraft lost in 1988. The object was initially categorized as a dark comet, which displays non-gravitational…...
Vast Agreement Advances British Astronaut John Mc Fall Toward Space Flight
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (408+ words) A new partnership between the UK government and US commercial space firm Vast has cleared a path for the UK Space Agency to pursue sponsorships funding a historic orbital mission for former Paralympian John Mc Fall. The agreement positions the…...
NASA Plans Moon Base Strategy with Three Phase Launch Missions
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (247+ words) NASA will host a live news conference at its Washington headquarters on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, to detail its Moon Base strategy under the Artemis program. The long-term infrastructure initiative aims to establish a permanent human presence at the lunar South Pole…...
Crescent Moon Meets Venus and Jupiter in Rare Alignment
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (315+ words) A rare celestial alignment began on Monday, May 18, 2026, as the thin crescent moon initiated a multi-night gathering with Venus and Jupiter in the western sky just after sunset, according to skyatnightmagazine. com. As reported by space. com, the moon appeared…...
Astronomers Identify 27 New Potential Planets Orbiting Twin Stars
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (732+ words) Astronomers from the University of New South Wales have identified 27 new candidate planets orbiting binary star systems, potentially doubling the number of known "circumbinary" worlds. The study, published on May 4, used data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite to locate…...
NASA Curiosity Rover Detects Diverse Organic Molecules on Mars
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (773+ words) NASA researchers announced on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, that the Curiosity rover discovered a record-breaking variety of organic molecules within a Martian rock sample. The analysis identified 21 carbon-containing compounds, including seven molecules never before detected on the Red Planet's surface. The data…...