Smithsonian's Lumina Simulation Recreates Universe's First 2 Billion Years
The vast supercomputer model traces how dark matter, gas and radiation forged the first stars, galaxies and black holes after the Big Bang.
Oct 27, 20263 views
NASA’s NEO Surveyor Sunshade Passes Inspection Ahead of 2027 Asteroid-Hunting Mission
Technicians in Boulder inspected the solar-cell-covered sunshade, a key thermal-control and power component for infrared telescope launching in 2027.
Oct 26, 20262 views
Perseverance Finds Mars Dust, Nickel-Rich Rocks—and a Sample-Return Dilemma
NASA’s rover maps an ancient river channel, finds nickel-rich rocks and studies hazardous dust—while the mission to return samples remains uncertain.
Oct 26, 20263 views
Three Supermassive Black Holes Found in a Single Early-Universe Galaxy
A trio 12.5 billion light-years away includes two black holes just 620 light-years apart and one growing faster than theory predicts.
Oct 25, 20262 views
Balloon-Borne Telescope Reveals Hidden Magnetic Web Threading the Sun's Atmosphere
High above Earth, a solar observatory has mapped delicate magnetic threads and the fields inside towering plasma jets, deepening one of physics' oldest puzzles.
Oct 24, 20263 views
NASA's Revised Artemis Plan Sets a Tight 2028 Timeline for Moon Landers
Orion will dock with SpaceX's Starship in high-Earth orbit, while Blue Origin plans four New Glenn launches without ship-to-ship refueling.
Oct 24, 20262 views
Ukraine Scrambles to Replace Starlink as Musk's Political Moves Disrupt Frontline Comms
Trump reportedly pressed Musk to restore access after outages slowed drone operations, while Rubio says the call is Musk's alone — and Europe hunts for alternatives that barely exist.
Oct 23, 20262 views
NASA's JPL Marks 90 Years From Arroyo Seco Rockets to Interstellar Ambitions
The Pasadena lab founded by Caltech students in 1936 celebrates a legacy of firsts and outlines future missions including lunar drones and Mars helicopters.
Oct 22, 20263 views
NASA Fires RS-25 Engine for Full 500-Second Burn in Key Artemis Test
The Oct. 21 hot fire at Stennis Space Center pushed developmental engine No. 10001 to 111% power — matching the demands of an actual SLS launch.
Oct 22, 20262 views
NASA Overhauls Mission Selection With 'Competition Model 2.0'
The agency says its two-step process has grown too slow and costly, and will unveil a faster, more predictable approach at an Oct. 26 virtual town hall.
Oct 22, 20263 views