Tag: #space

Artemis II Crew Returns to Houston After 10-Day Lunar Flyby, Setting Distance Record

NASA’s Artemis II crew returned to Houston after a 10-day lunar flyby that made them the farthest humans from Earth and tested Orion and SLS systems.

#nasa, #artemis, #space, #moon

NASA Begins Scrutinizing Artemis II’s Lunar Flyby Data as Orion Heads Home

After Artemis II's lunar flyby, NASA is analyzing 50+ GB of images, audio and measurements — including meteoroid flashes and far‑side imagery — as Orion returns.

#space, #nasa, #artemis, #moon

Sungrazing Comet MAPS Skims the Sun, Leaving Astronomers Waiting to See if It Survived

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) whipped just 150,000 km above the Sun. Spacecraft images in coming days will reveal whether it held together.

#comet, #astronomy, #sun, #nasa, #space

Newly Found Sungrazing Comet Could Flare Brighter Than Venus—or Disintegrate at the Sun

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) reaches a perilous April 4 sun-skimming perihelion. Astronomers say it could blaze briefly—or vanish in a breakup.

#comet, #astronomy, #sun, #space, #nasa

Astronomers Spot Likely Giant Impact as Distant Star’s Light ‘Goes Bonkers’

A University of Washington team says unusual dimming and an infrared surge in a young star point to a rare, Moon-like planetary collision.

#astronomy, #exoplanets, #gaia, #planetaryscience, #space

Rubin Observatory’s real-time sky alerts debut with 800,000 notifications in a night

Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s first large-scale public test sent 800,000 rapid alerts, previewing a system built for millions nightly in LSST.

#astronomy, #rubinobservatory, #lsst, #space, #datastreams

Rocket Lab launches Open Cosmos satellites, kicking off bid for ‘sovereign’ European broadband

Rocket Lab’s Electron placed two Open Cosmos comms satellites into a 1,050-km polar orbit, advancing a Ka-band plan for European ‘sovereign’ connectivity.

#space, #satellites, #rocketlab, #opencosmos, #broadband