To Win A Nobel Prize, Go To The Ends Of The Earth
Neutrinos are persnickety particles. We couldn't really detect neutrinos from deep space until Francis Halzen had a brilliant, Nobel Prize-winning idea.
October 8, 2026Space news
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What will it take to build a moon base?
In this episode, a panel of industry experts discuss what’s needed to build a moon base. During a live event at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg…
October 8, 2026Sentinel-3C returns its first views of Earth
Just two weeks after it was launched, the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite returned its first images and measurements from two of its key instruments – a major…
October 8, 2026Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks
The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through an S-shaped kink known as a ‘switchback’ in the solar wind’s magnetic field. By fingerprinting the…
October 8, 2026NASA Selects GIMLI to Search the Marius Lunar Pit for a Potential Lunar Base Site
NASA has selected a Planetary Science Institute-led proposal to investigate whether a potentially large underground cave extends beyond the opening of a lunar pit.
October 8, 2026New Study Shows That Earth and Mars Had Different Origins
A surprising discovery suggests that Mars and Earth formed through different processes, which could help scientists confirm whether exoplanets are habitable.
October 7, 2026Announcing the finalists for the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards
Meet the 43 leaders and accomplishments that exemplified excellence across the industry over the last 12 months The post Announcing the finalists for the 2026 SpaceNews…
October 7, 2026The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – The space detectives arrive
Video: 00:04:19 Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off…
October 7, 2026Thousands of Black Holes Could Be Lurking in Our Backyard—and You Can Help Find Them
According to stellar evolution models, there should be hundreds of millions of black holes floating around in our galaxy. But so far we’ve only found 70.…
October 7, 2026Wandering Black Holes May Hold Clues to the Evolution of the Universe
According to new research, "wandering" black holes may have left an imprint on the Universe as they traveled for billions of years.
October 7, 2026