Betelgeuse Is Disturbed By Its Companion Star
Betelgeuse has a close-orbiting companion that disturbs the red supergiant into an egg-like shape. New observations show how the two stars interact and how this could…
October 28, 2026Space news
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Mars rover samples what could be one of the oldest rocks on the Martian surface
The Perseverance rover's "Singita" sample may be more than 3.9 billion years old.
October 28, 2026China’s secretive space plane caught on camera in incredible new photo released by US military
A U.S. military intelligence agency has released an incredible new photograph of China's secretive space plane, showing it docked to another spacecraft in orbit.
October 28, 2026The Rubin Observatory Finds Its First Dwarf Planet Candidate
The Vera Rubin Observatory found a distant Solar System object before its decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time even got started. The object is a…
October 28, 2026The final ‘Dune: Part Three’ trailer reignites war on Arrakis and leaves us with more questions than answers
The spoilerific final look at Denis Villeneuve's third and final sci-fi epic is loaded with action and drama that set it apart from Dune: Messiah's pages.
October 28, 2026Flexell Space and Satoro Agree to Collaborate on In-Orbit Demonstration of Next-Generation Space Solar Cells
– Two demonstration missions planned aboard SpaceX Falcon 9, one each in 2027 and 2028 – Satoro to provide “Satellite-as-a-service” solution; Flexell Space to supply solar…
October 28, 2026The Leap Second is History. Long Live the ‘Leap Hour’
Time and time-keeping is a hot topic once again, as many of us ‘fall back’ to Standard Time this coming weekend. Another time-related dilemma was also…
October 28, 2026Satellites watch an escaping Antarctic iceberg | Space photo of the day for Oct. 28, 2026
Iceberg A-81 escaping the Weddell Sea and drifting near the edge of South Georgia's underwater shelf.
October 28, 2026Astronomers found a mysterious object beyond Neptune, and it could be a new dwarf planet
The Vera Rubin Observatory has discovered a suspected dwarf planet beyond Neptune's orbit. If confirmed, it would be the sixth known dwarf planet in our solar…
October 28, 2026Dead Planets Orbiting a Dead Star
When a star like our Sun reaches its end, it becomes a kind of zombie star called a white dwarf. These bodies have left fusion behind…
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