Sun Unleashes Three Colossal Solar Flares in 24 Hours, Northern Lights Forecast Soars
Three massive solar flares erupted from the Sun in under 24 hours, boosting aurora chances. Here’s how to see the northern lights at lower latitudes.
June 2026
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NASA Declares Mars MAVEN Spacecraft Dead After Six Months of Silence
After six months of radio silence, NASA declares its Mars MAVEN spacecraft officially dead. The orbiter unlocked secrets of Mars’ atmosphere loss but succumbed to a star tracker failure.
Two Supermassive Black Holes Imaged Together for First Time
Astronomers capture the first direct image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other in galaxy 0402+379, 4.4 billion light-years away.
Could White Holes Solve the Mystery of the Big Bang?
Could white holes—objects that only spit out matter—explain the Big Bang? Theoretical physicists explore a cosmic bounce from a previous universe’s black hole.
Trebuchet Eruption: Solar Plasma Cannon in 304 Angstroms
The SDO captured a dramatic solar eruption in the 304 Å filter, nicknamed the Trebuchet. Learn how this plasma cannon event impacts space weather and our technology.
How a Backyard Astronomer Just Revolutionized SETI
An amateur astronomer using a homemade radio telescope detected a candidate SETI signal from Barnard’s Star. Could backyard science find E.T.?
Alien Worlds with Magnetic Shields: A Cosmic Breakthrough
Astronomers detect magnetic fields on exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system for the first time. This breakthrough reshapes the search for alien life and habitable worlds.
Blue Origin Sets Aggressive Return-to-Flight Timeline After Propellant Farm Assessment
Blue Origin announces aggressive return-to-flight timeline for New Glenn after declaring propellant farm in good shape. Analysis of ground systems readiness and competitive pressures.
NASA’s X-59: The Quiet Supersonic Jet Ready to Break the Sound Barrier
NASA’s X-59 QueSST is set to fly faster than sound for the first time, aiming to turn sonic booms into quiet thumps and revolutionize supersonic travel.
Supermassive Black Holes Can Form Directly, Without a Star
New JWST and Chandra data provide the clearest evidence that supermassive black holes can form directly from collapsing gas clouds, bypassing stellar collapse entirely. A paradigm shift.
Weighing a Monster: Black Hole Mass Measured in Early Universe ‘Little Red Dot’
Astronomers directly measured the mass of a supermassive black hole in a high-redshift ‘little red dot’ galaxy, using ALMA to weigh a 300 million solar mass monster just 800 million years after the Big Bang.
Blue Origin CEO Vows Return to Flight Before Year’s End
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp announces New Shepard will fly again before 2026, ending a year-long hiatus. What it means for space tourism and the suborbital market.