News IN Space

NASA

• A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II
  June 4, 2026
  An astronaut’s photo, taken en route to the Moon, reveals our planet and its place in space in a novel way.
• Curiosity Blog, Sols 4908-4912: Goodbye Campo Marte, It’s Been Fun!
  June 4, 2026
  By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, May 29, 2026 Drilling always keeps the rover in place for a little while, and our 47th successful drill, “Campo Marte,” was no exception. The team used the time wisely and on top of the drilling, we also […]
• NASA Finds New Way Earth May Have Received Elements Needed for Life
  June 3, 2026
  NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary for the planet to become habitable. They also suggest a new role for Jupiter in the distribution of these elements throughout the young solar system. The study, published today in Science Advances, examines this history by looking at […]
• International Sea Level Satellite Observes El Niño Precursor
  June 3, 2026
  Description Sea level height data from the international Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite collected from March to May 2026 show higher, warmer water moving from the western Pacific Ocean to just off the coast of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. This phenomenon is known as a warm Kelvin wave, signified in this animation of the data by […]
• Journey to the Center of the Virgo Cluster
  June 3, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 29, 2026, is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), also known as NGC 4501, is located about 63 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair). M88 is an active galaxy, which means that its center harbors […]

SpaceNews

• NASA working to streamline development of nuclear electric propulsion demo mission
  June 4, 2026
• China builds institutional framework for space computing push
  June 4, 2026
• SpaceX to raise at least $75 billion in IPO
  June 4, 2026
• NASA declares end to MAVEN Mars mission
  June 4, 2026
• AST SpaceMobile sees New Glenn setback delaying initial commercial service into 2027
  June 3, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Used Waymo robotaxi batteries become backup storage for power grids
  by Jeremy Hsu
• Microsoft, Atom Computing, EeroQ update their quantum computing progress
  by John Timmer
• Beans use an immune receptor to call in airstrikes on caterpillars
  by Jacek Krywko
• Male bowerbirds prefer to dazzle females with bright human-made items
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• If I had a hammer… it might actually be a rhino tooth
  by Kiona N. Smith