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Webb's infrared view of N159 reveals young stars in dense gas clouds. Here's what the observations show, and what remains an interpretation.
NASA's Mars rover measured dust on spacesuit-material samples, including particles far smaller than a human hair. The findings may help engineers protect future crews, but they are not direct measurements of astronaut exposure.
Engineers have completed ground checks of NEO Surveyor's 20-foot sunshade and 864 solar cells. The asteroid-hunting telescope has not launched, and further spacecraft testing remains.
NASA’s October skywatching guide highlights Saturn at opposition, the Orionid meteor shower, a crescent Moon near Jupiter, and a late-month Moon–Pleiades pairing.
Japan’s MMX spacecraft launched aboard an H3 rocket on October 19, 2026. The mission aims to study Mars’s moons and return samples from Phobos to Earth.
Chandra, eROSITA and radio observations suggest the 'Treble Clef' is a radio phoenix: old black-hole plasma apparently reenergized during a galaxy-cluster merger. The proposed sequence remains a scientific interpretation.
ESA says Euclid identified comet C/2026 S1 in September images, and the Minor Planet Center confirmed it October 8. The comet was about 810 million miles from Earth at the time of ESA's report; its orbit remains subject to refinement.
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