German Aerospace Center (DLR): Chance Encounter in Space: JANUS Camera Captures Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne...

NOIRLab: The Local Universe’s Expansion Rate Is Clearer Than Ever, but Still Doesn’t Add Up noirlab.edu/public/news/...

How Jupiter Cultivated More Large Moons than Saturn — A magnetospheric cavity explains the difference | NAOJ: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - English The Solar System’s two largest gas giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, have extensive but very different families of moons orbiting them. New simulations conducted on the PC cluster at the Center for C...

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan: How Jupiter Cultivated More Large Moons Than Saturn — a Magnetospheric Cavity Explains the Difference www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/scie...

How Jupiter cultivated more large moons than Saturn Kyoto, Japan -- The two largest planets in our Solar System, Jupiter and Saturn, also have the largest satellite systems, or the most moons. At present, Jupiter's reported moon count stands at more th...

Kyoto University: How Jupiter Cultivated More Large Moons Than Saturn www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/research-...

Water on the moon? New study narrows down the mostly likely locations Astronauts on the moon could mine ice for drinking water or to make rocket fuel. A new study pinpoints a few cold, dark craters where water likely accumulated

University of Colorado Boulder: Water on the Moon? New Study Narrows Down the Mostly Likely Locations www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...

First Close Pair of Supermassive Black Holes Detected An international research team led by Silke Britzen of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy has discovered the first direct evidence of a pair of supermassive black holes at the center of the ...

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy: First Close Pair of Supermassive Black Holes Detected www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressrelease...

Doubling ESA’s deep space capabilities at New Norcia with deep space antenna 4 ESA’s newest deep space antenna, DSA 4 (also called NNO-3), is now fully online – representing a powerful new addition that strengthens the Agency’s reach across the Solar System and boosts the capaci...

European Space Agency (ESA): Doubling ESA’s Deep Space Capabilities at New Norcia with Deep Space Antenna 4 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

Astronomers Thought the Early Universe Was Full of Hydrogen. Now They’ve Found It. - HETDEX Astronomers using data from the Hobby–Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) have discovered tens of thousands of gigantic hydrogen gas halos, called “Lyman-alpha nebulae,” surrounding galax...

The University of Texas at Austin: Astronomers Thought the Early Universe Was Full of Hydrogen. Now They’ve Found It. hetdex.org/astronomers-...

Two’s Company: New Class of Star Remnants In the vastness of the Universe, any new object with interesting properties can fuel the search for similar objects, potentially establishing a new ‘class’ of stars. In a paper published in Astronomy ...

Institute of Science and Technology Austria: Two’s Company: New Class of Star Remnants ist.ac.at/en/news/twos...

My, what big black holes you have: Tales from the Virgo Cluster An international research team, including contributors from the University of Michigan, have published three new studies that reveal new clues about how galaxies are built and torn apart.

University of Michigan: My, What Big Black Holes You Have: Tales from the Virgo Cluster news.umich.edu/my-what-big-...

A pair of planet-forming discs A pair of planet-forming discs

European Space Agency: A Pair of Planet-Forming Disks www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Found: Most pristine star in the universe A record-setting pristine star provides a window into the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universe. This groundbreaking find connects the work of two telescopes at Carnegie Science's Las Campanas Ob...

Carnegie Science: Found: Most Pristine Star in the Universe carnegiescience.edu/found-most-p...

The depths of Neptune and Uranus may be “superionic” Sophisticated models predict that a quasi-one-dimensional superionic state of carbon hydride exists under the extreme pressures and temperatures found deep inside Neptune and Uranus.

Carnegie Science: The Depths of Neptune and Uranus May Be “Superionic” carnegiescience.edu/depths-neptu...

How did this get made? Giant planet orbits small star New observations of "forbidden" planet TOI5205-b reveal surprising details about it its atmospheric chemistry.

Carnegie Science: How Did This Get Made? Giant Planet Orbits Small Star carnegiescience.edu/how-did-get-...

Early Data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Reveals Over 11,000 New Asteroids - Rubin’s largest asteroid haul yet, gathered before the Legacy Survey of Space and Time even begins, is just the “t... Scientists at NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, have submitted an unprecedented set of as...

NOIRLab: Early Data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Reveals Over 11,000 New Asteroids noirlab.edu/public/news/...

Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission - NASA Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.

NASA: Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission www.nasa.gov/news-release...

Gemini South Confirms Long-Suspected Link Between the Composition of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars - New observations provide the first direct evidence that exoplanets inherit rocky-element ratios f... Astronomers discovered that a giant planet, WASP-189b, echoes the composition of its host star, providing the first direct evidence of a foundational concept in astrobiology. This discovery was achiev...

NSF NOIRLab: Gemini South Confirms Long-Suspected Link Between the Composition of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars noirlab.edu/public/news/...

Stéphane Beemelmans is new Deputy Chair of the DLR Executive Board DLR has a new Deputy Chair of the Executive Board: Stéphane Beemelmans will take up the position on 1 April 2026.

German Aerospace Center (DLR): Stéphane Beemelmans is New Deputy Chair of the DLR Executive Board www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne...

MSU physicist recreates neutron star reaction, reveals how explosive stars forge elements

Mississippi State University: Physicist Recreates Neutron Star Reaction, Reveals How Explosive Stars Forge Elements www.msstate.edu/newsroom/art...

Did Impacts From Meteors Help Start Life on Earth?

Rutgers University: Did Impacts from Meteors Help Start Life on Earth? www.rutgers.edu/news/did-imp...

Researchers use James Webb Telescope to reveal hidden details of W51 star formation Stars in the W51 region are very young and massive, and using the telescope gave the team the ability to view the early stages of star formation.

University of Florida: Researchers Use JWST to Reveal Hidden Details of W51 Star Formation news.ufl.edu/2026/03/jwst...

SwRI-led research indicates a more complex Sun’s magnetic engine | Southwest Research Institute Close observation reveals protons and heavy ions defying expectations

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI): SwRI-Led Research Indicates a More Complex Sun’s Magnetic Engine www.swri.org/newsroom/pre...

Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi Detect Magnetic Waves Deep Within the Sun, Helping Predict Solar Activity

NYU Abu Dhabi: Scientists Detect Magnetic Waves Deep Within the Sun, Helping Predict Solar Activity nyuad.nyu.edu/en/news/late...

The Earth formed from local building blocks Planetary scientists at ETH Zurich have shown that the material that makes up the Earth originates exclusively from the inner solar system. This also sheds new light on the history of our planet’s for...

ETH Zurich: Earth Formed from Local Building Blocks ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Stony Brook University: Researchers Uncover New Clues About Carbonaceous Asteroids news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/pre...

Radio Signals from the Edge of Extreme Stars A team of astronomers has discovered that some of the fastest-rotating stars, known as millisecond pulsars, emit radio waves from various regions far apart from one another. This finding challenges th...

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: Radio Signals from the Edge of Extreme Stars www.mpg.de/26282747/rad...

A potential discovery from the dawn of time Two University of Miami astrophysicists believe a recent unusual signal detected by a powerful ground-based observatory could provide solid evidence that primordial black holes—thought to have formed ...

University of Miami: A Potential Discovery from the Dawn of Time news.miami.edu/stories/2026...

Limiting space junk’s threat by predicting its mess in the Earth-moon neighborhood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Debris from moonbound spacecraft has left craters on the lunar surface since the U.S. Apollo missions. But the moon is not used to being surrounded by debris.

Purdue University: Limiting Space Junk’s Threat by Predicting Its Mess in the Earth-Moon Neighborhood www.purdue.edu/newsroom/202...

Distant Galaxy Fades 20-Fold in Just Two Decades ― Rapid Decline in Gas Supply to Its SuperMassive Black Hole | Obsevation Results | Subaru Telescope An international team led by a researcher at the Chiba Institute of Technology has discovered an extremely rare phenomenon: a galaxy about 10 billion light-years away who...

Subaru Telescope: Distant Galaxy Fades 20-Fold in Just Two Decades ― Rapid Decline in Gas Supply to Its Supermassive Black Hole subarutelescope.org/en/results/2...

New Mexico State University: Astronomy Student’s Research on Coronal Holes Improves Space Weather Forecasting newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-as...