Blue Origin Issues Official Statement on New Glenn Explosion
Reported by Universe Today
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is assessing damage to its launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing, creating a giant orange fireball seen and felt for miles around....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:37 +0000
NASA Space Roboticist Challenge
Reported by NASA
The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will launch a robotic arm, with seven degrees of freedom, to low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to the robotic arm to a select group of U.S. researchers — principal investigators, post-doctoral researchers, ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:56 +0000
Astronomers Uncover Statistical Evidence for Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes
Reported by Universe Today
Galactic collisions are events of breathtaking proportions. The Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) at their centers plunge into a chaotic orbital dance that eventually coalesce into a single remnant. On their way to that point, they could eventually get “k...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:33 +0000
The Next-Generation Very Large Array Prototype (ngVLA) Gathers its First Light
Reported by Universe Today
The prototype ngVLA antenna tested its systems by observing and tracking the Crab Nebula, also known as Taurus A (3C144), the remnant of an exploded star....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:14 +0000
Flash-Melted Glass from Chang'e-5 Reveals a High Levels of Iron on the Moon
Reported by Universe Today
It might not seem like it, but the Moon is constantly being both sandblasted and baked. Its lack of a thick atmosphere allows micrometeorites to impact the surface at speed, and the solar wind isn’t held back either, baking the regolith with a constant f...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:09 +0000
How Early Earth's Unlikely Chemical Hero Appeared
Reported by Universe Today
Though it's a toxic chemical, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is also important for the development of life. It's a precursor to things like amino acids and nucleic acids and plays a central role in theories of the origin of life on Earth. Recently, difficult quest...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:21 +0000