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
Mars Hid its Warm, Wet Crystals Underground
Reported by Universe Today
The search for any sign of life on Mars continues. In the latest update, a new data release from Curiosity’s Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) - essentially the rover’s portable X-ray diffraction lab - and published in a paper in Science, analyzes 20 d...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:57 +0000
Look Up!
Reported by NASA
Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the Internationa...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:06 +0000
Could the Milky Way’s Missing Mass Be Hiding in a Swarm of Interstellar Comets?
Reported by Universe Today
3I/ATLAS has caused quite a stir over the last year, inviting astronomers to update what they know about other solar systems as well as our own. However, this third interstellar visitor may have an unexpected impact on our understanding of dark matter. A n...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:52 +0000
NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base
Reported by NASA
A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for long-duration missions on the Moon and Mars departed the spaceport and arrived at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Graduate s...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:31 +0000