To Keep Water Liquid, the Red Planet Needed to Freeze
Reported by Universe Today
Mars has a curious past. Rovers have shown unequivocal evidence that liquid water existed on its surface, for probably at least 100 years. But climate models haven’t come up with how exactly that happened with what we currently understand about what the ...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:55 +0000
NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today
Reported by NASA
NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew. On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk originally schedul...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:26 +0000
Potentially hazardous asteroid to safely pass Earth Monday
Reported by Space | EarthSky
A potentially hazardous asteroid, 2005 UK1, will safely pass Earth on January 12, 2026. At this time it will be more than 32 times the moon's distance away.
The post Potentially hazardous asteroid to safely pass Earth Monday first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:29 +0000
Best of 2025: Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test
Reported by NASA
Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander are led by Bill Owens o...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:20 +0000
NASA Starts Up Gateway’s Power System for First Time
Reported by NASA
Development continues on NASA’s Power and Propulsion Element, a solar electric propulsion spacecraft designed to provide power for Gateway in lunar orbit. Able to generate 60 kilowatts of power, the element was successfully powered on earlier last year. ...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:04 +0000
NASA's Mars Sample Return Is Dead, Paving The Way For China
Reported by Universe Today
This year's funding for the Mars Sample Return mission has been cut. It seems unlikely that the mission will be revived in the coming years, barring some unforeseen development. This isn't a surprising development, so maybe NASA has some contingency plans....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:57 +0000