China Successfully Tests Their New Rocket and Lunar Crew Capsule, Placing them On-Track to Reach the Moon
Reported by Universe Today
On Feb.11th, China successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test of the Long March-10 rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure escape test of the Mengzhou crewed spaceship system. Credit: Xinhua]...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:21 +0000
Pale Blue Dot 36 years later: Earth in a sunbeam
Reported by Space | EarthSky
February 14, 2026, is the 36th anniversary of the Voyager 1 image of Earth. Voyager was near Saturn when it took this image, now known as the Pale Blue Dot.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:24 +0000
How a Perfect Gravitational Wave Tests Einstein
Reported by Universe Today
On 14 January, 2025, two colliding black holes sent the clearest gravitational wave signal ever recorded rippling across the universe to Earth’s detectors. This remarkably crisp signal, designated GW250114, has allowed physicists to conduct the most stri...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:54 +0000
The Galaxy Cluster That Grew Up Too Fast
Reported by Universe Today
Astronomers have discovered a massive galaxy cluster assembling itself just one billion years after the Big Bang, there’s just one problem… it shouldn’t exist! Current models suggest it shouldn’t have formed when it did, Using NASA’s Chandra X-ra...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 01:22 +0000
Scientists Continue to Trace the Origin of the Mysterious "Amaterasu" Cosmic Ray Particle
Reported by Universe Today
The Amaterasu particle was detected in 2021 by the Telescope Array experiment in the U.S. It is the second-highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed, carrying around 40 million times more energy than particles accelerated at the Large Hadron Collider. Such p...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:11 +0000
Crew-12 Launches
Reported by NASA
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot,...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:39 +0000