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Posted on May 28, 2026

Most powerful ‘ghost particle’ ever may have come from a cosmic particle accelerator fed by a black hole

The most energetic "ghost particle" neutrino ever detected may have been blasted at Earth by blazars, suggesting that these events and their black hole engines are powerful cosmic particle accelerators.
Posted on May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

Where did Mercury get its water ice? Maybe from a single slow asteroid impact

Mercury may have gotten much of its polar ice within a single Mercurian day following a massive asteroid impact, a new study suggests.
Posted on May 27, 2026

Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026

Fear not, these lasers are just doing science.
Posted on May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

The Milky Way may have devoured another galaxy named Loki, and astronomers think they’ve found its remains

Astronomers say that they have identified 20 stars that may have grown up together in a dwarf galaxy named "Loki" that eventually became part of our Milky Way.
Posted on May 26, 2026

Artemis moon base will cover ‘hundreds of square miles’ with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says

NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. The agency just awarded $1 billion in contracts to get the ball rolling.
Posted on May 26, 2026May 26, 2026

Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what’s actually happening on the seafloor

Satellites captured footage of an underwater volcano eruption in a part of the sea that remains largely a mystery.
Posted on May 26, 2026May 26, 2026

Unusual red northern lights over Japan suggest some solar storms are stronger than we thought

Researchers analyzing crimson auroras over Japan found the glowing displays stretched hundreds of miles higher into Earth's atmosphere than expected, challenging long-held assumptions about the strength of geomagnetic storms.
Posted on May 26, 2026May 26, 2026

‘Very interesting wiggles’ in data from silent NASA Mars spacecraft lead to unexpected solar wind discovery

Data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft revealed a never-before-seen atmospheric effect on Mars, revealing how solar storms may shape planets without strong magnetic fields.
Posted on May 25, 2026May 26, 2026

Nothing beats a beautiful sunset (from space) | Space photo of the day for May 25, 2026

Nothing beats a beautiful sunset (from space) | Space photo of the day for May 25, 2026
Posted on May 25, 2026May 25, 2026

Scientists just found a supercharged supernova — powered up by a magnetic star corpse

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray spacecraft has observed a super-bright, supercharged supernova explosion powered up by the creation of a highly magnetic dead star, or magnetar.

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