Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket has been grounded following a recent launch failure that prevented a satellite from reaching its intended orbit. The mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, marking the rocket’s third flight since its debut. During the launch, the rocket’s reusable first-stage booster performed as expected and successfully landed on an ocean-based…
What Scientists Found Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole, RACS J0320 35, that appears to be growing far faster than theory says it should. Located about 12.8 billion light years from Earth, this object weighs roughly a billion solar masses. Fresh data from NASA’s Chandra X ray Observatory indicate it is accreting material at about 2.4 times the Eddington…
A Close Encounter Without Risk Asteroid 2025 FA22, a large space rock measuring between 130 and 290 meters across, is set to pass by Earth on 18 September. The flyby will occur safely at a distance just over twice that of the Moon, offering no threat of impact. The asteroid was first detected in March by the Pan-STARRS 2 telescope,…
European Wasps Found on Both Coasts Scientists at Binghamton University, working with colleagues from the University of Iowa and other institutions, have confirmed the discovery of two previously unknown species of parasitic wasps living in North America. The wasps belong to the genus Bootanomyia dorsalis and were identified on both the East and West Coasts of the United States. Genetic…
Discovery on Mars Sparks Questions NASA’s Perseverance rover recently detected chemical signatures on an arrow-shaped rock that could point to the existence of ancient microbial life on Mars. While the discovery was not conclusive, it highlighted the urgent need to return samples to Earth for advanced study. Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy expressed enthusiasm about the findings but quickly faced…
A Hidden Companion Revealed Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a new quasi-moon traveling alongside Earth, a celestial neighbor that had gone unnoticed for decades. Identified as 2025 PN7, the asteroid belongs to a rare group of orbital companions known as quasi-satellites, which share Earth’s path around the Sun without being true moons. The discovery was made at a leading…
A Global Digital DNA Library From the largest whale to the smallest yeast, the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) has set an audacious goal: to sequence the genomes of every known eukaryotic species by 2035. So far, just 1% of the planet’s 1.67 million identified plants, animals, fungi, and protists have been genetically mapped. By completing the “digital library of life,”…
