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SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts return to Earth after 1st-ever medical evacuation of ISS
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (713+ words) The four astronauts splashed down off the coast of California early Thursday morning (Jan. 15). Four astronauts are safely back on Earth after the first-ever medical evacuation of the International Space Station. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA's Mike Fincke…...
James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious 'little red dots' may be black holes in disguise
12+ hour, 48+ min ago (345+ words) "If they were purely made up of stars, they would be the densest galaxies in the universe." Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three years ago. Now, a new…...
Massive supernova explosion may have created a binary black hole
19+ hour, 48+ min ago (374+ words) "Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of black hole binaries." Astronomers have observed a strange but powerful supernova explosion that not only marked the death of a massive,…...
Satellite sees snowy Greenland peaks from space | Space photo of the day for Jan. 14, 2026
20+ hour, 48+ min ago (175+ words) Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, which consists of three Earth-observing satellites, recently took an image of southeast Greenland, capturing a landscape that's equal parts rock, ice and shadow. In the image, steep mountains throw long, inky silhouettes across bright glacial ice…...
The universe should be packed with tiny galaxies — so where are they?
21+ hour, 48+ min ago (368+ words) There may not be as nearly as many small galaxies in the early universe as astronomers predict there should be, which has big implications for the story of how our universe grew up. Where are the smallest galaxies? A recent…...
NASA X-ray instrument finds black holes act like 'cosmic seesaws' shaping the universe
22+ hour, 48+ min ago (419+ words) "We're seeing what could be described as an energetic tug-of-war inside the black hole's accretion flow." Turns out the expression "you can't have it all" also applies to black holes. Astronomers have discovered that although feeding black holes can produce…...
How Mars' ancient lakes grew shields of ice to stay warm as the Red Planet froze
23+ hour, 48+ min ago (529+ words) The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold. Thin lids of ice could have sheltered lakes on ancient Mars and kept surface water liquid even…...
Watch Crew-11 astronauts undock in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station today
23+ hour, 48+ min ago (274+ words) Coverage begins at 3 p.m. EST today (Jan. 14). Four astronauts aboard the International Space Station are returning to Earth today (Jan. 14), more than a month earlier than originally planned. NASA will begin hatch closure coverage at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) today followed by undocking…...
Unusual 'ingredients' helped stars form in a galaxy near the Milky Way
1+ day, 48+ min ago (390+ words) "This is something we've never seen in stars that are analogs of stars in the early universe." Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual "ingredients" " raising questions about how…...
What time is SpaceX Crew-11's medical evacuation from the ISS on Jan. 14?
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (454+ words) Crew-11 is scheduled to depart the orbiting lab on Wednesday (Jan. 14) at 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 GMT). On Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 14), SpaceX's Crew-11 mission will perform the first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS). The quartet " NASA's Mike Fincke and Zena…...