Science News News 17 September 2025

Space Race in 48 Hours: Starship Roars, Moon Mission Nears & Space Tourism Soars

Key Facts (Sept. 23–24, 2025) Satellite Launches & Space Missions Solar Probes Take Flight: On Sept. 24, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 thundered off pad 39A in Florida carrying three solar science spacecraft: NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), a small Carruthers Geocorona Observatory,

24 September 2025

Biting Back: How CRISPR-Edited Mice Could Stop the Lyme Disease Plague

Lyme Disease on the Rise – And Why Mice Matter Lyme disease is often called a “plague” on Nantucket. The tiny Massachusetts island, famed for its beaches, has one of the nation’s highest infection rates media.mit.edu. About 15% of Nantucket’s

23 September 2025

Biotechnology · Disease Prevention · Genetics · Public Health · Science News

‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid Apophis to Skim Earth in 2029 – Inside the Historic Flyby and the 3 Probes Racing to Study It

Astronomers Propose Blowing Up a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Key Facts and Summary The Asteroid 2024 YR4: From Earth Hazard to Lunar Threat 2024 YR4 is a recently discovered asteroid that has drawn intense attention from astronomers and space agencies. Detected on 27 December 2024 by the ATLAS survey

23 September 2025

Asteroids · Astronomy · Planetary Defense · Science News · Space

Spy Satellite Launch, New Astronauts & a Lunar Lander Deal – Space News Roundup (Sept 22–23, 2025)

Rocket Launches and Satellite Deployments Spy sats on the West Coast: SpaceX lofted another batch of classified U.S. spy satellites on Sept. 22, with a Falcon 9 roaring off Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:38 p.m. EDT (10:38 a.m. local) space.com. The NROL-48 mission

23 September 2025

Astronauts · Moon · Satellites · Science News · Space

Fly Through the Milky Way: ESA’s Stunning New 3D Galaxy Map Lets You Tour Our Galaxy

Background: Mapping the Milky Way with Gaia Launching on 19 December 2013, the ESA’s Gaia spacecraft set out to chart our Milky Way in unprecedented detail ucl.ac.uk. Stationed at the stable L2 point about 1.5 million km from Earth –

22 September 2025

Astronomy · Milky Way · Science News · Space · Technology

Weekend Science Bonanza: Breakthroughs From Space to Superbugs

Space & Astronomy Humanity’s search for cosmic neighbors hit a celebratory peak. NASA announced it has confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets – planets orbiting other stars – just three decades after finding the very first such world entechonline.com. This tally reflects

21 September 2025

Medical Research · NYSE:NVO · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Technology Trends · Weekend Reads

Science Shockers: AI-Created Viruses, “Water Worlds” Debunked & More (Sept 19–20, 2025)

Key Facts Artificial Intelligence & Technology AI Designs New Viruses: In a stunning demonstration of AI’s creative power, scientists announced they have used artificial intelligence to design the first-ever viruses from scratch. The AI wrote complete viral genomes for bacteriophages

20 September 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Science News · Space Exploration · Technology Trends · Viral Research

Space Race Heats Up: Major Launches, Moon Missions & Policy Showdowns (Sept. 19–20, 2025)

Key Facts Starlink Launch Extends SpaceX’s Record Year SpaceX continued its rapid launch cadence with yet another Starlink deployment on Sept. 19. After two days of bad weather delays, a Falcon 9 rocket roared off the pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base

20 September 2025

Astronomy · Moon Missions · NASDAQ:SATS · NYSE:NOC · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Space Policy

‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid Apophis to Skim Earth in 2029 – Inside the Historic Flyby and the 3 Probes Racing to Study It

Overview: Meet Asteroid Apophis, the “God of Chaos” 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that shot to notoriety soon after its discovery in 2004. On June 19, 2004, astronomers Roy Tucker, David Tholen, and Fabrizio Bernardi at Kitt Peak Observatory

20 September 2025

Asteroids · Astronomy · Science News · Space · Space Exploration

6,000 Alien Planets & a Healing Ozone Layer: Biggest Science News (Sept 17-18, 2025)

Key Facts Space Exploration: 6,000 New Worlds & Starship Progress In a milestone for astronomy, NASA confirmed the 6,000th exoplanet – planets orbiting other stars – in its records this week. The official tally of alien worlds crossed the 6k

18 September 2025

Astronomy · Environmental Science · Planetary Science · Science News · Space Exploration

Mysterious Comet SWAN R2: New Interstellar Visitor or Oort Cloud Wanderer?

Discovery of Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was spotted in early September 2025 in a rather unconventional way – by searching for faint glows in SOHO satellite images. The SOHO spacecraft’s SWAN instrument scans the entire sky

17 September 2025

Astronomy · Astrophysics · Comets · Science News · Space Exploration

Mars Life Clue, Deadly Heat & Tech Breakthroughs – Science News Roundup (Sept 16–17, 2025)

Sources Medicine & Health: UC San Diego Health (press release via ScienceDaily) sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com; ScienceDaily (Sep 16) sciencedaily.com; SciTechDaily scitechdaily.com scitechdaily.com.Space & Astronomy: Imperial College London (press release via ScienceDaily) sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com; Symmetry Magazine (Fermilab/SLAC) symmetrymagazine.org symmetrymagazine.org; Sci.News sci.news sci.news.Climate

17 September 2025

Climate · Discoveries · Mars · Science News · Technology

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