Space Science News: 7 June 2025

Life on Mars? Saturn’s Surprise and More – The Biggest Science Breakthroughs (Sept 21–22, 2025)

Key Facts: Astronomy & Space Webb Hints at Atmosphere on an Earth-Like Exoplanet: Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope announced intriguing results from the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system. JWST observed the Earth-sized

22 September 2025

Possible Life on Mars, ‘Black Hole Stars’ and a Global Diabetes Bombshell – Science News Roundup (Sept 15–16, 2025)

NASA Rover Finds Possible Biosignature – Closest Hint Yet of Life on Mars In a sensational development for astrobiology, NASA announced that Perseverance has collected a Mars rock sample that “could preserve

16 September 2025

Black Holes · Health News · Mars Exploration · Science Roundup · Space Science

Marsquake Data Uncovers “Lumpy” Martian Interior Shaped by Ancient Impacts

Key Facts Artist’s cutaway illustration of Mars showing debris from ancient impacts (bright fragments) scattered through the mantle. Seismic waves from a meteoroid impact (left) travel through this lumpy interior before being

29 August 2025

Astronomy · Mars · Marsquakes · Planetary Geology · Space Science

Meet “Ammonite” – Fossil World at Solar System’s Edge Challenges Planet Nine Theory

Ammonite is the informal name for the trans-Neptunian object 2023 KQ14, discovered by the FOSSIL survey with Subaru’s 8.2-meter telescope in early 2023. Follow-up observations in July 2024 with the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope

17 July 2025

Astronomy · Fossils · Planet Nine · Solar System · Space Science

Space Science in July 2025: Breakthroughs, Setbacks, and the Expanding Frontier / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:00 CET

Astronomers confirmed 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) as the third confirmed interstellar object to visit our solar system, about 20 km wide, detected by NASA’s ATLAS survey, and it will pass inside Mars’ orbit

4 July 2025

2025 Updates · Astronomy · Scientific Breakthroughs · Space Exploration · Space Science

3I/ATLAS: The Fastest Interstellar Comet Ever—Here’s What Scientists Are Saying

3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) is the third identified interstellar object, discovered on 1 July 2025 by the ATLAS telescope in Chile. It is on an extremely hyperbolic trajectory with a velocity of about

3 July 2025

2025 · Astronomy · Comets · Discoveries · Space Science

Jupiter Unveiled: Surprising Secrets of the Giant Planet and Its 95 Moons

Jupiter is the Solar System’s largest planet, about 318 Earth masses, with a rotation period of roughly 9.9 hours per day. It is composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, with a metallic

20 June 2025

Astronomy · Jupiter · Moons · Planets · Space Science

Cosmic Time Machine: The Jaw-Dropping Science Unleashed by the James Webb Space Telescope

JWST launched on December 25, 2021, aboard an ESA Ariane 5 rocket to the Sun-Earth L2 point, reaching about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth in January 2022. Its 6.5-meter segmented gold-coated beryllium

7 June 2025

Astronomy · Cosmic Discovery · James Webb · Space Science · Telescopes

Sky Scanners: How SAR Imaging Satellites Are Redefining Earth Observation

About 75% of the planet is obscured by cloud cover or darkness at any moment, making optical imaging inaccessible. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites actively illuminate the ground with microwave radar and

7 June 2025

Earth Observation · SAR Imaging · Satellites · Space Science · Technology

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