 | | Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com | Web Version | | | |   | The Launchpad It's a busy day as NASA is announcing a new discovery made by Mars rover Perseverance today. We have the livestream on our website (starting this morning) so be sure to check that out.
Other headlines for today include our deep dive into 'Avengers: Doomsday,' astronomers discovery a repeating gamma-ray burst which shouldn't exist and a look at how AI may change the future of space exploration. We have all that and more for your daily read. Thanks for exploring with us. Keep looking up, Kenna Content Manager, Space.com | | | It concerns a sample called Sapphire Canyon, which has previously been described as "mysterious." | | | "If this is a massive star, it is a collapse unlike anything we have ever witnessed before." | | | Space quiz: What is a micrometeorite? | | | | Skywatching | A total lunar eclipse on March 2-4, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the last total lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until New Year's Eve 2028-2029. | | | | Science & Astronomy | "The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite -- a new moon -- going around Quaoar." | | | "This data will help inform our transition to a commercial-first approach, ultimately strengthening the infrastructure needed to support Artemis missions -- and our long-term moon to Mars objectives." | | | | SpaceX | IMAP data "will help us better understand the fundamental physics of the heliosphere." | | | | Technology | "I think humans will still go to space and explore Mars and beyond, but we will be in interesting company." | | | | Search for Life | A cadre of iron-rich extraterrestrial particles picked up faint whiffs of our planet's atmosphere when they fell to Earth millions of years ago. | | | | Entertainment | Earth's Mightiest Heroes are assembling again in 2026. Here's what we know about Avengers: Doomsday so far. | | | Directive 8020 is shaking up the Supermassive Games formula for better and for worse. | | | | Today in Space | On Sept. 10, 2011, NASA's GRAIL spacecraft launched on a mission to the moon! | | | Chile is a hotspot for telescopes peering up into deep space to study structures like stars, black holes, dark matter and galaxies. | | |   | | | | | | | Future US LLC © | | Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036 | | | | |