Space

For the first time, astronomers have directly detected the ultra-dense molecular gas that fuels star formation in a typical massive galaxy from the peak era of cosmic star formation, providing the clearest view yet of how galaxies built their stars 10.5 billion years ago. The detection, reported in a paper submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics […]

Researchers have introduced CASPER, a lightweight machine learning pipeline that combines a residual neural network classifier with an interpretability layer to detect gravitational wave signals, and explain why it made each decision. The work tackles a growing challenge in gravitational wave astronomy: as detection rates surge past 390 confirmed events (as 1ban.news covered in the […]

China executed four orbital launches in three days across four different rocket families, underscoring the country’s accelerating launch cadence in 2026. But the flurry of missions was tempered by an extended period of silence following the liftoff of a Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, suggesting possible issues with the vehicle or […]

Arianespace is set to launch its heaviest payload ever on June 17, sending 36 Amazon Leo broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit aboard an Ariane 64 rocket equipped for the first time with upgraded P160C solid rocket boosters. The mission, designated VA269 and known as Leo Europe 03 (LE-03) by Amazon, lifts off from […]

Researchers have shown that the world’s most sensitive dark matter detectors can be repurposed to hunt for a previously undetectable class of neutrinos from the Sun: thermal solar neutrinos with energies in the kiloelectronvolt range. While no detection has been made yet, the work establishes a new experimental pathway to probe the deepest, most elusive […]

A new study proposes using directional geoneutrino detection to resolve one of Earth science’s longest-standing debates: whether the deep mantle contains chemically distinct, radiogenically enriched reservoirs. The research, led by Zhihao Xu and collaborators including geochemist William F. McDonough, was published on the arXiv preprint server on June 14. Geoneutrinos are elusive subatomic particles produced […]

Astronomers have confirmed that the dense star cluster Terzan 5 is not a globular cluster at all, but a surviving fragment of the primordial clumps that merged to form the Milky Way’s bulge billions of years ago. The finding, presented at the 248th meeting of the American Astronomical Society and published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, […]

Scientists have used a sensor no larger than a few cubic centimeters, built around a magnetically levitated particle, to detect the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun on the Earth’s crust, demonstrating a new class of compact gravimeters that could transform geophysics, hazard monitoring, and planetary science. The technique, known as diamagnetic levitation, uses […]

The world followed NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission in near real-time thanks to a high-tech laser link between the Orion spacecraft and Earth that beamed back high-definition streaming video and images from lunar distance for the first time. Transmitting data optically using infrared light, a technique known as “lasercom,” was at the heart of what […]

Russia has agreed to permanently seal off the PrK module on the International Space Station, bringing an end to a six-year dispute between NASA and Roscosmos over persistent air leaks that NASA considered a “highest risk” safety issue. The PrK module is a narrow transfer tunnel attached to the aft end of the Zvezda service […]