NASA had 3 years to fix fuel leaks on its Artemis moon rocket. Why are they still happening?

• NASA had 3 years to fix fuel leaks on its Artemis moon rocket. Why are they still happening?  Space
• NASA delays launch of historic moon mission  CNN
• NASA Conducts Artemis II Fuel Test, Eyes March for Launch Opportunity  NASA (.gov)
• NASA delays astronauts' lunar trip until March after hydrogen leaks mar fueling test  CNBC
• NASA fuels its moon rocket in a crucial test to decide when Artemis astronauts will launch  ABC News

SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after upper stage anomaly

• SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after upper stage anomaly  SpaceNews
• SpaceX experiences Falcon 9 upper stage anomaly following Starlink deployment  Spaceflight Now
• SpaceX grounds its Falcon 9 rocket after a problem with its upper stage. Will the Crew-12 astronaut mission be affected?  Space
• Is there a rocket launch today? Here's the schedule from Vandenberg  Ventura County Star
• SpaceX experiences upper stage mishap during California Starlink launch  Yahoo

Sun releases 4 strong solar flares: What to expect

• Sun releases 4 strong solar flares: What to expect  ABC News
• UPDATE! An X8.1 (Strong) flare from Region 4366  Space Weather Prediction Center (.gov)
• Strong Flare Erupts from Sun  NASA Science (.gov)
• Auroras likely as most active sunspot in years turns toward Earth  Live Science
• The sun lit up with a stunning display. Are northern lights next?  USA Today

2-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests

2-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests  KSL NewsView Full Coverage on Google News

Did we just see a black hole explode? Physicists think so—and it could explain (almost) everything

Did we just see a black hole explode? Physicists think so—and it could explain (almost) everything  Phys.org

NASA begins mission to map the boundaries of our heliosphere

• NASA begins mission to map the boundaries of our heliosphere  CBS News
• NASA's IMAP Active Link for Real-Time Data now Available  Space Weather Prediction Center (.gov)
• NASA’s IMAP Begins Primary Science Mission  NASA Science (.gov)
• Only Two Spacecraft Have Breached The Solar System’s Edge – Now We're About To Find Out Its True Shape  IFLScience
• NASA’s IMAP Begins Critical Solar Interactions  Aviation Week Network

From Jupiter to Mercury: the brightest planets of February 2026

• From Jupiter to Mercury: the brightest planets of February 2026  Space
• Eyes to the Skies for February: Rocket launch, winter constellations, eclipse and more  WTOP
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 30 – February 8  Sky & Telescope
• A Rare Planet Parade Is Headed To Montana  XL Country 100.7
• February's skies stack spectacles, from new moon to rare six-planet parade  WGME

Scientists just mapped the hidden structure holding the Universe together

• Scientists just mapped the hidden structure holding the Universe together  ScienceDaily
• Scientists assemble the most detailed map of dark matter ever  National Geographic
• NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on Universe  NASA (.gov)
• Mysterious dark matter seen in new high-resolution map of distant galaxies  CBS News
• Scientists release a map of the clearest picture yet of what dark matter looks like  KUOW

Jupiter’s New Measurements: Flatter, Squashed, Still the Biggest Boy

• Jupiter’s New Measurements: Flatter, Squashed, Still the Biggest Boy  Gizmodo
• Jupiter's slimmer profile: Giant planet revealed to be narrower at equator  Phys.org
• Jupiter smaller than thought  Boing Boing
• Israeli scientists update measurements of Jupiter  JNS.org

Attempt to Drill Through Thwaites Glacier Is Foiled

• Attempt to Drill Through Thwaites Glacier Is Foiled  The New York Times
• The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Could Flood the Earth. Can a 50-Mile Wall Stop It?  The Atlantic
• Saving the Doomsday Glacier: Is It Time To Build A Giant Antarctic Wall?  Explorersweb »
• What researchers are learning as they drill into Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'  PBS
• Life on an Antarctic glacier: Tea, cheese and lots of shoveling  The Seattle Times

Lasers could allow the world to watch Artemis II astronauts travel to the moon and back

• Lasers could allow the world to watch Artemis II astronauts travel to the moon and back  ABC News
• Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected  NASA (.gov)
• LUNR Stock In Spotlight Ahead Of Artemis II Launch - Can It Snap Two Weeks Of Losing Streak?  Stocktwits
• Intuitive Machines Reshapes Role With Lanteris Deal And Artemis II Work  Yahoo Finance
• Morehead State selected to track NASA’s Artemis II mission  Morehead State University

History Awaits on 3I/ATLAS

• History Awaits on 3I/ATLAS  Avi Loeb – Medium
• NASA’s TESS Reobserves Comet 3I/ATLAS  NASA Science (.gov)
• NASA exoplanet probe tracks interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to gauge its spin  Space
• Rare Cosmic Lineup Gives Hubble Close Look at 3I/ATLAS  Sci.News
• 3I/ATLAS Is Emitting A Chemical Signal Scientists Did Not Expect  USA Herald

Tiny New Species of Herbivorous Dinosaur Unearthed in Spain

• Tiny New Species of Herbivorous Dinosaur Unearthed in Spain  Sci.News
• New chicken-sized dinosaur baffles paleontologists  Scientific American
• Unusually Small Dinosaur Fossil Helps Fill a 70-Million-Year Gap in Ornithopod Evolution  Discover Magazine
• Buried for 130 Million Years, a Mini Dinosaur Just Surfaced in Spain With Secrets Straight Out of Jurassic Park  The Daily Galaxy
• This strange little dinosaur is forcing a rethink of evolution  ScienceDaily

Enormous 'mega-blob' under Hawaii is solid rock and iron, not gooey — and it may fuel a hotspot

Enormous 'mega-blob' under Hawaii is solid rock and iron, not gooey — and it may fuel a hotspot  Live Science

Cells adapt to aging by actively remodeling endoplasmic reticulum, study reveals

• Cells adapt to aging by actively remodeling endoplasmic reticulum, study reveals  Phys.org
• ER remodelling is a feature of ageing and depends on ER-phagy  Nature
• Aging, Autophagy, and Longevity Linked via Conserved ER Remodeling Program  Inside Precision Medicine
• Inside Aging Cells, a Massive Downsizing Operation May Help Them Survive Longer  StudyFinds
• A Cellular Adaptation to Aging is Revealed  Labroots

Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was "Blurry"

Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was "Blurry"  Futurism

Lab-grown algae remove microplastics from water

• Lab-grown algae remove microplastics from water  Phys.org
• Algae Cultivated in Labs Effectively Eliminate Microplastics from Water  BIOENGINEER.ORG

A blood moon is coming: 1 month until a total lunar eclipse takes to the skies over North America

A blood moon is coming: 1 month until a total lunar eclipse takes to the skies over North America  SpaceView Full Coverage on Google News

Hubble sees galaxy with dark rings in new light

• Hubble sees galaxy with dark rings in new light  Phys.org
• Hubble And The Fingerprints Of An Ancient Merger  Universe Today
• Hubble's New NGC 7722 Image Shows How This Lenticular Galaxy Holds its Secrets in Plain Sight  TechEBlog -
• Hubble Space Telescope captures sharpest image of rare 'lens-shaped' galaxy  starlust.org
• Hubble sees NGC 7722 lenticular galaxy  AzerNews

What Happens If Science Finally Explains Consciousness? A New Study Explores the Consequences

• What Happens If Science Finally Explains Consciousness? A New Study Explores the Consequences  The Debrief
• Only What Is Alive Can Be Conscious  Noema Magazine
• “Existential risk” – Why scientists are racing to define consciousness  ScienceDaily
• Top Anthropic Researcher No Longer Sure Whether AI Is Conscious  Futurism
• Consciousness – from margins to new paradigms  British Psychological Society

Have you got what it takes to go to the Moon?

• Have you got what it takes to go to the Moon?  BBC
• A Cal Poly graduate will pilot the upcoming mission to the moon. What to know  San Luis Obispo Tribune
• 'Don't Screw It Up': Victor Glover's Candid Take on Piloting NASA's Moon Mission  International Business Times UK
• Meet the Man of Faith Helping Pilot NASA’s Historic Return to the Moon  Crosswalk.com

In Photos: Full ‘Snow Moon’ Rises To Set Up A ‘Blood Moon’ Eclipse

• In Photos: Full ‘Snow Moon’ Rises To Set Up A ‘Blood Moon’ Eclipse  Forbes
• February's full moon dazzles skywatchers worldwide with a glistening 'Snow Moon'  Space
• See February’s full snow moon light up the sky  CNN
• Is the February 2026 full moon tonight? Date, time, Ohio weather forecast  Akron Beacon Journal
• In pictures: Snow Moon lights up the South's skies  BBC

A new class of strange one-dimensional particles

A new class of strange one-dimensional particles  Phys.org

A student made cosmic dust in her lab—what she found could help us understand how life started on Earth

• A student made cosmic dust in her lab—what she found could help us understand how life started on Earth  Phys.org
• Grad Student Homebrews Cosmic Dust in the Lab  Yahoo
• New Research Reveals the Ingredients for Life Form on Their Own in Space  Universe Today
• New study of chemical reactions in space 'could impact the origin of life in ways we hadn't thought of'  Live Science
• 🧬 The molecules of life may form even before planets  Techno-Science.net

Melting Antarctic Ice Did the Opposite of What Scientists Expected

Melting Antarctic Ice Did the Opposite of What Scientists Expected  SciTechDailyView Full Coverage on Google News

Some tropical land may heat up nearly twice as much as oceans under climate change, sediment record suggests

Some tropical land may heat up nearly twice as much as oceans under climate change, sediment record suggests  Phys.org

Physicists achieve near-zero friction on macroscopic scales

Physicists achieve near-zero friction on macroscopic scales  Phys.org

The Colorado River's largest tributary flows 'uphill' for over 100 miles — and geologists may finally have an explanation for it

• The Colorado River's largest tributary flows 'uphill' for over 100 miles — and geologists may finally have an explanation for it  Live Science
• The Green River flows ‘uphill.’ Geologists think they finally know why.  Popular Science
• This River in the US Defies Logic By Flowing Through A Massive Mountain, Not Around It  IFLScience
• A new study reveals how deep forces from the Earth's interior lowered Mount Uinta, nearly 4 meters high in the USA, allowing the Green River to flow through it, before it rose again.  CPG Click Petróleo e Gás
• Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River's 'uphill' route  Phys.org

Focusing and defocusing light without a lens: First demonstration of the structured Montgomery effect in free space

Focusing and defocusing light without a lens: First demonstration of the structured Montgomery effect in free space  Phys.org

AI finds hundreds of never-before-seen 'cosmic anomalies' in old Hubble Telescope images

• AI finds hundreds of never-before-seen 'cosmic anomalies' in old Hubble Telescope images  Space
• 1400 quirky objects found in Hubble's archive  European Space Agency
• AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive  NASA Science (.gov)
• AI Discovers Hundreds of Anomalies in Archive of Hubble Images  Futurism
• Artificial intelligence reveals mysterious ‘astrophysical anomalies’  the-messenger.com

Scientists Just Unveiled a New Map of Antarctica, and What's Under is Bigger Than Anyone Expected

• Scientists Just Unveiled a New Map of Antarctica, and What's Under is Bigger Than Anyone Expected  The Daily Galaxy
• Researchers reveal hidden landscape beneath miles of ice: 'Now you've got a properly zoomed-in digital image'  Yahoo
• First comprehensive archive maps Antarctica's hidden subglacial volcanoes  Yeni Safak English
• Scientists pioneer first-ever genealogy for volcanoes beneath Antarctic ice_InKunming  昆明信息港
• New Map Shows Antarctica Without Ice  polarjournal.net

James Webb Space Telescope watches distant galaxies form farthest cluster ever seen in the ancient universe (image)

• James Webb Space Telescope watches distant galaxies form farthest cluster ever seen in the ancient universe (image)  Space
• NASA Webb Pushes Boundaries of Observable Universe Closer to Big Bang  NASA Science (.gov)
• JWST shakes up the hunt for earliest galaxy cluster  Big Think
• An X-ray-emitting protocluster at z ≈ 5.7 reveals rapid structure growth  Nature
• The Age of the Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen Barely Makes Any Sense  Gizmodo

The 3-Body Problem Just Got an Upgrade—and You Can Thank Einstein

• The 3-Body Problem Just Got an Upgrade—and You Can Thank Einstein  Gizmodo
• Why are Tatooine planets rare? General relativity explains why binary star systems rarely host planets  Phys.org
• Planets With Two Suns Are Almost Impossible To Find — General Relativity May Be Why  Discover Magazine
• Theory of Relativity vs. Tatooine: Close exoplanets around binary stars unstable  heise online
• Scientists finally have explanation for the missing planets of tight binary stars  Interesting Engineering

How Modern and Antique Technologies Reveal a Dynamic Cosmos

How Modern and Antique Technologies Reveal a Dynamic Cosmos  Quanta Magazine

Night sky tonight: See the near-full moon dance pass in front of the bright star Regulus on Feb. 2

• Night sky tonight: See the near-full moon dance pass in front of the bright star Regulus on Feb. 2  Space
• Tonight we'll see the full Moon swallow a bright star. Here's how to know if you're in the right spot to see it  BBC Sky at Night Magazine
• Dennis Mammana: A Lunar Hide-and-Seek with Regulus  Noozhawk
• And for its next trick, the moon will make a bright star disappear: How best to view tonight's lunar occultation  AOL.co.uk
• See the moon eclipse one of the brightest stars in the sky during rare alignment tonight  Space

Long-period Jupiter-like exoplanet discovered with TESS

Long-period Jupiter-like exoplanet discovered with TESS  Phys.org

Is the whole universe just a simulation?

Is the whole universe just a simulation?  The Conversation

Are cats 'vegan' meat eaters? Why isotopic signatures of feline fur could trick us into thinking that way

Are cats 'vegan' meat eaters? Why isotopic signatures of feline fur could trick us into thinking that way  Phys.org

Ultra-thin metasurface can generate and direct quantum entanglement

Ultra-thin metasurface can generate and direct quantum entanglement  Phys.org

91-qubit processor accurately simulates many-body quantum chaos

91-qubit processor accurately simulates many-body quantum chaos  Phys.org

It's Official: Astronomers Detect Complex Sulfur Molecule in Interstellar Space

It's Official: Astronomers Detect Complex Sulfur Molecule in Interstellar Space  ScienceAlertView Full Coverage on Google News

Scientists Discover the Milky Way Is Floating on a Vast Sheet of Dark Matter Stretching Millions of Light-Years

• Scientists Discover the Milky Way Is Floating on a Vast Sheet of Dark Matter Stretching Millions of Light-Years  The Daily Galaxy
• The mass distribution in and around the Local Group  Nature
• Milky Way is embedded in a 'large-scale sheet' of dark matter, which explains motions of nearby galaxies  Phys.org
• Our Entire Galaxy Appears to Be Embedded in a Colossal Sheet of Dark Matter  Futurism
• Why Nearby Galaxies Are Fleeing Us: Scientists Finally Solve a 50-Year Mystery  SciTechDaily

2.6-million-year-old jawbone changes the story of human history

• 2.6-million-year-old jawbone changes the story of human history  Earth.com
• GW professor helps identify 2.6 million year-old fossil, shedding light on early human relative  The GW Hatchet
• Scientists Found an Ancient Human Relative Where None Was Expected  SciTechDaily
• First Paranthropus Found in Ethiopia: A Historic Discovery  Powers of Africa
• Paranthropus: New fossil could rewrite human history as discovery puts to bed long-standing mystery  GB News

We ate space mushrooms and survived to tell the tale

We ate space mushrooms and survived to tell the tale  The Conversation

Bleached Martian rocks offer fresh evidence of a wetter and warmer Mars: 'But where did they come from?

• Bleached Martian rocks offer fresh evidence of a wetter and warmer Mars: 'But where did they come from?  Space
• Perseverance Rover Discovers an Ancient Martian Beach, Complete with Waves  Universe Today
• Ancient Mars: Could lakes have stayed liquid for years?  Thunderword
• Discovery Of Ancient Beach On Mars Provides Clues To Planet's Past Life  NDTV

The most important quantum advance of the 21st century

The most important quantum advance of the 21st century  Big Think

This Tiny Prehistoric Predator Could Hear You Whisper, Long Before Dinosaurs Walked the Earth

This Tiny Prehistoric Predator Could Hear You Whisper, Long Before Dinosaurs Walked the Earth  The Daily Galaxy

Physicists Converted Lead Into Gold - Here's How

Physicists Converted Lead Into Gold - Here's How  bgr.com

There’s Something Fascinating Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find

• There’s Something Fascinating Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find  Futurism
• Jupiter’s clouds are hiding something big  ScienceDaily
• What’s Really Going On Inside Jupiter? New Models Offer Clues  Universe Today
• New Model Clarifies a Jupiter Mystery After Finding Oxygen Hidden Beneath Storm Clouds  Discover Magazine
• A Hidden World Under Jupiter’s Clouds? This New Model Just Uncovered the Planet’s Mysterious Interior  The Daily Galaxy

Newly identified RNA molecule may drive cancer patient survival

Newly identified RNA molecule may drive cancer patient survival  Phys.org

Earth's largest volcanic event reshaped an oceanic plate, seismic wave analysis reveals

Earth's largest volcanic event reshaped an oceanic plate, seismic wave analysis reveals  Phys.org

What Kind of Photos Will the Artemis II Astronauts Take? And Who Will Take Them?

What Kind of Photos Will the Artemis II Astronauts Take? And Who Will Take Them?  PetaPixel

Infrared running of gravity offers a field-theoretic route to dark matter phenomena

Infrared running of gravity offers a field-theoretic route to dark matter phenomena  Phys.org

Physicists push thousands of atoms to a 'Schrödinger's cat' state — bringing the quantum world closer to reality than ever before

Physicists push thousands of atoms to a 'Schrödinger's cat' state — bringing the quantum world closer to reality than ever before  Live Science

Scientists Uncover Thousands Of Mysterious Creatures Lurking Near A Deep-Sea Volcano

Scientists Uncover Thousands Of Mysterious Creatures Lurking Near A Deep-Sea Volcano  Indian Defence ReviewView Full Coverage on Google News

How RNA reveals clues to life’s origins on Earth

How RNA reveals clues to life’s origins on Earth  Chemistry World

Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?

Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?  Nature

Exposing Nuclear Magic

Exposing Nuclear Magic  American Physical Society

Meet ‘Spinosaurus’ — The Swimming Dinosaur With A Sail Taller Than A Giraffe

Meet ‘Spinosaurus’ — The Swimming Dinosaur With A Sail Taller Than A Giraffe  Forbes