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News•Feb 21, 2026
Last Chance for Australians to Send Message to the Universe on Voyager Project’s 50th Anniversary
Australia’s Powerhouse Museum is offering a final chance for citizens to record a voice message for deep‑space broadcast in honor of Voyager’s 50th anniversary. The HUMANS (Humanity United with MIT Art and Nanotechnology in Space) project, which already has more than 1,700 submissions, will embed the audio on a silicone nano‑wafer for launch next year. Participants have until 27 February to upload their messages via the museum’s portal. The initiative mirrors the 1977 Golden Record but uses a democratic, tech‑driven approach to showcase contemporary Australian culture and humanity’s shared story.
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News•Feb 19, 2026
Mystery of Snowman-Shaped Space Objects Cracked
Researchers at Michigan State University have used computer simulations to demonstrate that gravitational collapse can produce double‑lobed, snowman‑shaped Kuiper Belt objects like Arrokoth. By modeling a pebble cloud of 100,000 particles, they showed that low‑velocity collisions (<5 m/s) can fuse two...
By The Guardian - Space
News•Feb 10, 2026
Astronomers Celebrate Cancellation of $10bn Chile Project that Threatened Clearest Skies in the World
Chile’s environmental regulator has formally withdrawn the $10 bn INNA green‑hydrogen and ammonia project, averting a major threat to the Atacama Desert’s pristine night skies. The proposed 3,000‑hectare facility, only 11.6 km from the Paranal Observatory, raised concerns about light pollution, seismic...
By The Guardian - Space
News•Jan 20, 2026
Aurora Australis Set to Light up Australian Sky as Agencies Monitor ‘Severe’ Solar Storm
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe geomagnetic storm alert for 20 January, following a major solar flare on 18 January. The storm could make the aurora australis visible as far north as Victoria and New South Wales, offering rare southern‑light...
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News•Jan 18, 2026
Astronomers Aim to Take ‘Revolutionary’ Moving Image of Black Hole
Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope will attempt to film the supermassive black hole at the core of Messier 87 during a March‑April 2026 campaign. By capturing a sequence of snapshots every three days, they aim to stitch together the first...
By The Guardian - Space
News•Dec 30, 2025
Astronaut Amanda Nguyen Says Backlash From Blue Origin Flight Left Her Depressed
Vietnamese‑American astronaut Amanda Nguyen, the first Vietnamese woman in space, disclosed severe depression after the all‑female Blue Origin flight sparked a "tsunami of harassment" online. The 11‑minute suborbital trip, featuring celebrities like Katy Perry, drew criticism for its environmental footprint...
By The Guardian - Space
News•Dec 28, 2025
The Guardian View on the New Space Race: Humanity Risks Exporting Its Old Politics to the Moon | Editorial
The editorial warns that the emerging US‑China space race risks transplanting Earth’s geopolitical rivalries onto the Moon. Both superpowers are targeting the lunar south‑pole’s “peaks of eternal light” and water ice, with NASA’s Artemis II and China’s Chang’e 7 slated for 2026...
By The Guardian - Space
News•Dec 22, 2025
Patches of the Moon to Become Spacecraft Graveyards, Say Researchers
Researchers warn that the rapid growth of lunar satellite constellations will turn patches of the Moon into spacecraft graveyards. By 2045, more than 400 missions are slated, many of which will end without fuel for controlled de‑orbit. Operators currently have...
By The Guardian - Space
News•Dec 20, 2025
First Wheelchair-Using Astronaut Touches Down After Ride to Edge of Space
Michaela Benthaus, a paraplegic engineer from Germany, became the first wheelchair‑using astronaut when she flew aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard sub‑orbital capsule on Dec. 20, 2025. The ten‑minute flight reached an altitude of about 105 km, giving her and five other...
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