
New Instrument Reveals Site of Planet Birth Near Young Star
Scientists have observed changes in the protoplanetary disk of young star HD 163296 to see where a planet is starting to form.

Groundbreaking Analysis of Martian Glaciers Reveals Long History
In a new study of Martian glaciers, a team worked backward to figure out how Mars was oriented when the glaciers were deposited, and when over time things happened.

Using Earthquake Forensics to Study Subduction from Space
A team of scientists has developed an inverse method for analyzing the composition of surface and subsurface rocks using post-seismic GPS data.

Exploring the Solar Wind With a New View of Small Sun Structures
Using a combination of high-resolution data from various NASA missions, researchers have carefully studied how tiny solar plumelets can evolve over time, affecting space weather solar system wide.

Solar Activity Reconstructed Over a Millennium
A new paper explains how a team of researchers figured out how exactly to recreate nearly one thousand years’ worth of solar activity data by using tree rings.

Random Space Fact: Parker Solar Probe
During its closest approach to the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe will be traveling so fast that it could go from the Earth to the Moon in 50 minutes.

Test of Artemis 1 Rocket Misses Goals
The long-awaited Green Run for the Space Launch System Core Stage occurred on January 16th. What was supposed to be a 480-second burn, but the engines shut down after only 67.2 seconds.

China Adds Third Satellite to Tiantong-1 Constellation
On January 19th at 16:24 UTC, China launched a Long March 3B carrying the Tiantong-1 03 satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China.

Launch Demo 2 a Success for Virgin Orbit
On January 17th, Virgin Orbit conducted their Launch Demo 2 mission of their LauncherOne rocket.

Blue Origin Successfully Launches New Shepard 14
On January 14th at 16:57 UTC, Blue Origin launched their New Shepard 14 mission from their Corn Ranch spaceport in Van Horn, Texas.