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The latest space stories, curated daily by MechNews — Science, engineering, and discovery — the research and breakthroughs that matter.
- Webb detects ammonia and unexpected chill on a distant giant planet
- NASA to study human health and performance during Crew-13 mission
- Astronomy's decades-long quest to understand cosmic topology
- From toothbrushes to aerospace: Graphene research advances fibers that conduct heat efficiently
- Mech News Today — September 17, 2026
- NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon
- Gravitational-wave analysis narrows the search for black hole impostors
- Sun's largest sunspots may have potential to trigger superflares
- Scientists want to 3D print houses on Mars with the help of yeast
- AI tool detects unusual satellite behavior to improve space safety
- NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out
- Femtosecond nano-imaging reveals ultrafast optical control of phonon polaritons
- NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to reveal the Universe’s darkest secrets
- Roman telescope aims to directly image exoplanets 1,000 times fainter than current limits
- We're building a New York‑sized city every month. That's worrying for our climate
- A SpaceX rocket smashed into the Moon — NASA just revealed the crater
- China recovers rocket stage on land for first time, after earlier recovery at sea
- Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way's early years
- Mech News Today — August 15, 2026
- 'Starwashing': How space companies use the greenwashing playbook while causing environmental damage
- Constipation is common in astronauts—blood tests provide new answers
- JWST spots a bizarre “black hole star” 100 billion times brighter than a star
- Mech News Today — August 12, 2026
- How to design a space habitat that supports its residents' mental health
- A smarter way to track satellites beyond Earth's orbit
- Meteorite that smashed through a New Jersey roof reveals clues to life’s origins
- 'Plasma gun' technology could transform space laundry and sanitation for future missions
- Rare ultra-magnetic star may be key to solving 90-year old quantum cold case
- Miniaturized laser technology paves the way for fundamental physics experiments in space
- Japan probe made closest-ever asteroid flyby: space agency
- Great news from Saturn's moon Enceladus in the search for life in space
- Webb detects ammonia and unexpected chill on a distant giant planet
- Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope
- NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera
- NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could last more than twice as long as planned