ESA
Happy New Year on Mars
30 September 2026 marks the start of a new year on Mars. At exactly 13:43 CET/11:43 UTC on Earth, the Red Planet begins a new orbit around our Sun.
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Universe Today
Supermassive Black Holes May Enhance Star Formation
The black holes at the hearts of galaxies get the credit and/or blame for a lot of things in their hosts. For example, they take the blame for gobbling up star-forming material, effectively "quenching" starbirth in some areas of galaxies. On the bright side, it now turns out that some of them may be commonly participating in the births of stars, too.
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Spaceflight Now
NASA plans unpiloted Starliner test flight at end of year
If the unpiloted test flight goes well, NASA and Boeing hope to launch a piloted Starliner flight in mid 2028, officials said Monday, incorporating redesigned propulsion system valves, more robust subsystems and other modifications expected to prevent the sort of failures that occurred in 2024.
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