A young progenitor for the most common #PlanetarySystems in the Galaxy: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09840-z -> We finally know how the most common types of planets are created / Cotton Candy Worlds Evolve into Rock Candy Worlds: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/we-finally-know-how-the-most-common-types-of-planets-are-created / https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/science/2026/20260108-abc.html
#Neutrinos from stars in the Milky Way: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07399 -> How Many Ghost Particles All the Milky Way’s Stars Send Towards Earth: https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/01/how-many-ghost-particles-all-the-milky-ways-stars-send-towards-earth/
Observation of a mixed close-packed structure in superionic water: #ice just got weirder: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-01-08-exotic-form-ice-just-got-weirder - multiple atomic stacking patterns coexisting in overlapping configurations never seen before in this phase of water.
CosmicWatch - The Desktop #Muon Detector(v3X): https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12111 -> UD physicist’s invention expands our knowledge of the universe, particle physics: https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2026/january/cosmicwatch-particle-detector-spencer-axani-cas/
NASA has just provided the timeline for the return of #Crew11: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/01/09/nasa-spacex-set-target-date-for-crew-11s-return-to-earth/ - Wednesday, Jan. 14, 20:30 UTC Hatch closing, 22:00 Undocking, Thursday, Jan. 15, 7:50 Deorbit burn, 8:40 UTC Splashdown.
As NASA moves closer to launch of the #Artemis II test flight, the agency soon will roll its #SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the first time at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin final integration, testing, and launch rehearsals: #VehicleAssemblyBuilding to Launch Pad 39B.
The 39 satellites of the Twilight mission are now in orbit, after the launch at 13:44 UTC: see https://www.spacex.com/launches/twilight for the deployment timeline (Pandora should be the last of the three space observatories, at 16:12 UTC).
Fermi-GBM Observations of GRB 230307A - An Exceptionally Bright Long-duration #GammaRayBurst with an Associated Kilonova: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae0a1d -> UAH student researcher leads discovery of fastest gamma-ray burst ever recorded: https://www.uah.edu/news/items/uah-student-researcher-leads-discovery-fastest-gamma-ray-burst-ever-recorded
A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars: #Mars, Says New Report: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/search-for-life-should-be-top-science-priority-for-first-human-landing-on-mars-says-new-report -> In a major new report, scientists build rationale for sending astronauts to Mars: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/in-a-major-new-report-scientists-build-rationale-for-sending-astronauts-to-mars/
Decoding AGN Feedback with X-arithmetic - From Morphology to Physical Mechanisms: #GalaxyClusters by Numbers (and Physics): https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/xa/