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- 1Cleo Abram explores the Sun's core in new episode▼☀️ ICYMI: # Video journalist Cleo Abram boards an animated # spaceship bound for the core of our star in this informatio
Video journalist Cleo Abram takes viewers on an animated journey to the center of the Sun in an episode of her show "HUGE If True." She interviews NASA heliophysicists and astronomy professors, explaining how solar probes survive extreme heat and radiation on missions to study our star up close.
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A former senior NASA science official has joined Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's space company, in a leadership role. The move highlights the growing flow of talent between the space agency and private space firms, and signals Blue Origin's increasing focus on science-related missions and programs.
- 3NASA's PRIMA telescope would see what Webb can't▼NASA's Prima space telescope would aim to see what James Webb can't
NASA is proposing PRIMA, a new space telescope designed to observe wavelengths and phenomena beyond the reach of the James Webb Space Telescope. The far-infrared mission would complement Webb rather than replace it, targeting areas of the universe Webb cannot detect. Details on the telescope's capabilities and status are limited, but the concept is drawing attention among space science watchers.
- 4ESA and Chinese Academy release first SMILE mission images●ESA, CAS release first images from SMILE; officially begin science operations https:// atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug =e
The European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have released the first images from the SMILE satellite and officially begun its science operations. The spacecraft launched in May and spent several months in commissioning, testing its instruments before starting its mission to study how the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic environment.
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The Pandora mission has officially begun its science operations. The small satellite, designed to study exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars, is now collecting scientific data after completing its early checkout phase. The start of observations marks the transition from commissioning to its primary research program.
- 6OET Launches Final 2026 Deep-Sea Expedition in Hawaii▼OET’s Final 2026 Deep-Sea Hawaiian Expedition Launches
The Ocean Exploration Trust has launched its final deep-sea expedition of the 2026 season in Hawaiian waters. The mission will see the exploration vessel and its team survey little-known deep-sea environments around the Hawaiian islands, adding to years of oceanographic research in the region. Details of specific dive sites and scientific objectives were not immediately available.
- 7Okinawa microbes hint at possible life on Saturn's icy moon●沖縄近海の微小生物がヒント？土星の「氷の衛星」に生命がいる可能性 https:// web.brid.gy/r/https://www.gizm odo.jp/article/scientists-find-microbial-life-c
Japanese media report that scientists found tiny microorganisms living near undersea hydrothermal vents off Okinawa, suggesting similar microbes could survive on Enceladus, Saturn's ice-covered moon. The findings support the idea that conditions beneath Enceladus's icy crust might be capable of hosting life, a question driving interest in future missions to the Saturn system.