Astronomers find biggest super-puff planets yet that are lighter than cotton candy

by News Feed Editor | Jun 24, 2026 | Science

Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy — super-puffs the size of Jupiter.The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.That makes...

NASA’s aging infrastructure can’t handle Artemis launches without $1 billion in upgrades, watchdog warns

by News Feed Editor | Jun 24, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA’s Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, Jan. 17, 2026. | Credit:...

Dangerous fire weather to hit the West with combination of lightning and wind

by News Feed Editor | Jun 24, 2026 | Science

A counterintuitive recipe for wildfires is brewing across drought-stricken Western states: a cold front.Forecasters expect the large cold front to develop in the Pacific Northwest on Thursday then push southeast into the Intermountain West, creating dry lightning...

This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet…

by News Feed Editor | Jun 24, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay)In 2025, the European Space Agency dark universe...

Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet…

by News Feed Editor | Jun 24, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A “selfie” the Perseverance rover took. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSCould Martian mudstones be holding evidence of ancient microbes? New findings...

SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from California tonight: Watch it live

by News Feed Editor | Jun 24, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-105 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Jan. 16, 2026. |...