Japan's Hayabusa2 probe flew within 800 meters of asteroid Torifune on July 5, 2026, in a precision-trajectory test of planetary defense technology.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, scanning the southern sky with the world's largest digital camera.
After forty years of underground searches, no dark matter particle has been directly confirmed. The LZ detector's December 2025 results mark a turning point.
A new 3D climate model from Blue Marble Space puts Earth's last plant at 1.87 billion years from now. Evolution and engineering could push that further.