Planeta21vek – Ecology, biosphere, climate. Earth as an object of the Universe. Ecotechnologies

Astronomers, revisiting observations made decades ago with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, have discovered an unexpected chemical signature around a white...

niobium, planet, white dwarf, X-ray radiation

Astro- Astroengineering Deep Space Space

Cryogenic Capabilities for Future Deep Space Missions

If humanity has any hope of becoming a civilization traveling between the stars, it must either develop some kind of...

cryogenic fuel, cryosleep

Astro- Astrobiology Solar system Space

Magnetic field, superrotation, and hydraulic jump: everything is super in the atmosphere of Venus

Billions of years ago, Venus had as much water as Earth, but at some point in its evolution, clouds of...

acid, atmosphere, magnetic field, super-rotation, Venus, water

Astro- Astroengineering Climate Climate change Earth's orbit Space

Artificial strengthening of the Earth’s magnetosphere and reduction of solar insolation. Technologies – pros and cons

When powerful solar storms approach Earth, the planet's first line of defense is its magnetosphere—a vast magnetic bubble that deflects...

magnetic storms, radiation, solar radiation, warming

Solar system Space

Unusual objects from the past and present of the Solar System, whose properties became known in 2026

In coordinated observations, teams of researchers studied two different types of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). The other observation was of Chariklo,...

Chariklo, Jupiter, Trans-Neptunian objects

Astro- Astrobiology Deep Space Solar system Space

Scientists are exploring and continuing to search for potentially habitable alien worlds

Since the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star was confirmed in 1995, scientists have discovered more than 5,000 such distant...

exoplanets, life

Biosphere Hydrosphere

Scientists are sounding the alarm: the world is rapidly losing fresh water

Against a backdrop of population growth, urbanization, and industrial demand, global water consumption could increase by 20–33% by 2050 compared...

fresh water, groundwater

Biosphere Climate Climate change Hydrosphere

Anthropogenic and climatic changes in the Earth’s rivers and lakes

Changes in the condition of surface water bodies are directly linked to risks to human health and biodiversity. Chemicals that...

desalination, riverbeds, rivers, water pollution

Astro- Astrobiology Mars Space

The last two years of studying Mars’ glaciers have yielded more interesting results than expected

Geological and mineralogical evidence suggests that approximately four billion years ago, Mars was warm and wet enough to support abundant...

carbon dioxide, ice, Mars, polar cap, water

Moon Space

Scientists have high hopes for lunar caves

For decades, scientists have suspected the existence of underground caves on the Moon, similar to those on Earth. Conjectures about...

caves, lava, moon, shelter

Deep Space Space

Scientists are studying the history of collisions between the Milky Way and other galaxies and the possible consequences of future collisions. These collisions, incidentally, are still occurring

The Milky Way's halo contains a large group of stars with unusual orbits, many of which are believed to have...

collisions, galaxy mergers, Large Magellanic Cloud, Milky Way

Deep Space Space

Magnetars are neutron stars with the strongest magnetic fields. What is known about them today?

Magnetars are a special class of neutron stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields, the strongest of any object in the observable...

magnetars, Milky Way, neutron stars, pulsars

Astro- Astrobiology Earth's orbit Space

Study of sensory organs in microgravity conditions: methods and results in 2026

As humanity expands its activities in space, medical research into how our bodies cope with microgravity conditions has become the...

hearing, long-duration flight, microgravity, paranasal sinuses, vision

Solar system Space

Some facts about the devices and methods for studying Venus

Between 1961 and 1984, the Soviet Union sent 16 exploration missions to Venus. NASA's Parker Solar Probe made several flybys...

probe, station, Venus

Astro- Astrobiology Mars Space

Researchers have provided numerous pieces of evidence that Mars once had water. And perhaps still does

Once upon a time, liquid water was abundant on the surface of Mars—oceans, lakes, and rivers—but it disappeared about 3...

Mars, ocean, volcanoes, water

Astro- Astrobiology Earth's orbit Space

Researchers are looking for a ceiling on the impact of solar storms on Earth. And so far they haven’t found one

Even "moderately intense" geomagnetic storms, disturbances in Earth's magnetic field caused by charged particles and the Sun's magnetic energy, can...

radiation, solar storms, The sun

Astro- Astrobiology Solar system Space

Jupiter and its asteroid belt played a crucial role in the distribution of the essential chemical components necessary for life

As Jupiter formed and grew to enormous size and its gravitational influence increased, the planet restricted the movement of phosphorus...

carbon, Earth, hydrogen, Jupiter, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, planetesimals, sulfur

Solar system Space

Pluto’s ‘Heart’ Hints at Its Rich Geological World

When the New Horizons mission flew past Pluto in 2015, it discovered a geologically rich world, not the cold, dark...

nitrogen, Pluto, Titan, water

Astro- Astrobiology Earth's orbit Space

Microbiological surprises of extraterrestrial life: reverse panspermia. Terrestrial microorganisms can colonize outer space

Cosmic rays and aggressive environments don't kill microorganisms; they even maintain an active metabolism that "heals" mutations. This gives rise...

dna, microorganisms, nitrogen, nitrogenase

Biosphere Climate Climate change Hydrosphere

A ‘Healthy’ Pacific El Niño: Impacts, Research, and Forecasts for 2026

El Niño and La Niña are opposing phases of the Southern Oscillation (ENSO), one of the most powerful drivers of...

climate change, el nino, La Nina, pacific ocean

Deep Space Space

Modern technologies and problems of studying the Milky Way

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra space telescopes captured the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing in the...

Chandra, galaxy, Milky Way, stars, XMM-Newton

Astro- Astrobiology Mars Space

Mars’ Perseverance and Curiosity rover teams have collected enough samples and are awaiting their return home

Sulfur crystals, traces of serpentine, pyroxene, and feldspar were discovered. For example, data obtained from the Perseverance rover's instruments show...

Curiosity, mars rover, Perseverance, sulfur, water

Deep Space Space

Quasars are among the earliest objects in the Universe. Are they creators or destroyers of galaxies?

Quasars represent a stage in a galaxy's life during which large volumes of matter spiral toward a central supermassive black...

black holes, dark matter, galaxy, quasar

Moon Space

A Restless Moon: Scientists are studying the seismic and volcanic activity of Earth’s satellite

China's Chang'e-5 mission returned evidence that as recently as 120 million years ago, the Moon had active volcanoes, and some...

earthquakes, faults, volcanoes

Astro- Astrobiology Earth's orbit Space

Microgravity, plants, worms, and butterflies: How space agriculture is taking off

Cutting-edge research in botany and biology is conducted aboard the International Space Station to support future missions to the Moon,...

long-duration flight, microgravity, plants, regolith, soil, space station, worms

Solar system Space

The latest facts about our planetary neighbor, Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and Earth's closest planetary neighbor. Venus is the third-brightest object in the...

asteroids, Venus, volcanoes

Earth's orbit Solar system Space

Scientists have confirmed that space weather affects spacecraft, astronaut safety, radio communications, GPS, and power grids on Earth

The effects of solar storms may be limitless. Observations have shown that electrical currents in the Earth's upper atmosphere, which...

aircraft, communications, magnetic storms, radiation, satellites, solar storms, space debris

Solar system Space

New Horizons expanded the boundaries of the Kuiper Belt, discovered “snowmen” and other unusual objects

The Kuiper Belt may extend billions of miles further than anyone imagined. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountered Pluto in 2015,...

Kuiper Belt, Oort cloud

Solar system Space

Planet or not a planet? Pluto’s status raises serious questions about how to define any object in the solar system

The current debate over Pluto highlights the difficulties in defining the concept of "planet." The IAU defines a planet as...

Ceres, Eris, Kuiper Belt, Pluto

Ecotechnologies

Creating water, oxygen, and fuel from air and soil: fantasy became reality in 2026. Technologies and proposals

The invention, developed by Jordanian-American chemist and 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry Omar Yaghi, uses a scientific technique called...

alternative energy, drought, water

Deep Space Space

In 2024-2026, a theory of dark matter accumulation in the center of our Galaxy was developed

New models show that stars can exist using only dark matter as fuel, and because there is an extremely large...

black hole, dark matter, gravitational wave, Milky Way

Astro- Astrobiology Mars Space

The Mars Express orbiter expands our exploration capabilities on Mars

Mars is covered in a remarkably diverse landscape. In fact, the planet is roughly divided into two halves: half is...

lake, Mars Express, wind

Moon Space

Analysis of the composition of soil from the far side of the Moon collected by China in 2024 revealed differences between the two sides of the object

A Chinese probe returned soil samples from the far side of the Moon to Earth for the first time on...

asteroid, far side of the Moon, lunar far side, regolith, soil

Deep Space Space

The boundary between stars and planets has proven ambiguous, but a link has been discovered between the formation of stars and planets in systems

In 2024, astrophysicist Stephen Giacalone discovered a brown dwarf that appeared to have formed through core accretion, making it, in...

accretion, brown dwarf, dwarf galaxies, host star, metals

Deep Space Space

New discoveries in the field of interactions in stellar systems

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a spacecraft designed to search for exoplanets, astronomers discovered an unusual quadruple star...

Milky Way, star system, Sun

Astro- Astroengineering Earth's orbit Space

Technologies for creating a fully-fledged habitat in microgravity conditions and on other planets: mycelium, 3D, carbon fiber

The Mycotecture project team at NASA's Ames Research Center is developing technologies that will enable the "growing" of habitats on...

long-term flight, microgravity, mushrooms, mycelium

Solar system Space

New information about the instruments used to study the Sun in our solar system

The RF observatories, SOHO, Inouye, BioSentinel, Proba-3, Parker Solar Probe, SPHEREx, PUNCH, Carruthers, Helios, and SunRISE study solar radio flares,...

magnetic storms, solar flare, Sun

Solar system Space

Modern questions about the solar system: its speed, boundaries, hidden objects in the outer part

The solar system may be moving through space three times faster than expected. The location of the outer edge of...

Kuiper Belt, Oort cloud, Solar system

Astro- Astrobiology Solar system Space

The most general and up-to-date information about the “former” ninth planet of the Solar System – Pluto

Pluto is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. It was previously considered the ninth and farthest planet...

Charon, Pluto, water

Astro- Astroengineering Deep Space Space

First proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960, the idea of alien spheres remains relevant in the 21st century

In the 1960s, physicist and polymath Freeman Dyson proposed the idea of creating these eponymous spheres. He proposed that a...

Dyson sphere, life

Biosphere Earth's orbit Ecotechnologies Flora Hydrosphere Space

Satellites in Earth orbit monitor soil moisture, water availability, river flow, and the global water cycle

The primary objective of the SMAP mission is to assess the moisture content of the surface soil layer and its...

humidity, HydroGNSS, SMAP, soil, SWOT, water

Deep Space Space

The search for dark matter in our Milky Way galaxy is the most challenging task in modern physics

Stars have been observed crawling along the outskirts of the Milky Way more slowly than expected—a slow motion that scientists...

dark matter, Milky Way

Mars Space

The Perseverance mission to Mars. What has been learned after nearly five years of exploration on another planet?

A key goal of the Perseverance mission to Mars is astrobiology, including the collection of samples that may contain traces...

mars rover, Perseverance

Astro- Astrobiology Earth's orbit Space

Treatment and prevention of diseases during long-term flights in microgravity conditions

Deep space exploration requires a paradigm shift in astronaut medical support toward Earth-independent medical operations. Currently, astronauts rely on real-time...

blood circulation, microgravity, prevention, psychology, rehabilitation