SpaceWeekly News Summary May 3 – May 9, 2026

🚀 Starship Test Campaign Continues in Texas SpaceX continued preparations for the next Starship integrated flight…

ESA – Waterworn chaos on Mars

Science & Exploration 13/05/2026 90 views 6 likes This month, ESA’s Mars Express takes us to…

A view from above: Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of…

Perseverance Stuns in New Selfie

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain…

Asteroid 2026 JM2 passed Earth at 0.1 lunar distance

Asteroid 2026 JM2 passed Earth at a distance of 0.114 LD (0.00029 AU / 43 800…

From orbit: a night of auroras and storms

Auroras, thunderstorms, and brightly lit cities streak across this nighttime timelapse captured by ESA astronaut Sophie…

Huge black holes form in mergers, study says

This illustration shows 2 black holes spiraling toward a colossal collision. A new study says mergers…

Very bright fireball streaks across the skies of eastern Tasmania

A very bright fireball streaked across the skies of eastern Tasmania, from Launceston to Arthur’s Lake,…

Nearby super-Earth is super-hot and airless

View larger. | NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft captured this view of Mercury on December 1, 2011. The…

Smile’s journey from launch to orbit

Our next space science mission is about to begin its space adventure. After more than 10…

NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition 

NASA will hold its 2026 Lunabotics Challenge Tuesday, May 19, to Thursday, May 21, at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the…