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Astronomers find interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hiding in images taken before its official discovery

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was almost called 3I/Rubin, after researchers found that the giant survey telescope coincidentally spotted this visitor from the stars over a week before it was officially discovered.

Space

Mars orbiter captures striking images of 'chaos and craters' carved by ancient floods

ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured dramatic new views of a rugged Martian landscape shaped by catastrophic floods billions of years ago.

Space

Industry lobbyists ridicule "false premise" that "consumers 'own' digital games" amid Stop Killing Games fight

The Entertainment Software Association thinks it's pretty obvious that you own nothing its members produce

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Game industry lobby group that argued against preservation efforts from libraries is now pushing back on Stop Killing Games, saying it could prevent 'new games, features, and technology'

Your occasional reminder that the Entertainment Software Association is not your friend.

PC Gamer

The video games industry wants to keep killing games, actually

Games industry, please stop killing yourself.

Destructoid

They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026

It's the tiniest Mars test we've seen yet.

Space

Europe's 1st reusable spacecraft 'Space Rider' clears key hurdles on the road to launch

Space Rider, a novel spacecraft concept from the European Space Agency, is passing key milestones in its tests and qualifications to bring the vehicle to flight readiness.

Space

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Science news this week: Risky, lifesaving surgery performed on a baby in the womb, AI agent deletes a company database in 9 seconds, and the universe may end much sooner than expected

May 2, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

LiveScience

Is it cake? No, it's a parachute! | Space photo of the day for May 1, 2026

In this donut-shaped bag is a massive parachute. Next stop? Mars.

Space

Starbirth shuts down 40,000 light-years from the Milky Way's core — and astronomers don't know why

Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way's spiral disk — and it's not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might imagine.

Space

Hubble revisits stunning Trifid Nebula after 30 years, and spots a growing jet of energy — Space photo of the week

The Hubble Space Telescope revisits a star-forming region 5,000 light-years from Earth, which it first captured in 1997, revealing how the cosmic nursery has changed over human timescales.

LiveScience

Comet PanSTARRS approaches Earth on April 26. Here's how to catch it in satellite imagery this weekend

Comet PanSTARRS recently survived its close brush with the sun.

Space

Hubble Telescope celebrates 36th anniversary with gorgeous new image of famous Trifid Nebula

This latest image from Hubble forms just one of more than 1.7 million observations that the space telescope has made over the past 36 years since it launched on April 24, 1990.

Space

Ancient volcanic ash seen blowing across Mars in new spacecraft images

New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet.

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Republicans delay vote on bill gutting Endangered Species Act – on Earth Day

The ESA passed 355-4 in the House of Representatives in 1973

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Mysterious rings around Uranus point to hidden moons orbiting the ice giant

The two most puzzling rings around Uranus are gradually giving up their secrets, only to deepen the mystery of the Uranian system.

The Independent UK

Congress will vote to expand ‘God Squad’ reach and gut endangered species protections – on Earth Day

The ESA has prevented the extinction of 99% of protected species

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A giant 'shadow' has been creeping across Mars for 50 years — and scientists aren't sure why

A dark patch in Mars' Utopia Planitia region has grown significantly since it was first photographed in 1976. Scientists have a loose understanding of what it is, but they can't properly explain its gradual growth.

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This life-hunting rover may be SpaceX's 1st-ever Mars launch

SpaceX will launch Europe's life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover toward Mars in 2028 — but not aboard the company's Starship megarocket.

Space

Interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is spraying tons of water into space every second. Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE discovers

The Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE spotted the interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS spraying enough water into space to fill 70 swimming pools a day.

Euronews

Artemis II: Why should we care? |Euronews Tech Talks

The Artemis II mission concluded on Friday, with the Orion spacecraft splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. What was Europe’s role in the mission, and what comes next?

Space

Solar wind travels up to 4 times faster than expected, eclipse spacecraft reveals

"In the inner corona, a region very difficult to observe, we saw slow solar wind gusts moving three to four times faster than expected."

Reason

Tiger King Attorney Sanctioned for Filing Complaint with AI Hallucinations

Another example of the risks of relying upon AI tools to assist in legal research.

The Times of India

How rain turns a salt desert into the world’s largest mirror in Bolivia

The Salar de Uyuni - the contiguous remnants of an ancient lake, covering more than 10,000 square kilometres in the Andes of Bolivia, South America - has now become a vast and flat white salt pan. In the rainy season, when water collects on the impervious crystalline crust of the…

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Watch Comet MAPS get destroyed by cataclysmic fragmentation near the sun

A dramatic breakup near the sun erased hopes of a bright comet lighting up the evening sky this week.

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