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Astrophysics

NASA's SPHEREx mission was successfully launched from Vandenberg launch facility at 03:10 UT 12 March.

JAXA's XRISM mission was successfully launched at 23:42 UT 06 September 2023.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released its latest deep field image, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744). More...

Heliophysics

NASA's PUNCH mission, consisting of four spacecraft to make observations of the sun, was successfully launched at 03:10 UT on 12 March.

The Parker Solar Probe made its 15^th perihelion pass of the Sun, at a distance of 0.06 AU, on 17 March 2023.

ESA's Solar Orbiter reached its 6^th perihelion, at 0.29 AU, on 10 April 2023.

Lunar and Planetary Science

Cosmos 482, a failed Soviet Venus probe launched in 1972 but left stranded in an elliptical Earth orbit, is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere within a few days of May 10. Because the probe was designed to withstand entry into the Venus atmosphere, it is possible it will not burn up on reentry and could impact the surface.

Lucy mission flew within about 960 km of asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson on 20 April 2025 with closest approach at 17:51 UT (1:51 p.m. EDT). For images from the flyby and more information, see the Lucy news release.

128 new moons have been discovered around Saturn, bringing the total number of natural saturnian satellites to 274. More.....