Robots

 NASA is looking at sending swarms of tiny robots to explore alien oceans.

They would be only about four inches long.

UFO

 According to reports, U. S. Navy fighter planes have been chased by "swarms" of UFOs on more than one occasion.

The incidents involved perhaps 100 unidentifieds.

Perspective

 The total worth of the world economy is something like $100 trillion.

Astronomers say one small world, Vesta. has about that much in precious metals alone-- gold, silver, and platinum.

Super Earths

 A new study finds that super Earths with  hydrogen and helium atmospheres could support life.

It also finds such worlds could be stable for billions of years.

Microbes

 Scientists say microbes in the cold, salty water of the Arctic could be similar to potential life on Mars.

Such life-- extremophiles-- have expanded our view of where life  can thrive.

Artemis 1

 Artemis 1 has passed a crucial test.

NASA is now preparing for launch.

Milky Way

 Astronomers have found a big star with its own dust disk near the center of the Milky Way.

They think it's a new formation.

South Korea

 South Korea has entered  the space sweepstakes.

It has put satellites in orbit using its own Nuri rocket.

Space Tourism

 On this date in 2004. SpaceShipOne made the first privately funded manned spaceflight.

The space tourism industry is just now beginning to take off.

Artemis 1

 NASA is set to launch its Artemis 1 mission.

It will be an uncrewed,26-day lunar orbital flight.

Lauches

 SpaceX successfully launched a German military satellite this morning.

The company has another launch scheduled for tomorrow.

Signals

 Reports are that China may have picked up radio signals from an alien civilization.

Those reports are being denied by scientists involved.

Using TESS

 Astronomers have found two Earthlike worlds orbiting  a tiny star 33 light years away.

Neither would support life.

Timr Crystals

 Physicists have linked two time crystals foe the first time.

They think it could be the first step toward a new kind of quantum computer.

Goddard

 On this date in 1914, Robert Goddard was granted a patent for a liquid fuel rocket.

That same year, he was awarded a patent for a multi-stage, solid fuel rocket.

Starquakes

 Astronomers have observed "quakes" on many stars.

Observing the quakes gives them insight into stars' inner workings.

UFO

 NASA hopes its nine month long, $100.000 study will help bring UFO research into the mainstream,

For comparison. France's UFO research is led by the French space agency.

Ryugu

 The asteroid Ryugu contains material older than the planets.

That's from Japan's space agency, which snagged samples of Ryugu and brought them to Earth.

NASA

 NASA is setting up a commission to study UFOs, or UAP.

It will issue a report sometime next year.

Protein

 A Ukrainian startup. Protein Aerospace. is working on a rocket that would use spent stages as fuel during flight.

The first test flight could take place early next year.

Asteroid

 An asteroid three times the size of a blue whale whipped past Earth recently.

It misted the planet by 2.3 million miles.

Tiangong

 Another crew of three astronauts has arrived at China''s Tiangong space station.

They plan to stay six months.

Space Tourism

 Blue Origin has sent six more tourists to the edge of space.

It's the fifth tourist flight for BO.

Quasar

 Astronomers using a new technique to observe the quasar closest to Earth have picked up details never before seen.

The new data puts in question our understanding of the role black holes play in star formation.

Aliens

 A new research paper speculates there are four alien civilizations in the Milky Way that would destroy Earth if they could.

Exactly how that was researched is unclear.

Fusion

 In line with new research results, physicists have found a way to perhaps double the power generated by tokomak fusion reactors.

Such reactors could deliver power to the grid by 2030.