LINK rockets to save NASA's Swift Observatory, now weeks-long grapple-and-lift mission
A commercial tugboat in space is attempting to catch a slowly descending telescope and raise it to safety.

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A commercial tugboat in space is attempting to catch a slowly descending telescope and raise it to safety.
New Science Advances forensics reclassify how three sacrificed children died, while hair isotopes redraw their final pilgrimages.
NASA used layered X-ray and optical data to give Messier 94 (NGC 4736) a new audiovisual “look” and “sound.”
NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted potassium chloride crystal growth on the ISS, revealing how gravity reshapes crystallization into ordered layers.
A Nature study finds a likely satellite around a brown dwarf, but it may not meet moon rules.
The Z Flip 8, Z Fold 8, and Z Fold 8 Ultra launch August 7, but the real spotlight is the Fold 8.
An almost-Jupiter body orbiting a brown dwarf challenges how astronomers classify moons, with real knock-on effects for future surveys.
A Nature paper says the object is likely not an exomoon, yet it is a first-of-its-kind exosatellite at 73 light-years.
Two close flybys let NASA measure below Io’s surface, proving tidal heating and reshaping how scientists read volcanoes.
Chopping a photon in half sounds impossible, until a moving mirror changes the rules mid-process and releases new photons.
A four-year Project Ceti study shows whale clicks shift with marine traffic, enabling scientists to forecast when ships are nearby.
Samsung lifts battery specs and preventive health focus, including a 35% jump on Ultra 2’s 47mm model.