Space & Astronomy | February 26, 2026 Astronomers have, for the first time, directly observed a vast protective bubble—similar to the one surrounding our own Sun—around a young, Sun-like star. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists captured the clearest evidence yet of an astrosphere around the star HD 61005, offering a rare glimpse into what …
Science & Earth Observation | February 26, 2026 Unseasonably heavy rainfall in early February triggered widespread flooding across northern Colombia’s Córdoba department, pushing the Sinú River beyond its banks during what is typically one of the region’s driest months. Satellite data from NASA Earth Observatory show large areas of farmland, wetlands, and communities submerged, highlighting …
Science & Space | February 2026 New images from the NASA–led James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unprecedented detail inside a rare and little-studied nebula known as PMR 1, offering fresh insight into how dying stars shed their outer layers. Nicknamed the “Exposed Cranium” nebula for its brain-like appearance, PMR 1 is a cloud of …
Updated: February 2026 | Space & Science Veteran astronaut Mike Fincke has confirmed that he was the crew member whose in-orbit medical issue led NASA to end an International Space Station mission early last month—marking the first time the agency has shortened an ISS staffing mission for health reasons. Fincke and his Crew-11 teammates—NASA astronaut …
Micron Technology has confirmed 24-gigabit (Gb) GDDR7 memory modules capable of operating at 36 gigabits per second (Gbps), targeting upcoming discrete graphics cards for both gaming and artificial intelligence workloads. The announcement follows similar moves by Samsung, which began mass production of 24Gb GDDR7 modules in November 2025. What Micron’s 24Gb GDDR7 Offers According to …
Skywatchers across parts of the world will witness a dramatic celestial spectacle on March 3, 2026, as the first total lunar eclipse of the year turns the Moon a deep copper-red, a phenomenon popularly known as a blood moon. The eclipse will be safe to observe with the naked eye and will be best viewed …
NASA successfully completed a wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis II mission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, loading more than 700,000 gallons of liquid propellant into the Space Launch System rocket and running through the final phases of the launch countdown. During the test, engineers demonstrated hatch closeout procedures on the Orion …
Google on February 19, 2026, released Gemini 3.1 Pro, an updated AI model the company says delivers a significant leap in complex reasoning, and began rolling it out across consumer, developer, and enterprise platforms the same day. On the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark for abstract logic tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro scores 77.1 percent, more than doubling its …
Samsung is days away from officially unveiling the Galaxy S26 Ultra at its Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco on February 25, 2026 — and ahead of the announcement, a combination of leaks, early benchmarks, and Samsung’s own teasers have painted a detailed picture of the device’s two standout features: a hardware-level Privacy Display and …
Samsung has released a short teaser highlighting a new privacy-focused display feature expected to debut with its next Galaxy smartphones, widely rumored to be the Galaxy S26 series. The company showcased the feature in a brief video ahead of its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event scheduled for February 25 in San Francisco. In a 15-second clip …