{"count":36898,"next":"https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?format=json&limit=10&offset=5260&ordering=-published_at","previous":"https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?format=json&limit=10&offset=5240&ordering=-published_at","results":[{"id":35286,"title":"Giant amoeba virus ushikuvirus sheds light on how complex cells evolved","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Giant_amoeba_virus_ushikuvirus_sheds_light_on_how_complex_cells_evolved_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/giant-amoeba-virus-ushikuvirus-origin-of-life--bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026\n\n\nGiant DNA viruses that infect amoebae are providing new evidence that viruses may have helped drive the evolution of complex life, according to researchers at Tokyo University of Science and the National Institute of Natural Sciences in Japan. \n\nIn work published online on November 24, 2025, in the Journal of Virology, the team reports the discovery of ushikuvirus, a newly isolated giant vir","published_at":"2026-01-12T09:57:11Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T08:50:20.593003Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35287,"title":"Quantum interferometer boosts sensitivity to tiny laser beam shifts","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Quantum_interferometer_boosts_sensitivity_to_tiny_laser_beam_shifts_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/nanomaterial-sensitive-detection-molecules-twist-using-laser-light-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026\n\n\nResearchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen have demonstrated a quantum interferometric method that can register extremely small tilts and displacements of a laser beam. The approach is based on weak value amplification, a concept from quantum mechanics that enhances the response of an interferometer when internal beam parameters change only slightly. \n\nIn many experiments and tech","published_at":"2026-01-12T09:57:11Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T08:50:20.607148Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35288,"title":"Surrey Japan team to probe short lived atomic nuclei in cosmic element quest","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Surrey_Japan_team_to_probe_short_lived_atomic_nuclei_in_cosmic_element_quest_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/superconducting-ring-cyclotron-src-riken-ribf-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026\n\n\nPlans to obtain the first precision measurements of some of the rarest and most unstable atomic nuclei are set to advance understanding of nuclear structure and the way chemical elements form during extreme cosmic events such as supernovae, neutron star mergers and X-ray bursts. \n\nThe University of Surrey is partnering with researchers in Japan to develop instruments that can measure previou","published_at":"2026-01-12T09:57:11Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T08:50:20.620115Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35289,"title":"Jets from black hole drive record coronal gas stream in nearby galaxy","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Jets_from_black_hole_drive_record_coronal_gas_stream_in_nearby_galaxy_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/active-nucleus-galaxy-supermassive-black-hole-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2026\n\n\nAstronomers at the University of California, Irvine have identified the largest-known stream of super-heated gas in the universe flowing out of a nearby disk galaxy called VV 340a, with their findings reported in Science. The gas, traced using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, emerges from both sides of the galaxy as two elongated nebulae powered by an active supermassive black hole a","published_at":"2026-01-12T09:57:11Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T08:50:20.634833Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35290,"title":"Milky Way stars mapped as major source of ghost particle flux at Earth","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Milky_Way_stars_mapped_as_major_source_of_ghost_particle_flux_at_Earth_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/psc-icecube-milky-way-map-low-energy-radio-wave-visible-light-gamma-rays-neutrinos-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026\n\n\nNeutrinos, often called ghost particles, are elementary particles that are electrically neutral, extremely light, and interact only rarely with other matter. Trillions pass through Earth and the human body every second without leaving a trace, which makes them difficult to detect but valuable as probes of regions of the universe that are otherwise hidden. \n\nResearchers at the University of C","published_at":"2026-01-12T09:57:11Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T08:50:20.652585Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35291,"title":"This exotic form of ice just got weirder","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/This_exotic_form_of_ice_just_got_weirder_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/battery-solid-state-superionic-phase-of-ag8snse6-hybrid-crystalline-liquid-atomic-structure-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Menlo Park CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2026\n\n\nResearchers hoped to clarify the boundaries between different types of superionic water - the hot, black ice believed to exist at the core of giant ice planets. Instead, they found multiple atomic stacking patterns coexisting in overlapping configurations never seen before in this phase of water. \n\nSuperionic water - the hot, black and strangely conductive form of ice that exists in the cent","published_at":"2026-01-12T09:57:11Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T08:50:20.667066Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35292,"title":"China files ITU paperwork for megaconstellations totaling nearly 200,000 satellites","authors":[{"name":"Andrew Jones","socials":null}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/china-files-itu-paperwork-for-megaconstellations-totaling-nearly-200000-satellites/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Guowang-group10-CZ8A-HCSLC-25aug2025-ourspace1.jpg?fit=1024%2C589&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"\nChina has submitted two filings for huge non-geostationary satellite networks to the International Telecommunication Union, indicating moves to secure options for next-generation megaconstellations.\nThe post China files ITU paperwork for megaconstellations totaling nearly 200,000 satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2026-01-12T09:21:23Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T09:30:35.506346Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35279,"title":"“No Urgency” to Upgrade Vega C Booster, Says ESA","authors":[{"name":"European Spaceflight","socials":null}],"url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/no-urgency-to-upgrade-vega-c-booster-says-esa/","image_url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/No-Urgency-to-Upgrade-Vega-C-Booster-Says-ESA.webp","news_site":"European Spaceflight","summary":"A shared solid-fuel booster upgrade that will be used for the first time aboard an Ariane 6 rocket later this year will not be introduced aboard Vega C until 2028. The European Space Agency says the delay reflects the requirements of the smaller rocket’s launch manifest and the need to prioritise early P160C production for […]\r\nThe post “No Urgency” to Upgrade Vega C Booster, Says ESA appeared first on European Spaceflight.","published_at":"2026-01-12T07:28:16Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T08:27:13.020406Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"d74f2e7b-a8b7-4d8f-8ecd-193e73937664","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":35278,"title":"NASA says targeting ISS medical evacuation for January 14","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_says_targeting_ISS_medical_evacuation_for_January_14_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/iss-international-space-station-photographed-by-atlantis-2011-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 10, 2026\r\n\r\n\r\n NASA crewmembers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) could return to Earth as soon as Thursday, the US space agency said, after a medical emergency prompted the crew to return from their mission early. \r\n\r\n\"NASA and SpaceX target undocking Crew-11 from the International Space Station no earlier than 5pm ET on Jan. 14, with splashdown off California targeted for early Jan. 15 depending o","published_at":"2026-01-12T07:20:34Z","updated_at":"2026-01-12T07:50:20.621928Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"88b4b179-c4ed-4bd1-868d-ced568a2342a","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[{"event_id":1312,"provider":"Launch Library 2"},{"event_id":1314,"provider":"Launch Library 2"},{"event_id":1313,"provider":"Launch Library 2"}]},{"id":35277,"title":"Susan Schuh: Supporting the Humans in Human Spaceflight","authors":[{"name":"NASA","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/susan-schuh-supporting-the-humans-in-human-spaceflight/","image_url":"https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/jsc2022e066780.jpg","news_site":"NASA","summary":"Susan Schuh has dedicated her career to helping humans adapt to life beyond Earth.   As the Flight Crew Integration Operational Habitability (OpsHab) team lead in NASA’s Human Health and Performance Directorate at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Schuh leads efforts to understand what it is really like to live and work in space. 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