Milky Way Corporationhttps://milkywaycorporation.comSpace, astronomy and frontier science.en-usA stellar nursery, and the rehearsal behind Rubin’s sky surveyhttps://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/rubin-seagull-nebula/https://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/rubin-seagull-nebula/A newly released Seagull Nebula image reveals both the birth of stars and the engineering work that prepared an observatory to watch a changing sky.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000AstronomyA chemical fingerprint points to a possible second life for planetshttps://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/white-dwarf-planet-candidate/https://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/white-dwarf-planet-candidate/Archival Hubble spectra and an unusual mix of elements suggest a giant planet may have formed from material shed by a dying star.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000AstronomyA tiny galaxy sharpens the mystery of a distant radio flashhttps://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/webb-fast-radio-burst-host/https://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/webb-fast-radio-burst-host/Webb has identified the host of FRB 20240304B. Its young stellar population favors a fast route to producing the burst.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000AstronomyMMX is on its way to the moons of Mars. The samples come later.https://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/mmx-phobos-sample-return/https://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/mmx-phobos-sample-return/Japan’s mission has launched toward Phobos and Deimos, opening a long investigation into how the two small moons formed.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000MissionsHubble’s distorted galaxies are a preparation ground for Romanhttps://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/hubble-roman-gravitational-lenses/https://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/hubble-roman-gravitational-lenses/An arc of blue light beside a foreground galaxy shows how detailed observations can help a wide-field survey investigate dark matter.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000AstronomyA laser that steers by wavelength could fill gaps in Earth’s 3D mapshttps://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/casals-lidar-mapping/https://milkywaycorporation.com/articles/casals-lidar-mapping/NASA’s CASALS prototype uses an optical grating to spread laser measurements across the ground. Preparing it for orbit is still ahead.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000Frontier science