Monday, September 15, 2025

New island appears in Alaska | LIGO's 10-year anniversary | 3I/ATLAS glowed green during eclipse

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September 15, 2025
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It's Monday space fans!

Our newsroom is already buzzing with activity as we bring you all things space science, entertainment, and news, starting NASA Landsat satellites spying a new island in Alaska. The island sits in Alsek Lake, where the Alsek Glacier has been steadily thinning and flooding the region with meltwater. 

Other stories for today include SpaceX's successful launch of Northrop Grumman's cargo spacecraft to the ISS, a 10-year anniversary celebration of LIGO, a 15 year look-back at 'Halo: Reach' and why interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS glowed green during the recent lunar eclipse (hint, no one knows). 

We have all that and more for your daily read. 
Thanks for exploring with us.
Keep looking up, 
Kenna 
Content Manager, Space.com
 
Satellites see new Alaskan island formed by meltwater
Satellites see new Alaskan island formed by meltwater
Satellite images reveal a new island in Alaska's Alsek Lake, formed as retreating glaciers reshape the landscape.
 
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LIGO Legacy: 10 gravitational wave breakthroughs
LIGO Legacy: 10 gravitational wave breakthroughs
A lot has happened in gravitational-wave astronomy over the past decade.
 
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Space quiz! Which of these has NOT been to space?
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Spaceflight
 
2 European telescopes use lasers to track space junk
2 European telescopes use lasers to track space junk
The system may one day be used to push debris off a collision course with satellites.
 
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Science & Astronomy
 
Storms leave 120-mile scar in Alberta seen from space
Storms leave 120-mile scar in Alberta seen from space
One research team says the storm was "among the worst" ever charted.
 
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Scientists track down fresh boulder falls on the moon
Scientists track down fresh boulder falls on the moon
By poring over thousands of satellite images, researchers geolocated 245 fresh boulder tracks, revealing signs of seismic activity or impact events within the last half-million years.
 
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SpaceX
 
SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman's spacecraft
SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman's spacecraft
Launch of the NG-23 resupply mission occurred at 6:11 p.m. EDT on Sunday (Sept. 14).
 
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Entertainment
 
15 years on, 'Halo: Reach' is golden prequel standard
15 years on, 'Halo: Reach' is golden prequel standard
Bungie's Halo swan song remains a fan-favorite installment, and its appeal after all these years is more than just nostalgia.
 
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Today in Space
 
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 177: Life on Mars
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 177: Life on Mars
 
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On this day: Sept. 15, 1968: Russian tortoises in space
On this day: Sept. 15, 1968: Russian tortoises in space
On Sept. 15, 1968, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 5 spacecraft on a mission to loop around the moon and return to Earth.
 
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Image of day: Comet 3I/ATLAS is green during eclipse
Image of day: Comet 3I/ATLAS is green during eclipse
No one knows why the interstellar comet, the third of its kind, emitted this color.
 
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