Space exploration and astronomical discoveries dominate today's news, highlighted by a Chinese spacecraft's first image of a quasi-moon, a star consuming a planet 1,300 light-years away, and tributes to pioneering astronaut Wally Funk who passed away at 87.

A Chinese spacecraft has successfully captured the first-ever image of the asteroid Kamo'oalewa, a quasi-moon object that orbits near Earth, marking a significant achievement in planetary observation and asteroid research.

Astronomers have discovered a star located 1,300 light-years away that has just consumed one planet and appears to be preparing to devour a second world, offering rare direct evidence of planetary destruction by stellar bodies.

Wally Funk, the last surviving member of the Mercury 13 astronaut program and the oldest woman to reach space, has died at age 87; she finally achieved her lifelong dream of space travel as an octogenarian after being denied NASA astronaut status as a young woman in the 1960s.

Nobel Prize-winning chemist Omar Yaghi from UC Berkeley will relocate to China to lead an artificial intelligence institute focused on discovering new materials, highlighting the increasing importance of AI in scientific research.

Recently uncovered fossils may represent the earliest evidence of behavioral 'handedness' in animals, potentially rewriting our understanding of how ancient creatures developed lateral preferences.

NASA is reportedly making significant demands on private space station developers as the agency shifts toward commercial partnerships, raising questions about the feasibility and timeline of privately-operated orbital facilities.

A study examining Los Alamos National Laboratory found that the U.S. Department of Energy previously underestimated the potential dangers of a possible plutonium leak at the facility that produces nuclear bomb cores.

Research into the Flores Hobbits (Homo floresiensis) reveals new insights about their eating habits and evolutionary origins, suggesting these extinct hominids may not have been fire-using hunters as previously believed.

The UFO conspiracy theory surrounding the alleged disappearances and deaths of 11 U.S. scientists continues to generate interest, tracing its roots back to a controversial 1970s British television broadcast.