Galnet News Digest

Improved physical and mental performance for all humankind. That's what chemicals extracted from the blue trees of HIP 87621 might be able to offer, according to the first published analysis.

Shocking scenes have emerged of shoddy building work by Brewer Corporation on a recently completed asteroid base. Hamm City, in COL 285 Sector CY-N B21-8, is a lengthy supercruise from the jump-in point, but that's no excuse for poor workmanship, according to System Architect CMDR _Bagpiper_.

Plus, we catch up with Distant Worlds 3 as it leaves the World of Death.

There's an awful lot of speculation about how comedy actor "Big Bill" Ventura got ripped. And for some reason, Galnet feels the need to cover this peculiar transformation.

In this week's news, the best mining ship in the Galaxy enters general availability. The ceasefire holds in the Radicoida enclave. And Distant Worlds prepares for the World of Death.

The Distant Worlds 3 expedition has set off with a flourish, travelling nearly 30 LY on the first day.

The Distant Worlds 3 expedition sets off tomorrow, 18 Jan 3312. And, with the successful conclusion of the initiative to provide building materials, we get told when, but not where, the new station will be built.

The remaining Powers in the Radicoida war have announced a two-week truce. The CG is progressing, and Distant Worlds 3 is preparing for departure, with an unexpected name on the roster.CG https://inara.cz/elite/communitygoals/Distant Worlds 3 https://distantworlds3.space/This video contains footage from an Orion Eastern Promise Expedition mass jump in April 3306.Thanks to CMDR PhoenixBlue for providing additional information.

While preparations continue for the Distant Worlds 3 expedition, CMDR Regza has has been conducting lab-based research to find systems worth visiting. Galnet News Digest visited Eoch Flyuae YK-K c10-56 to see two consecutive planetary collisions.

Forthcoming collision times:

2026-02-04 01:11:04 UTC

2026-02-26 06:17:33 UTC

2026-03-20 11:27:13 UTC

2026-04-11 16:08:38 UTC

The Distant Worlds 3 expedition is planning to establish another deep space facility to support survey and exploration activities. They want your help to make it happen, and they're offering a pre-engineered size 5 cargo rack with increased cargo capacity as an incentive.

In this week's news, we learn a tiny bit more about Operations. We find some intersecting planetary rings. And the Distant Worlds 3 expedition has published details of its launch event.