Celebration of Space - June 19, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
On Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 4:25 am ET, Earth will arrive at the point in its orbit where the Northern Hemisphere is at maximum tilt (23.4°) towards the Sun. This is the Summer Solstice and marks the first day of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphe...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:30:27 EDT
A Star Dying by the Wrong Rules
Reported by Universe Today
Half the stars in the universe live in pairs and when one of them dies it can feed hungrily off the other in a slow, violent dance. Now a Korean team has caught a couple of stars breaking the rules, locked in an orbit so impossibly fast that our best theor...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:14 +0000
The Galaxy Living Too Fast
Reported by Universe Today
Twelve million light years away, a galaxy is living fast and burning bright, forging new stars ten times quicker than our own Milky Way in a frenzy that cannot possibly last. Now the James Webb Space Telescope has cut clean through its veil of dust to coun...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00 +0000
A Turquoise Tint for the Black Sea
Reported by NASA
Phytoplankton added a milky blue hue to the waters of the Black Sea and nearby waterways in spring and summer 2026....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00 +0000
NASA’s TESS Mission Reveals the “Puffiest” Planets Ever Found
Reported by NASA
NASA has revealed two new “super-puff” planets, giant worlds so light that their density is comparable to cotton candy. Scientists calculate that these Jupiter-sized planets are the “puffiest” worlds ever found....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:04 +0000
Astronomers Find Stellar Evidence of an Engulfed Planet
Reported by Universe Today
A team of 14 researchers from the United States and Chile have found evidence of a subgiant star eating one of its planets. The star, called TOI-5882, was already known to astronomers because of its massive companion, a brown dwarf called TOI-5882 b. The c...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:47 +0000