NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind
Reported by NASA
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has collected more than ten years of data from this zone – more than scientists can analyze alone. As Shock Detectives, you’ll help sort the chaotic from peaceful regions of the data, giving researchers ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:05 +0000
Interstellar turbulence in the Milky Way distorts light
Reported by Space | EarthSky
For the 1st time, astronomers have directly detected how interstellar turbulence distorts the light from distant objects in our galaxy.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 11:14 +0000
TESS Data Reveals 27 New Planet Candidates in Binary Systems
Reported by Universe Today
You’re doing some late afternoon work on the habitat as part of humanity’s first exoplanet settlement, but the sun is going down so you’re trying to speed things up. Just as the light dims, everything suddenly starts getting brighter. You look up and...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 04:51 +0000
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
Reported by NASA
The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during 19th-century land surveys and is still farmed today....
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 04:01 +0000
Astronomers Find New Circumbinary "Tatooine-like" Planet Candidates
Reported by Universe Today
There's a distinct category of exoworlds out there that orbit two stars. They're called "circumbinary" planets and up until recently, astronomers had only found about 18 of them among the 6000+ other known exoplanets and candidates. Now, a team at the Univ...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 00:45 +0000
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft
Reported by NASA
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, May 15, 2026 After freeing the rover’s arm from the “Atacama” block, we are ready to drill again! The new drill target will represent the same g...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 00:33 +0000