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APOD: 2026 November 11 – NGC 4449: Small Galaxy, Big Impact

Reported by NASA

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 11 – NGC… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating u...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:05 +0000

Water Surges Into Navajo Reservoir

Reported by NASA

Rounds of heavy rain in the U.S. Southwest flooded rivers and rapidly raised New Mexico’s second-largest reservoir....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:01 +0000

Celebrate as Voyager 1 reaches 1 light-day from Earth! Here’s how

Reported by Space | EarthSky

The Voyager 1 spacecraft -- launched from Earth in 1977 -- will become the 1st human-made object to reach 1 light-day from Earth on November 18. The post Celebrate as Voyager 1 reaches 1 light-day from Earth! Here’s how first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:56 +0000

Automated Assembly in Space is the Future and NOM4D is Showing the Way

Reported by Universe Today

The ability to build large structures in space is maturing. The ISS, Mir, and Tiangong were built in space from pre-constructed modules, but a new program called NOM4D is taking space construction to the next level. It recently showed that a simple robot c...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:52 +0000

ALMA Reveals a Jet of Cool Gas from a Microquasar

Reported by Universe Today

There's a strange gamma-ray emitter in the Large Magellanic Cloud that has astronomers stumped about its source. It lies within the ashes left behind by a supernova that created a compact object that's part of the system. The supernova remnant provides som...
  • By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
  • On: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:39 +0000

NASA Invites Media, Public to Join Voyager 1 One-Light Day Activities

Reported by NASA

Launched nearly 50 years ago in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 on Wednesday, Nov. 18 will have traveled one light-day from Earth, which is more than 16 billion miles (25.9 billion kilometers). Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object, and any light from E...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:22 +0000