Icy Exocomets Around a Distant Star Help Explain Earth's Water
Reported by Universe Today
Did icy comets deliver water to the young Earth? That idea won't go away. Now, astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets orbiting a young star named PDS 70. The observations suggest that these comets are delivering water to...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:29 +0000
From the Corps to the Cosmos, featuring Jaden Caradine
Reported by NASA
Jaden Caradine knew he wanted to be an engineer at eight years old. He just took a winding road to get there. Before he enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, before he discovered the field that would become his focus, and before he landed a Pat...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:29 +0000
NASA Calls for Proposals to Accelerate Lunar Surface TechnologiesÂ
Reported by NASA
NASA is seeking proposals to advance the technology and infrastructure needed to explore the Moon and establish a Moon Base in the lunar South Pole region. Announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8, the solicitation targets capability gaps, including power generation,...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:16 +0000
How to Land a Rocket Launch ‘Space Jellyfish’
Reported by Universe Today
What used to be a rare sight gracing the twilight sky is now becoming strangely commonplace. If you live on either U.S. coast, you have to good chance at seeing what’s become a common sky scene in our modern technocene era: a space launch jellyfish....
- By: David Dickinson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/david-dickinson)
- On: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:58 +0000
Scientists Are Still Trying To Understand How the Moon Formed
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The Earth and the Moon have nearly identical isotopic compositions, and the Giant Impact Hypothesis strives to explain this. New research into the ancient impact shows how the temperature of both worlds, and how it affects the strength of the materials inv...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:27 +0000
Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Reported by NASA
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubbleâ€...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:49 +0000