Physicists Determine Cause of "Runaway" Supermassive Black Hole
Reported by Universe Today
Researchers at UCSB and UT Austin have determined that a galactic merger kicked a supermassive black hole into intergalactic space....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:52 +0000
NASA Revamps Challenge Linking Community College Studies to Aerospace Careers
Reported by NASA
Community college students across the U.S. now have another opportunity to discover how their education can lead to fulfilling roles at the forefront of aerospace, science, engineering, and technology. The updated NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars ...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:01 +0000
New Research Shows How Mercury's Crust Formed by Extreme Volcanism
Reported by Universe Today
Researchers have figured out how to use lunar samples to determine the nature of volcanic activity on ancient Mercury. It's all based on SiO2, or silicon dioxide. Its abundance in a planet's crust reveals a lot about magma and volcanic activity....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:28 +0000
NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observes a giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:00 +0000
Rising Over Louisiana
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On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moon’s disk was immersed in Earth’s umbra—the ...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:38 +0000
Simulations Show That Dark Matter Isn't What Gives Stellar Streams Their Kinks
Reported by Universe Today
Astronomers study dark matter through simulations of stellar streams around the Milky Way. They found that kinks and clumps within these streams aren't caused by dark matter clusters within the galactic halo....
- By: Brian Koberlein (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian)
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000




