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
ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated June 23)
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THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON JUNE 23, 2026 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved ai...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:00 +0000
I Am Artemis: Jason Peterson
Reported by NASA
Jason Peterson’s responsibilities for NASA’s Artemis II mission went beyond his usual role as the range operations manager at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Peterson credits his military experience with preparing him f...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:27 +0000
Hubble Details Early Galaxy Transforming Neighborhood
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Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected — ultraviolet light from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billion years after the big bang....
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00 +0000
NASA’s Webb Pinpoints Millions of Stars Within Cigar Galaxy
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Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique sight to behold, and now NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed previously unseen details. M82’s intense ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00 +0000
The Solar Gravitational Lens Could Map White Dwarfs and Black Holes
Reported by Universe Today
It feels like every few months we get to report on another academic paper coming out singing the praises of the Solar Gravitational SGL (SGL). Partly, this is due to Dr. Slava Turyshev’s astounding productivity in terms of pumping out academic articles, ...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:11 +0000