Celebration of Space - April 10, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
It’s been over a week since the Artemis II mission launched (Wednesday, April 1, 2026). On Monday, April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew module (Orion Mult-Purpose Crew Vehicle or MPCV) executed a flyby maneuver around the Moon and embarked on the return jo...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:36:54 EDT
NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth
Reported by NASA
The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency)...
- By: NASA
- On: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:31 +0000
Student Team Finds One of the Oldest Stars in the Universe that Migrated to the Milky Way
Reported by Universe Today
A class of undergraduate students at University of Chicago has used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to discover one of the oldest stars in the universe, a star that formed in a companion galaxy and migrated to the Milky Way....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:28 +0000
Why Does Jupiter Have More Large Moons than Saturn?
Reported by Universe Today
The two largest planets in our Solar System, Jupiter and Saturn, have the largest systems of moons. However, Jupiter has more large moons than Saturn, which has only one. Since both planets are gas giants, the reasons for the differences in these satellite...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:07 +0000
It's Not Supposed To Be Like This: A Giant Planet Orbits A Small Star
Reported by Universe Today
According to theory and models of planet formation, large gas giants should form around massive stars. That's because massive stars have more massive protoplanetary disks. But astronomers have the opposite arrangement in some cases. New research highlights...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:15 +0000
New Perspective of Home
Reported by NASA
Seen during Artemis II’s lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun. The Moon’s surface appears in sharp detail in the foreground, while Earth sits much farther away, smaller and ...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:33 +0000