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
First Direct Measurement of Cosmic Hydrogen Could Change How We Map the Universe
Reported by Universe Today
The MeerKLASS international collaboration achieves the first direct measurement of the large-scale clustering of cosmic hydrogen in the Universe....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:01 +0000
NASA to Welcome Expedition 74 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston
Reported by NASA
NASA will welcome home the Expedition 74 crew during a public event at Space Center Houston following their return from a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Chris Williams; ESA (Eu...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:06 +0000
Why Aging Stars Suffer A Sudden Luminosity Dip
Reported by Universe Today
When low-mass stars like our Sun age, they leave the main sequence and follow the Red Giant Branch. As they ascend this branch, their luminosity steadily increases. But there's a sort of hiccup in the path called the RGB luminosity bump, where their lumino...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:22 +0000