Earth From Orbit Is Unpredictable and Messy. Could 'Liquid' AI Clear the View?
Reported by Universe Today
Monitoring Earth from above is a messy, inconsistent business. Clouds can block a satellite view, the angle of the Sun can create huge shadows, and orbital paths might not take a system across the same general area for weeks. That inconsistency is hard to ...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:27 +0000
A New Design For A Plasma Engine Fuels On Only Thin Air
Reported by Universe Today
Choosing what orbit to put a satellite in always comes with trade-offs. When it comes to Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), between 100-450 km, there are distinct advantages. Remote sensing cameras can take better pictures, comms and radar require less power, an...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:10 +0000
Venus Moon Would Have Been Doomed From The Start, Says New Paper
Reported by Universe Today
Venus likely never had a moon and even if it did, it would have soon been torn asunder by the planet’s own gravity, says prominent planetary astrophysicist....
- By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
- On: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:45 +0000
Dense Galaxies Are Carving Out A Bubble in the Early Universe
Reported by Universe Today
Light could only travel freely in the Universe after cosmic reionization. Before that, neutral hydrogen stopped photons from travelling. The JWST has found evidence of an overdensity of galaxies carving out a bubble of reionization. Is this how it all star...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:51 +0000
Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor
Reported by NASA
How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real? A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out – and by doing so, to help missions like Euclid and NA...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:48 +0000
NASA’s Chandra Spots Galactic Gem
Reported by NASA
Two galaxies merge at a furious rate in this Aug. 25, 2026, image of the II Zw 096 system. This and several other images of both visually and scientifically interesting galaxies were released by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. ...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:19 +0000