NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2025 Annual Report
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The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), which advises NASA and Congress on safety, has released its 2025 annual report on NASA’s performance and challenges. While the panel acknowledged NASA’s safety achievements, it warned...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:27 +0000
How giant galaxies could form just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang
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The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international team led by Nikolaus Sulzenauer and Axel Weiß from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) used data from the Atacam...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:17 +0000
Curiosity Take Its Closest Look Yet At Martian Spiderwebs
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When MSL Curiosity was sent to Gale Crater, one of its goals was to study boxwork ridge features on Mt. Sharp. The rover has gathered its fourth sample from the rocks, and results are on their way. Previous samples showed tantalizing evidence in favour of ...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:46 +0000
Making an Entrance
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NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway smiles up at the camera as he enters the International Space Station Feb. 14, 2026, after docking to the orbiting laboratory aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Since Hathaway and fellow Crew-12 members Jessica Meir of NASA, Sop...
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- On: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:44 +0000
What Causes Those Snowmen in Space?
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Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University researchers now have evidence of the surprisingly simple process that could be responsible for their creation. Jackson Barnes, an ...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:00 +0000
Listen to This Month’s ‘Planetary Parade’ With NASA’s Chandra
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In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight: six planets will all be visible from clear and dark night skies. New sonifications from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released Feb. 25 will help commemorate this late...
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- On: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:26 +0000