September 2026 Satellite Puzzler
Reported by NASA
Here’s the August 2026 puzzler. Quick, where is this? And what makes this place interesting or unique?...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:37 +0000
Martian Astronomy: Percy Sees a ‘Phobos Eclipse’ From Mars
Reported by Universe Today
Sure. It’s just another image of Phobos crossing the disk of the Sun, as seen from the surface of Mars. Like so much of the modern space era, these images, once amazing, are now almost routine. But there’s some real science behind tasking the Mars rove...
- By: David Dickinson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/david-dickinson)
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000
How do lava-world exoplanets keep their atmospheres?
Reported by Space | EarthSky
A new study from researchers at Stanford University helps explain how hot lava-world exoplanets orbiting close to their stars can maintain their atmospheres.
The post How do lava-world exoplanets keep their atmospheres? first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches
Reported by NASA
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, transits the Sun during launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2026. Roman is named after the agency’s first chief astronomer. Roman will...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:10 +0000
What Can Happen When a Rapidly Spinning Star Meets a Black Hole?
Reported by Universe Today
Astrophysicists at Syracuse University in New York think they've found a hitherto-hidden explanation for strange activity during so-called repeating partial Tidal Disruption Events (rpTDEs). These are interactions between a supermassive black hole and a st...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:54 +0000
Looking for Earth 2.0 in Binary Systems
Reported by Universe Today
While astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets over the last few decades, the true prize continues to elude them - they have yet to find an Earth-mass, rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. That’s partially just due to cos...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:52 +0000