NASA Conducts RS-25 Engine Test in Support of Future Artemis Missions
Reported by NASA
NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of tim...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:51 +0000
Webb Captures Stars in the Early Stages of Life in a Nearby Stellar Nursery
Reported by Universe Today
This Webb infrared image, released on October 6th, 2026, shows the star-forming region NGC 7129, about 3,300 light-years from Earth. The central star, LkHα 234, is a young star of 5–8 solar masses whose outflows have cleared a cavity about 3.5 light-yea...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:36 +0000
NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration
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Interstellar probes. Lunar drones. Helicopters on Mars. When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco on Oct. 31, 1936, they had no idea that their work marked the inception o...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:35 +0000
There Should Be Black Holes in our Neighbourhood. Can We Find Them?
Reported by Universe Today
Stellar-mass black holes should be in our neighbourhood within about 50 light years of the Solar System. But they're likely isolated, without much to feed on, making them difficult to find. Gaia found some candidates, but confirming them is tough....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:46 +0000
A Stubborn Question Answered: New Research Reveals How the Milky Way's Disk Formed
Reported by Universe Today
Figuring out how the Milky Way's thin and thick disks formed is a tough question in astronomy. It relies on determining individual stellar ages accurately. Gaia was pretty good at that, and new research based on its data may have found the answer....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:23 +0000
Neutrinos May Be The Key To Why We Are Surrounded By Matter
Reported by Universe Today
In the early Universe, neutrinos interacted strongly with other matter before some of them "decoupled." The heaviest of these decoupled neutrinos may be the solution to the matter-antimatter cosmic mystery....
- By: Brian Koberlein (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian)
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:45 +0000