Massive Exoplanets Could Form Around Supermassive Black Holes
Reported by Universe Today
Black holes aren't just engines of inexorable destruction. They're complex regions of space and time, and under the right conditions, giant planets can form in their AGN disks....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:40 +0000
NASA's SkyFall Mars Helicopters Will Feature a Revolutionary Antenna Design
Reported by Universe Today
Engineers developed a unique fabric-based design for a ground-penetrating radar that will be a key instrument on NASA’s SkyFall Mars helicopters. The hardware will enable the SkyFall mission’s trio of planetary rotorcraft to use ground-penetrating rada...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000
NASA Selects Companies to Provide Payload Processing Services
Reported by NASA
NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. The provision enables qualified providers to offer commercial payload processing services for agency missions...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:17 +0000
The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be 'Black Hole Stars'
Reported by Universe Today
Little red dots have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in JWST data from the Universe’s deep past. Their ‘powering engines’ might resemble a newly discovered phenomenon dubbed a “black hole star”—an early, rapidly growing black hole wra...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:35 +0000
NASA Mission Studies Air Pollution Over Ethiopia
Reported by NASA
A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot produced by fires, diesel vehicles, and other combustion sources, in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. The detail...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:24 +0000
Next Generation of Planetary Scientists Learn Public Engagement Skills
Reported by NASA
FORCE is a world-class laboratory that uses high-pressure experimental equipment to recreate the extreme conditions found deep within Earth and other planetary bodies, enabling researchers to better understand how planets form, evolve, and behave under imm...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:52 +0000