Another Success for Hayabusa 2 as it Completes a Flyby of Asteroid Torifune
Reported by Universe Today
JAXA's Hayabusa 2 has completed its flyby of asteroid Torifune. The spacecraft came within about 800 meters of the asteroid's surface. Though the spacecraft is travelling very rapidly, making navigation challenging, it was still able to capture clear image...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:21 +0000
The Euclid Space Telescope Has Found 31 New Ancient Quasars, Including the Most Ancient One Ever Found
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Euclid is only 1.5 years into its Euclid Wide Survey and has found 31 new quasars from the Universe's first 800 million years. Though the Survey isn't specifically aimed at finding ancient quasars, it's proving to be remarkably effective at it. This large ...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:17 +0000
NASA Transfers ‘Hundred Acre Wood’ to Patuxent Research Refuge
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NASA ceremonially transferred ownership of about 105 acres of wooded land at its Goddard Space Flight Center’s Greenbelt, Maryland, campus Tuesday to the adjoining Patuxent Research Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The property, for...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health
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Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto. On June 23, flight controllers...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:48 +0000
Galaxy Mergers Aren't Always Obvious
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Mergers are a part of a galaxy's life in this Universe. Though clear signs of these mergers fade over hundreds of millions of years, evidence is still present, yet obscured, in the galaxies that experience them. The powerful JWST has made it possible to fi...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:24 +0000
Artemis II Crew and Apollo 14 Moon Tree
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In this photograph, the Artemis II crew participates in the dedication of the Apollo 14 Moon tree at the Lunar Receiving Park at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on June 25, 2026. This tree is a second-generation Apollo Moon tree of the loblolly pine spec...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:16 +0000