Our Sun’s Undiscovered Stellar Nemesis Is Still Out There, Says Physicist
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The decades old idea that our solar system’s Oort Cloud is continually perturbed by a heretofore undetected low mass Red Dwarf star remains the best explanation for periodicities found in Earth’s impact record. Or so says a well known physicist who ha...
- By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
- On: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:47 +0000
APOD: 2026 November 7 – De Gerlache-Kocher Massif
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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 7 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating univer...
- By: NASA
- On: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 05:05 +0000
The ELT Can Probe Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies and Their Dark Matter Mysteries
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Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies are strange because they're as large as the Milky Way, but have far fewer stars. It's as if they're puffed up for some reason. Determining what's going on with them could help confirm the Lambda-CDM model. A new proposed instrument f...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:34 +0000
NASA's Twin Spacecraft Will Execute Powered Slingshot Maneuvers on Their Way to Mars
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NASA's ESCAPADE mission features a pair of identical spacecraft on their way to Mars. They launched outside of the normal launch window, so they'll perform powered slingshot maneuvers to boost their speed. Once there, they'll "fly" in formation and study h...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:35 +0000
M30’s Sparkling Stars
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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released Nov. 5, 2026, provides a lesson in galactic history. The sparkling collection of stars is named Messier 30 (M30) after the French astronomer, Charles Messier, who cataloged M30 and other diffuse objects t...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:23 +0000
Supercomputing Tech Demo Schedule
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Supercomputing 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #4038) for presentations by NASA experts. Full Tech Demo schedule below. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 10:00 AMType-safe Templates in Fortran 2028Tom Clune10:30 AMType-safe Templates in Fortran 2028Tom Clune1...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:03 +0000