Dry Martian Meteorite Reveals Early Water in Mars's Crust
Reported by Universe Today
Billions of years ago, Mars was hypothesized to have been a habitable world with flowing liquid water and the potential for life. But directly studying its ancient past is currently limited to orbiters and rovers, as scientists have yet to obtain direct sa...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:37 +0000
APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids
Reported by NASA
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 22… 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 universe is...
- By: NASA
- On: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:05 +0000
Celebration of Space - August 21, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
On Friday, August 28, 2026 at 12:20 am ET, the Moon will arrive on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun, known as opposition. Commonly, this event is referred to as the full Moon. On this night, the side of the Moon that faces Earth will be in direct su...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:58:07 EDT
The CosmoCube Satellite Will Listen to the Early Universe From the Far Side of the Moon
Reported by Universe Today
A tiny UK-developed satellite, roughly the size of a small carry-on suitcase, could help answer one of the biggest questions in cosmology: what happened in the roughly 150 million years of cosmic dark ages, before the universe’s first stars appeared?...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:33 +0000
Strange Signals Called Long-period Radio Transits Come From Cataclysmic Variables
Reported by Universe Today
Long-period Radio Transients are sources that emit repeating radio and x-ray signals. The signals are polarized and coherent, and are similar to pulsars in some respects. But the type of astrophysical object responsible for them has been vigorously debated...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:59 +0000
NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space
Reported by NASA
On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it briefly revealed the Sun’s wispy outer atmosphere — the corona — to those in the path of totality who were lucky enough to have clear...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:43 +0000