A “Green” Dual-Mode Engine is About to Give CubeSats the Best of Both Worlds
Reported by Universe Today
Rocket scientists have always faced a trade-off in propulsion technologies. Chemical rockets can provide lots of oomph, but burn through fuel so quickly they can only do so for a few minutes. Electric propulsion, on the other hand, can run for days, but th...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:07 +0000
ISS leak: Astronauts briefly shelter as leak worsens
Reported by Space | EarthSky
The International Space Station has a leak. NASA told the astronauts yesterday to shelter and prepare for an evacuation. What happened? Read about the ISS leak.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:14 +0000
SETI Panel Revises Recommendations for Dealing With 'Disclosure Day'
Reported by Universe Today
An international committee of experts says it has updated its rules for evaluating and revealing the detection of extraterrestrial intelligence.
The revisions to the decades-old Declaration of Principles, created and maintained by the International Acade...
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:43 +0000
NASA Bids Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission in Public Teleconference
Reported by Universe Today
The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended after more than 11 years in orbit at Mars and a decade beyond its primary, one-year mission....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:39 +0000
NASA’s X-59 Aircraft Flies Supersonic for First Time
Reported by NASA
NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, setting the stage for demonstrating its quiet supe...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:44 +0000
Astronomers Make "Live" Observation of a Nearby Protoplanetary Disk's Rotation
Reported by Universe Today
Ever since the first protoplanetary disk was discovered in 1984 around the star Beta Pictoris, these objects have presented astronomers with laboratories to study the births and evolution of worlds around distant stars. A team at France's National Center f...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:22 +0000