The Milky Way's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator
Reported by Universe Today
Astronomers have conclusively identified a source of the highest energy cosmic ray protons in the Milky Way, solving a long standing puzzle near the star Altair. By combining gamma ray, radio, and X-ray data from three separate observatories, a Hiroshima U...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:32 +0000
A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America
Reported by NASA
Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality in parts of the U.S. and Canada....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00 +0000
Electrically Charged Mars Storms Threaten Future Exploration
Reported by Universe Today
Martian dust storms are some of the most fascinating and mysterious planetary surface processes ever observed, as Earth, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Titan are the only known planetary bodies to have active dust storms. However, the major difference for Mars ...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:45 +0000
NISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
Reported by NASA
Description Data from the Earth-orbiting U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite’s L-band radar was used to produce an image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja — a mountaintop in East Antarctica — poking out amid a stream of ice flowi...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:33 +0000
NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Captured a Time-Lapse Video of its Mars Flyby
Reported by Universe Today
NASA's Psyche mission used a gravity assist maneuver at Mars to gain velocity and adjust its trajectory to its eventual target. The asteroid 16 Psyche is a metal-rich asteroid that may be the remnant rocky core of a protoplanet. The flyby not only shepherd...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:28 +0000
NASA to Host Media Briefing on Roman Telescope, Launching Next Month
Reported by NASA
Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30. NASA will ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:07 +0000