Pretty in Pink
Reported by NASA
This image of Westerlund 2 released on March 19, 2026, features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and infrared data from NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue). Scores of gleaming stars ringed in neon pink stretch ...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:30 +0000
A Faster Way To Forecast Alien Weather
Reported by Universe Today
The TRAPPIST-1 system, located about 41 light years from Earth, has been a focal point of much exoplanetary discussion - mainly because it has 7 confirmed planets orbiting a dim M-dwarf star. Two of those planets - TRAPPIST-1e and -1f - are thought to be i...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:08 +0000
Space Out This Summer with Variety of NASA STEM Activities
Reported by NASA
Summer is “Go” for launch, and NASA has a universe of ways to help you to jump in, explore, and create! Whether you prefer to spend this season fueling your creativity, going outdoors into nature, or daydreaming about your future, NASA offers ways to t...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:03 +0000
Longest-period young transiting exoplanets discovered
Reported by Universe Today
It’s 2234, you’re on your annual class field trip touring exoplanets, and your teacher informs everyone they can pick one more exoplanetary system to explore before heading back to Earth. You and your classmates are exhausted from the day’s activitie...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:34 +0000
Roman Telescope's massive infrared mirror is ready to fly
Reported by Universe Today
It’s June 2027, and you’re fresh off defending your PhD studying the direct imaging of exoplanets while starting your postdoctoral journey at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The trauma of eating ramen and living off a sub-living wage for the last five ...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:05 +0000
Gravity Waves From Super Typhoon Sinlaku
Reported by NASA
Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone....
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:01 +0000