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Satellite Events for Tonight

The Surprising Heat of Early Clusters

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers using ALMA have detected the earliest hot galaxy cluster atmosphere ever observed, revealing a massive reservoir of superheated gas in the infant cluster SPT2349-56 just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. The gas is far hotter and more press...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:13 +0000

How Black Holes Slowly Starve Galaxies

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA have discovered one of the oldest ‘dead’ galaxies in the universe, revealing that supermassive black holes can kill galaxies through slow starvation rather than violent destruction. The galaxy, ...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:03 +0000

La NASA transmitirá en directo el regreso y el amerizaje de Crew 11

Reported by NASA

Read this press release in English here. La NASA y SpaceX prevén que, si las condiciones meteorológicas lo permiten, el desacoplamiento de la misión SpaceX Crew 11 de la agencia espacial estadounidense de la Estación Espacial Internacional se prod...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:52 +0000

When Baby Stars Throw Tantrums

Reported by Universe Today

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured stunning new image of HH 80/81, a pair of objects created when supersonic jets from a newborn star slam into previously expelled gas clouds, heating them to extreme levels. These jets, powered by a protostar 20 ...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:45 +0000

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-11 Return, Splashdown

Reported by NASA

Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions. ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:13 +0000

NASA’s Pandora Small Satellite Launched

Reported by NASA

In this photo from early January 2026, teams prepare to encapsulate NASA’s Pandora small satellite, NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat, inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 pa...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:39 +0000