Lucky 13! Starship Deploys Starlink Satellites and Splashes Down Intact
Reported by Universe Today
SpaceX's Starship super-rocket deployed operational next-generation Starlink satellites for the first time during its 13th flight test, which addressed snags that arose in the previous test....
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:59 +0000
New Images Reveal the Stunning Properties of the Black Hole at the Center of M87
Reported by Universe Today
Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with international collaborators, carried out the first spatially resolved dual-frequency spectral study of the M87 black hole using observations obtained i...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:55 +0000
How the American Public Really Feels About the Booming Space Economy in 2026
Reported by Universe Today
In democracies, opinion polls are one of the most common ways to measure public and therefore political support for an issue. Because space exploration is still closely tied to the government policy and funding, public opinion can play an important role i...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:41 +0000
Are We Missing Alien Lighthouses?
Reported by Universe Today
Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence has so far meant primarily focusing on one particular type of signal - and that signal has normally been based on what our own current cutting edge technology is. But what if that’s the wrong way to look for si...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:13 +0000
Juno Measures the Heat Below Io's Restless Surface
Reported by Universe Today
Juno's Microwave Radiometer (MWR) was built peer deep down into Jupiter's massive atmosphere. But during the spacecraft's extended mission, it's been studying the Galilean moons. During two flybys of volcanic Io, the spacecraft its MWR to measure the heat ...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:56 +0000
NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon
Reported by NASA
On July 3, one of NASA’s two Mars-destined ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft captured photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light. At the time, the spacecraft was 363,250 miles (584,600 kil...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:47 +0000