El Niño Is Underway
Reported by NASA
Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00 +0000
NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science
Reported by NASA
NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific leadership with commercial innovation. Under this model, NASA will provide the Aeolus atmospheric‑science instrument payload suite,...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:29 +0000
Search for Hidden Cosmic Companions in Sun’s Backyard
Reported by NASA
Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs because being paired with a star helps reveal a brown dwarf’s age. Ages of as...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:40 +0000
What Would Happen if the Sun Stopped? Part 3: The Photon Traffic Jam
Reported by Universe Today
A photon born in the Sun's core takes around 100,000 years to fight its way to the surface, bouncing through a random walk so inefficient that the light on your face is older than human civilization. Why the Sun's surface is a hundred-millennia-delayed bro...
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:03 +0000
Hubble Sees Swarm of Galaxies
Reported by NASA
Looking somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive, this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on June 12, 2026, features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211. Galaxy clusters like MACS0329-0211 are important signposts in the story of...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:56 +0000
'High-Res' is the Secret to Finding Alien Life with the Next Great Space Telescope
Reported by Universe Today
We’re still in the definition phase of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), but it seems like every week a new research group comes out with a paper helping to contribute to what is shaping up to be one of the most important space telescopes of the 20...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:30 +0000