Astronomers Use Rare Ultra-Magnetic Star to Crack a Quantum Mystery
Reported by Universe Today
An international team observed a magnetar known as 1E 1547.0–5408 using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), leading to what could be the first detection of vacuum birefringence taking place in the magnetar’s ultra-strong magnetic field....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:19 +0000
NASA Highlights Next-Gen Cargo Landers Paving the Way for a Moon Base
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NASA and its commercial partners are making progress on their way to a permanent human presence on the Moon. As part of that, a recent press release and accompanying YouTube video hints they may be looking to provide regular updates to the progress of thos...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:01 +0000
Pluto’s atmosphere update! It’s thinning
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Scientists detected Pluto's atmosphere is thinning as it moves farther away from the sun in its orbit. They did so when Pluto passed in front of distant stars.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00 +0000
1st photo of Earth from the moon 60 years ago
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As NASA plans to land astronauts on the moon with the Artemis IV mission in 2028, it's fun to see this 1st photo of Earth taken from the moon.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:30 +0000
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4982–4987: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
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By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 This week of Curiosity Mars rover operations takes us back to our “regularly scheduled programming.” After taking a sligh...
- By: NASA
- On: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:39 +0000
White Dwarf-Red Dwarf Binaries Power Cosmic Lasers
Reported by Universe Today
Researchers have helped unravel the mystery of why certain pairs of stars pulse with regular, long-period bursts of radio waves. The particular class of objects they observed come in pairs that always include a compact dead star, called a white dwarf, lock...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 23:02 +0000