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Satellite Events for Tonight

A Fault Line in Full Bloom

Reported by NASA

Plains around the San Andreas Fault and across Carrizo Plain National Monument are awash with yellow as wildflowers bloom....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:01 +0000

Transformational Tools and Technologies Resources

Reported by NASA

Vision Studies, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) Studies, and White Papers...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:59 +0000

How Will Martian Gravity Affect Skeletal Muscle?

Reported by Universe Today

Marie Mortreux, an assistant professor in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Health Sciences, is part of an international team of researchers studying how the Mars’s gravity would affect astronauts’ skeletal muscle....
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:39 +0000

Celebration of Space - March 20, 2026

Celebration of Space - March 20, 2026

Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns

This past Monday, March 16, 2026, the International Astronomy Union (IAU) Minor Planet Center announced the addition of 11 newly discovered moons around Saturn, and 4 around Jupiter. These additions bring the total count of moons around Saturn to 285, and ...
  • By: Scott MacNeill
  • On: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:56:12 EDT

Saturn-mass world discovered orbiting two low-mass stars

Reported by Universe Today

You just established a settlement on an Earth-like planetary body far from our solar system. You did your evening chores after eating dinner, and you want to go out for the evening view, which consists of two setting stars, reminiscent of the infamous scen...
  • By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
  • On: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:26 +0000

NASA’s X-59 Experimental Supersonic Aircraft Makes Second Flight 

Reported by NASA

NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft made its second flight on Friday, kicking off a series of dozens of test flights in 2026.  Although the flight duration was abbreviated due to a technical is...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:27 +0000