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Satellite Events for Tonight

The Sun Has a Heartbeat

Reported by Universe Today

For forty years, a network of telescopes has been listening to the Sun hum and scientists have finally decoded what those sounds reveal about our star's hidden interior. A new study from the University of Birmingham and Yale University has found that the S...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:10 +0000

Sunday Morning's European Fireball Was Probably Only a Few Meters in Diameter

Reported by Universe Today

Multiple mobile phones, dashcams, and dedicated meteor cameras capture a fireball over part of Europe on Sunday night. Thousands of people witnessed it, and the ESA's Planetary Defence Team is analyzing it. So far, it looks like it was a few meters in diam...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:52 +0000

Insights into Spallation Mechanisms of Thermal Protection System Materials from Mass Spectrometry and HyMETS Testing 

Reported by NASA

Download PDF: Insights into Spallation Mechanisms of Thermal Protection System Materials from Mass Spectrometry and HyMETS Testing An effort was undertaken to investigate the mechanisms responsible for internal pressure build up within thermal protection...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:43 +0000

The Rubin Observatory's LSST Will Detect Imminent Impactors Before They Crash Into Earth

Reported by Universe Today

One of the Vera Rubin Observatory's objectives is to detect incoming objects. It's decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time will detect one-meter class objects about to impact Earth and allow more detailed observations of them. That will help determine ...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:20 +0000

March 2026 Satellite Puzzler

Reported by NASA

Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:12 +0000

Computational Modeling of Failure at the Fabric Weave Level in Reentry Parachute Energy Modulators  

Reported by NASA

Download PDF: Computational Modeling of Failure at the Fabric Weave Level in Reentry Parachute Energy Modulators Energy modulators (EM) are textile mechanical devices designed to dissipate snatch loads that occur when parachutes are deployed. Alt...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:06 +0000