The Sun's Impossible Floating Mountains
Reported by Universe Today
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research have produced the most detailed simulations ever of solar prominences. These vast clouds of cooler plasma suspended in the Sun's scorching outer atmosphere have often perplexed solar astronom...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:32 +0000
Our Galaxy Has a Hot Side and Now We Know Why
Reported by Universe Today
Our Galaxy's halo of hot gas is measurably warmer on one side than the other and a team of scientists have found the culprit. The gravitational pull of the Large Magellanic Cloud is drawing the Milky Way slowly southward, compressing the gas in its path an...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:16 +0000
NASA Connects Little Red Dots with Chandra, Webb
Reported by NASA
A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years. A “X-ray dot” found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory could explain what the hun...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:21 +0000
There’s No Place Like NASA’s New X-59 Hangar Home
Reported by NASA
There’s no sign reading “home sweet home” in the hangar where the X‑59 now sits, but the sentiment is unmistakable among those tending to the quiet supersonic aircraft. Located at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, th...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:41 +0000
Nighttime Imaging Grows Landsat’s Science Value
Reported by NASA
By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center For more than 50 years, Landsat has imaged Earth’s land and near-shore surfaces as the satellites descend in midmorning orbit, when daily sunlight is optimal. That’s just what they’ve alway...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:57 +0000
Curiosity Captures a 360-Degree View at ‘Nevado Sajama’
Reported by NASA
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree view of a region filled with low ridges called boxwork formations between Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, 2025 (the 4,714th to 4,741st Martian days, or sols, of the mission). At 1.5 billion pixels, this...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:08 +0000