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Satellite Events for Tonight

Fire Chars Santa Rosa Island

Reported by NASA

The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 20 May 2026 04:00 +0000

A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part VI: The Great Silence and the Great Filter

Reported by Universe Today

In the closing decades of the 20th century, several proposed explanations were put forward for why humanity has not yet found evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence in the cosmos....
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Tue, 19 May 2026 23:06 +0000

Psyche mission images of Mars flyby are here!

Reported by Space | EarthSky

Psyche mission images of the Mars flyby are now here! See images and read more about what Psyche learned as it passed the red planet. The post Psyche mission images of Mars flyby are here! first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Tue, 19 May 2026 21:19 +0000

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater

Reported by NASA

Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color view of the large double-ring crater Huygens (upper right; about 290 miles, or 470 kilometers, in diameter) and the surrounding heavily crater...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 19 May 2026 20:47 +0000

NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach

Reported by NASA

Description This view of the Martian surface, captured by NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on May 15, 2026, shows streaks that have formed due to wind blowing over impact craters in the Syrtis Major region. The image scale is nearly 1,200 feet (360 meters) per p...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 19 May 2026 20:43 +0000

Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole

Reported by NASA

Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap of Mars captured by NASA’s Psyche mission after it made its close approach with the planet for a gravity assist. The image scale is around 0.7 miles per pixel (1.14 kil...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 19 May 2026 20:38 +0000