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The Sun and Moon Today

  • The Sun as seen today from NASA SDO.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Satellite Events for Tonight

  • Site: FROSTYDREWOBSY
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Rising Over Louisiana

Reported by NASA

On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moon’s disk was immersed in Earth’s umbra—the ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:38 +0000

Simulations Show That Dark Matter Isn't What Gives Stellar Streams Their Kinks

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers study dark matter through simulations of stellar streams around the Milky Way. They found that kinks and clumps within these streams aren't caused by dark matter clusters within the galactic halo....
  • By: Brian Koberlein (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian)
  • On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000

NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds

Reported by NASA

High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredictable way they emerge and then...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:53 +0000

Scientists Develop Test Setup For New Way To Survive Reentry

Reported by Universe Today

Spacecraft famously have small bits of them disintegrate on reentry. That’s by design, as it is one of the easiest solutions to absorbing the incredible amounts of energy they experience. However, it also results in long turn around times while these hea...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:46 +0000

SuperCDMS SNOLAB Starts Its Dark Matter Hunt

Reported by Universe Today

The search for dark matter has reached another milestone - in this case the start of science for one of the world’s newest detectors. The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) SNOLAB just began its scientific operations in Ontario, and over the ...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30 +0000

Astronomers Might Use Manganese to Clock the Age of Galaxies

Reported by Universe Today

Keeping track of time in the universe is a difficult task. It’s constantly evolving and changing, and studying events that happened billions of years ago, while possible, isn’t exactly easy. A recent paper in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomic...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:47 +0000