APOD: 2026 October 22 – The First Green Star, WD J1330+6435
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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 22 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating un...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:05 +0000
Fires Char New Guinea
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Emissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:01 +0000
Faster to Science: A Letter to the Science Community
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NASA Science wants to deliver science faster, so we’re changing how we compete and select missions. On Monday, October 26, we will host a virtual NASA Science Town Hall....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00 +0000
How Flare Ribbons Reveal Hidden Solar Explosions on the Sun
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Solar flaring is complex behaviour triggered by reconnection, when magnetic field lines break and then snap back to the Sun's surface. The flaring is complex behaviour, and its details are difficult to observe. Researchers found a new way to study flaring ...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:18 +0000
NASA Conducts RS-25 Engine Test in Support of Future Artemis Missions
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NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of tim...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:51 +0000
Webb Captures Stars in the Early Stages of Life in a Nearby Stellar Nursery
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This Webb infrared image, released on October 6th, 2026, shows the star-forming region NGC 7129, about 3,300 light-years from Earth. The central star, LkHα 234, is a young star of 5–8 solar masses whose outflows have cleared a cavity about 3.5 light-yea...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:36 +0000