Direct neutral gas found in galaxies 700M yrs post-Big Bang
Reported by Universe Today
Approximately 13.8 billion years ago, the Big Bang is hypothesized to have occurred, kickstarting our universe and eventually life on our small, blue world. While the Big Bang has yet to be directly observed, scientists have worked tirelessly to piece toge...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:14 +0000
APOD: 2026 September 29 – Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula
Reported by NASA
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 29 –… 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 univ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:05 +0000
Fire Cloud with a Pileus on Top
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Scientists captured rare observations of an ephemeral pileus cloud hovering over a smoke-infused cloud that rose above a wildfire in Montana....
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:01 +0000
Mars Has Its Charmes
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Written by Athanasios (Thanos) Klidaras, Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University Sept. 21, 2026 After a long hiatus, the Perseverance rover updates page is back. A lot has happened on Mars in the meantime, and with regular updates now resuming, there is ple...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:27 +0000
Cornell Lightsail Experiment Paves the Way for Interstellar Missions
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Students in Cornell’s Space Systems Design Studio have published results from two lightsail experiments (Alpha CubeSat and Sailing to the Stars) built by engineering students at Cornell University....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:49 +0000
Diving into an Out-of-sync Galaxy
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Galaxies are like snowflakes, no two exactly alike, even the spirals. The Hubble Space Telescope did a visual dive into the distant spiral NGC 4693 and found some intriguing hints to its past. For one thing, this member of the Virgo Cluster seems to have a...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:30 +0000