Curiosity Blog, Sols 5043-5049: Preparing to Drill at ‘Nazca’
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Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 Following the Basque Lakes drill campaign, Curiosity has returned to a spot just a few meters away from the “Chiu Chiu” block to...
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- On: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:39 +0000
APOD: 2026 October 28 – The Mutual Occultation of Ganymede and Io
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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 28 – 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...
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- On: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:05 +0000
The Land of the Standing-Up Rocks
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A national monument since the 1920s, Chiricahua is America’s newest national park....
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- On: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:01 +0000
NASA Systems Engineering Team Details HWO Mission Architecture
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Finding an Earth-like world beyond the solar system is the Holy Grail of exoplanet research, and the field has experienced incredible technological advancements in searching for and identifying exoplanets since the first exoplanet was discovered in 1995. T...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:11 +0000
Unveiling Starbirth Mysteries
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In 1985, the physicist Heinz R. Pagels wrote, "Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the youung, but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event." In the decades since then, astronomers have drawn closer and closer to figuring out w...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 01:22 +0000
Dead Planets Orbiting a Dead Star
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When a star like our Sun reaches its end, it becomes a kind of zombie star called a white dwarf. These bodies have left fusion behind and will radiate only remnant heat for a long, long time. Before they become white dwarfs, they expand, engulf, and destro...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:04 +0000