NASA Awards Moon Base Transportation, Technology, Science Projects
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NASA announced a suite of awards and mission updates on Saturday to expand the agency’s Moon Base exploration, science, and infrastructure capabilities. The investments will advance commercial robotic deliveries, a nuclear-powered rover named PROMISE...
- By: NASA
- On: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:47 +0000
NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps
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NASA is looking for the explorers who will help write the next chapter of human spaceflight. Applications are now open for the agency’s next class of astronauts, who will join NASA as America returns to the Moon, builds the Moon Base, and lays the ground...
- By: NASA
- On: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 18:11 +0000
Our Sun’s Undiscovered Stellar Nemesis Is Still Out There, Says Physicist
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The decades old idea that our solar system’s Oort Cloud is continually perturbed by a heretofore undetected low mass Red Dwarf star remains the best explanation for periodicities found in Earth’s impact record. Or so says a well known physicist who ha...
- By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
- On: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:47 +0000
APOD: 2026 November 7 – De Gerlache-Kocher Massif
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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 7 –… 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 univer...
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- On: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 05:05 +0000
The ELT Can Probe Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies and Their Dark Matter Mysteries
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Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies are strange because they're as large as the Milky Way, but have far fewer stars. It's as if they're puffed up for some reason. Determining what's going on with them could help confirm the Lambda-CDM model. A new proposed instrument f...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:34 +0000
NASA's Twin Spacecraft Will Execute Powered Slingshot Maneuvers on Their Way to Mars
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NASA's ESCAPADE mission features a pair of identical spacecraft on their way to Mars. They launched outside of the normal launch window, so they'll perform powered slingshot maneuvers to boost their speed. Once there, they'll "fly" in formation and study h...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:35 +0000