Celebration of Space - June 19, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
On Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 4:25 am ET, Earth will arrive at the point in its orbit where the Northern Hemisphere is at maximum tilt (23.4°) towards the Sun. This is the Summer Solstice and marks the first day of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphe...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:30:27 EDT
Ancient Martian River Channel Yields Complex Organics
Reported by Universe Today
Jezero Crater on Mars is a 45-kilometer-wide (28-mile) crater that once hosted a lake billions of years ago fed by two distinct river valleys with Jezero eventually forming an exit channel over time. One of Jezero’s most prominent features is the massive...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:05 +0000
Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge
Reported by NASA
The Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways (NESSP) project recently concluded its 2025–2026 ROADS (Rover Observation And Discoveries in Space) from Earth to Venus National Challenge, a NASA Science Activation program student challenge that engaged mo...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:05 +0000
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Has Yet to Detect Methane On Mars
Reported by Universe Today
After more than eight years of searching and with instruments designed to detect it, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Trace Gas Orbiter has yet to find methane in the red planet’s atmosphere....
- By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:53 +0000
World's Most Powerful Collider Shuts Down for a Smashing Upgrade
Reported by Universe Today
Europe's CERN physics research center bids 'Farewell' to the Large Hadron Collider, but it's actually more like 'See You Later, Accelerator!' The new, improved High-Luminosity LHC is due to make its debut in 2030....
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:53 +0000
The "Shadow Blaster" Galaxy's Role in High-energy Cosmic Neutrinos
Reported by Universe Today
On September 22, 2021, the IceCube Neutrino Detector in Antarctica caught a blast of neutrinos as it passed through the solar system. These neutrinos were remarkably high-energy and came from a galaxy 11 billion light-years away. That's a period of the Uni...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:03 +0000