NASA’s Artemis III Lander Test Will be a "Dress Rehearsal" for Returning to the Moon!
Reported by Universe Today
Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rendezvous and docking operations between commercial human landing systems and...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:41 +0000
Submillimeter Array Catches a Gamma-Ray Burst Thanks to new Fast-Response System
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The Submillimeter Array's (SMA) new semi-automated alert system demonstrates how the radio interferometer quickly responds to discoveries from space-based telescopes....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:41 +0000
On The Hunt For Earth’s First Complex Life
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Finding microfossils of Earth’s oldest complex life is a bit like chasing an astrobiological rainbow. The eukaryotic pot of gold at rainbow’s end always seems just a bit out of reach....
- By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
- On: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:44 +0000
NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits
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NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about the wing’s potential, even when th...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:08 +0000
The Dark Energy Camera's New Image is Reminiscent of van Gogh
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The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has a massive 570 megapixel camera, and its new image is of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud. Corona Australis is one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth. It's not as well-studied as the Orion Molecular Cloud or ...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:37 +0000
The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission Approaches
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Description This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026. The series begins with the smallest crescent at the center of t...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:32 +0000