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Celebration of Space - June 19, 2026

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

Happy Asteroid Day! Prize-Winning Plan Focuses on Space Infrastructure

Reported by Universe Today

A proposal to create a new network for monitoring cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year's Schweickart Prize, which recognizes bright ideas for planetary defense....
  • By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
  • On: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:01 +0000

Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha

Reported by NASA

Relentless rains are threatening a lake in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley that has become a key hub in the global flower trade....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:01 +0000

NASA Awards Solutions for Federal Enterprise Procurement Contracts

Reported by NASA

NASA will begin processing the awards of multiple contracts for the Solutions for Enterprise‑wide Procurement (SEWP) VI Government-wide Acquisition Contract. The contract provides streamlined access to commercial products and services, including hardware...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:24 +0000

NASA Sounding Rocket to Launch Student Experiments

Reported by NASA

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to launch a sounding rocket carrying student-developed experiments for the agency’s RockSatX and RockOn programs Wednesday, June 24, between 5:30 and 9:30 a.m. EDT, with a backup day on Thursday, ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:42 +0000

A Quasar at Cosmic Dawn Flickers into View

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers have detected a flickering quasar called J0439+1634 as it appeared only 850 million years after the Big Bang. That discovery raises fresh questions about black hole formation and activity in the early Universe. The flickering light of this dist...
  • By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
  • On: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:26 +0000