Asteroids' Oddball Shapes Make Deflecting Them Challenging
Reported by Universe Today
In a pinch, we could use a stand-off nuclear blast to redirect a dangerous asteroid on short notice. There's no atmospheric shock wave in space, but the x-ray pulse could still deflect the space rock. But asteroids aren't round and uniform, so their weird ...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 19:26 +0000
Hera mission gets its 1st closeup view of Didymos and Dimorphos
Reported by Space | EarthSky
The Hera mission just got its 1st closeup view of Didymos and its little moonlet Dimorphos. Soon it will begin investigating the aftermath of the DART impact.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:15 +0000
A Mighty Wind Blew Away Gas and Made Early Galaxies Brighter
Reported by Universe Today
When astronomers looked at photos of the early universe taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, they found something odd: an overabundance of bright galaxies about 400 to 500 million years after the Big Bang. But these galaxies should have been far less c...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:11 +0000
Midwestern City Lights
Reported by NASA
City lights from the Midwestern United States to the East Coast sparkle across the landscape a couple of hours before sunrise on Oct. 18, 2026. Major urban areas visible in the photograph include Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; and the New York metro...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:17 +0000
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students
Reported by NASA
Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney as they answer prerecorded STEM questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 10:40 a.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 10, and will...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:11 +0000
Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Shows Water Ice Behaves the Same Across Alien Star Systems
Reported by Universe Today
Targets of opportunity sometimes happen in astronomy, and we got a major one when the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, was discovered in July 2025. And it just so happens that in the intervening years between the last known interstellar visitor (2I/Bor...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:08 +0000