Fire’s Footprint on Santa Rosa Island
Reported by NASA
A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the Channel Islands....
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:01 +0000
NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft
Reported by NASA
NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and Johnson Space Cente...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:45 +0000
Ceres’ Surface Is Much More Complex Than Previously Thought
Reported by Universe Today
The dwarf planet Ceres has a surface that seems to get more perplexing with each new study. A recent paper presented at EGU26 in Vienna only adds to its mystery....
- By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:44 +0000
NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy
Reported by NASA
Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the coming weeks. The observatory will arrive aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Goddard Space F...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:22 +0000
Are the JWST's Early Overrmassive Black Holes Just Normal-Range Outliers?
Reported by Universe Today
The JWST found an abundance of overmassive black holes at high redshifts, pushing the limits of black hole (BH) science in the early Universe. Results have claimed that these BHs are significantly more massive than expected from the BH mass-host galaxy ste...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:39 +0000
Astrobiology's Looming Statistical Crisis
Reported by Universe Today
Multi-billion dollar space telescope programs aren’t only feats of aerospace engineering. They also feature “lies, damn lies, and statistics”. Or at least statistics. They definitely feature those, as does all good observational astronomy. The proble...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:49 +0000