Rising Over Louisiana
Reported by NASA
On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moon’s disk was immersed in Earth’s umbra—the ...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:38 +0000
Simulations Show That Dark Matter Isn't What Gives Stellar Streams Their Kinks
Reported by Universe Today
Astronomers study dark matter through simulations of stellar streams around the Milky Way. They found that kinks and clumps within these streams aren't caused by dark matter clusters within the galactic halo....
- By: Brian Koberlein (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian)
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000
NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds
Reported by NASA
High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredictable way they emerge and then...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:53 +0000
Scientists Develop Test Setup For New Way To Survive Reentry
Reported by Universe Today
Spacecraft famously have small bits of them disintegrate on reentry. That’s by design, as it is one of the easiest solutions to absorbing the incredible amounts of energy they experience. However, it also results in long turn around times while these hea...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:46 +0000
SuperCDMS SNOLAB Starts Its Dark Matter Hunt
Reported by Universe Today
The search for dark matter has reached another milestone - in this case the start of science for one of the world’s newest detectors. The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) SNOLAB just began its scientific operations in Ontario, and over the ...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30 +0000
Astronomers Might Use Manganese to Clock the Age of Galaxies
Reported by Universe Today
Keeping track of time in the universe is a difficult task. It’s constantly evolving and changing, and studying events that happened billions of years ago, while possible, isn’t exactly easy. A recent paper in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomic...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:47 +0000