JUICE Mission to Swing by Earth on September 28
Reported by Universe Today
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction en route to Jupiter....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:20 +0000
NASA Welcomes Croatia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
Reported by NASA
The Republic of Croatia became the 74th signatory to the Artemis Accords on Wednesday during a ceremony in the capital city of Zagreb with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “It is my privilege to welcome the Republic of Croatia as the ...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:37 +0000
NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class
Reported by NASA
NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics), is advancing to the next phase of development. This space telescope is the first in a new class of NASA astrophysi...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:09 +0000
NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Research Flights Over Colorado
Reported by NASA
Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission will deploy more than a dozen sensors to measure ozone, methane, ammonia, particulates, an...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:03 +0000
NASA’s Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova
Reported by NASA
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0417 (left of center) on Sept. 19, 2026. This galaxy cluster acts as a gravitational lens, bending and magnifying light from objects far behind it. Supernova Athena, discov...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:43 +0000
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2026 Annual Minimum Extent
Reported by NASA
Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The ice covered an estimated 1.78 million square miles (4.6 million square kilometers),...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:15 +0000




