Curiosity Blog Sols 4804-4811: Kicking Off the Final Phase of Boxwork Exploration
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Written by Abigail Fraeman, Curiosity Deputy Project Scientist Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 Curiosity spent this week at Gale crater completing the last few activities associated with the “Nevado Sajama 2” drill before kicking off our fin...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:44 +0000
A Pulsar Near The Milky Way's Galactic Center Is A Perfect Set-up To Test General Relativity
Reported by Universe Today
The Milky Way's center is densely-packed with stars and there should be abundant pulsars there. But for some reason, we can't find them. New research presents a candidate pulsar in the GC. It's close enough to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole that i...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:27 +0000
Ground Teams Stop Flow of Liquid Hydrogen During Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal
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NASA said Tuesday it will now target a March launch of its new moon rocket after running into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test a day earlier....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:10 +0000
An Ancient Merger Could Have Created Titan and the Debris Created Saturn's Rings
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New research presents a timeline for recent (astronomically speaking) events in the Saturnian system. It shows that Titan collided with a proto-Hyperion, and the collision smoothed Titan's surface while some of the debris accreted onto a new Hyperion and a...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:14 +0000
Stormy, Snowy Winter for Hokkaido
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On February 5, 2026, the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image of snow-covered landscapes across Hokkaido. With more than 31 active volcanoes, the island features seve...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:26 +0000
Occupy Mars? Or the Moon? Get a Reality Check on Elon Musk's Plans
Reported by Universe Today
SpaceX founder Elon Musk now says he wants to build a city on the moon before building a city on Mars. Is either scenario realistic?
In the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast, biologist Scott Solomon, the author of a new book titled "Becoming ...
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:22 +0000