NASA Seeks Interest for Artemis Mission CubeSats
Reported by NASA
Organizations interested in launching CubeSats on future Artemis missions should respond to NASA’s request for information (RFI) by Monday, June 1, for initial consideration. “The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and the Artemis missions provide g...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 20:11 +0000
NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather
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On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection phase of the mission to a successful and scheduled end, surpassing its planned two-year mission. Installed on the exterior of th...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:31 +0000
NASA Wins Four Telly Awards for Artemis Moon Coverage, More
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NASA’s historic Artemis II mission coverage, which connected global audiences to watch the first humans to travel around the Moon in more than half a century, is among the agency’s video productions recognized with four 2026 Telly Awards. “President ...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:06 +0000
Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition
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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms. Reddish-brown clumps and filaments of dust partially obscure the galaxy’s fu...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 17:32 +0000
The Magnetar at the Heart of a Superluminous Supernova
Reported by Universe Today
Superluminous supernovae are the royalty in the supernova world. They're up to 100 times brighter than a standard supernova, and astrophysicists want to know why. New research shows that magnetars are responsible....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 15:39 +0000
Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 2: The Astronomer's Headache
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Dust scatters light, absorbs light, re-emits light, and ruins everything. It's why our maps of the Milky Way were wrong before 1930, and it's why one of the biggest cosmological announcements of the 2010s quietly evaporated....
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 14:16 +0000