Johnson’s Cindy Evans Prepares Artemis Teams for Lunar Science
Reported by NASA
NASA’s Artemis II crew had many technical and operational responsibilities during their historic mission to the Moon, but they also served an important role as scientific ambassadors to Earth’s nearest neighbor. On their 10-day journey, the crew flew b...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 15:00 +0000
What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 4: The Reckoning
Reported by Universe Today
No quantum gravity. The wrong peak in the wave function. Boltzmann Babies. Roger Penrose pointing out that the arrow of time was smuggled in through the back door. The no-boundary proposal is beautiful. It is also possibly wrong in many specific ways....
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 14:15 +0000
NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind
Reported by NASA
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has collected more than ten years of data from this zone – more than scientists can analyze alone. As Shock Detectives, you’ll help sort the chaotic from peaceful regions of the data, giving researchers ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:05 +0000
Interstellar turbulence in the Milky Way distorts light
Reported by Space | EarthSky
For the 1st time, astronomers have directly detected how interstellar turbulence distorts the light from distant objects in our galaxy.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 11:14 +0000
TESS Data Reveals 27 New Planet Candidates in Binary Systems
Reported by Universe Today
You’re doing some late afternoon work on the habitat as part of humanity’s first exoplanet settlement, but the sun is going down so you’re trying to speed things up. Just as the light dims, everything suddenly starts getting brighter. You look up and...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 04:51 +0000
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
Reported by NASA
The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during 19th-century land surveys and is still farmed today....
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 19 May 2026 04:01 +0000