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Satellite Events for Tonight

Crew-12 Members and Insignia

Reported by NASA

From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot pose next to their mission insignia inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operation...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:53 +0000

NASA Marks Milestone in Preparation for Artemis IV Testing

Reported by NASA

Water flowing out. Data flowing in. A water system activation at the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-2) on Jan. 30 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, helped capture critical data to support testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:34 +0000

The Radical Propulsion Needed to Catch the Solar Gravitational Lens

Reported by Universe Today

Sending a mission to the Solar Gravitational Lens (SGL) is the most effective way of actually directly imaging a potentially habitable planet, as well as its atmosphere, and even possibly some of its cities. But, the SGL is somewhere around 650-900 AU away...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:18 +0000

Can Life Begin on a Moon Without a Sun?

Reported by Universe Today

Free-Floating Planets, or as they are more commonly known, Rogue Planets, wander interstellar space completely alone. Saying there might be a lot of them is a bit of an understatement. Recent estimates put the number of Rogue Planets at something equivalen...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:46 +0000

Tatooine exoplanets are oddly rare, and we finally know why

Reported by Space | EarthSky

Tatooine exoplanets - or planets orbiting 2 stars - are rare. And a new study from UC Berkeley says Einstein's general theory of relativity is to blame. The post Tatooine exoplanets are oddly rare, and we finally know why first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:29 +0000

Summer Heat Hits Southeastern Australia

Reported by NASA

January brought blistering extremes Down Under as record temperatures scorched the nation’s southeast....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:00 +0000