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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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Satellite Events for Tonight

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Typhoon Jangmi

Reported by NASA

The sprawling storm promised to deliver torrential rain across a wide swath of southern Japan....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:00 +0000

Blue Origin Issues Official Statement on New Glenn Explosion

Reported by Universe Today

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is assessing damage to its launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing, creating a giant orange fireball seen and felt for miles around....
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:37 +0000

NASA Space Roboticist Challenge

Reported by NASA

The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will launch a robotic arm, with seven degrees of freedom, to low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to the robotic arm to a select group of U.S. researchers — principal investigators, post-doctoral researchers, ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:56 +0000

Astronomers Uncover Statistical Evidence for Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes

Reported by Universe Today

Galactic collisions are events of breathtaking proportions. The Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) at their centers plunge into a chaotic orbital dance that eventually coalesce into a single remnant. On their way to that point, they could eventually get “k...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:33 +0000

The Next-Generation Very Large Array Prototype (ngVLA) Gathers its First Light

Reported by Universe Today

The prototype ngVLA antenna tested its systems by observing and tracking the Crab Nebula, also known as Taurus A (3C144), the remnant of an exploded star....
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:14 +0000

Flash-Melted Glass from Chang'e-5 Reveals a High Levels of Iron on the Moon

Reported by Universe Today

It might not seem like it, but the Moon is constantly being both sandblasted and baked. Its lack of a thick atmosphere allows micrometeorites to impact the surface at speed, and the solar wind isn’t held back either, baking the regolith with a constant f...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:09 +0000