NASA’s Hubble Charts Path for Roman with Gravitational Lenses
Reported by NASA
This observation is one of many gravitational lensing images taken by Hubble in preparation for science with the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:20 +0000
From Dusk, Towards Dawn: Venus Slides Past the Sun This Weekend
Reported by Universe Today
Where have all the planets gone? Late October 2026 sees a decided dearth of planets in the dusk sky, with only bashful Mercury receding from view, and Saturn fresh off of opposition. Venus, the former lucida of the evening sky is now lost from view, taking...
- By: David Dickinson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/david-dickinson)
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:30 +0000
Autonomous Triangular Modules Could Build Tomorrow’s Mega-Observatories
Reported by Universe Today
Private companies are getting better and better at launching more and more mass into space with larger and larger rockets. But, there is still a major constraint on the size of objects we can get into orbit - fairing size. This places physical constraints ...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:18 +0000
Supernova Explosions First Aided, Then Later Impeded, the Epoch of Reionization
Reported by Universe Today
The Epoch of Reionization is when radiation from early galaxies and their stars reionized neutral hydrogen and let light travel freely through the cosmos. Some research shows that supernovae helped the process. But new research shows that, though they may ...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:53 +0000
Why does anything exist? New theory emerges
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Why does anything exist? A new theory suggests a forgotten particle might have shifted the balance between matter and antimatter.
The post Why does anything exist? New theory emerges first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:28 +0000
Lucy mission to Trojan asteroids: 5 years of discoveries
Reported by Space | EarthSky
NASA’s Lucy mission is now less than a year from reaching the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. And it has already made some exciting discoveries along the way.
The post Lucy mission to Trojan asteroids: 5 years of discoveries first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:15 +0000