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Radio Astronomy is Getting a Big Boost from the VLA's New Sky Survey

Reported by Universe Today

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory has completed a new survey with the updated Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico. It's called the VLASS, the Very Large Array Sky Survey, and it's the most detailed radio survey of the sky ever comple...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:09 +0000

White Dwarfs Eat More Planetary Debris Than Thought, But Magnetic Fields Hide It

Reported by Universe Today

Planetary debris disks around white dwarfs appear to be more plentiful than thought. That's because some white dwarfs are magnetic, and those magnetic fields create patches of metallic debris near the stars' poles, where it's more difficult to detect. This...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:57 +0000

Probing Binary Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud with the JWST

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers want to know how universal the initial mass fraction (IMF) of galaxies is. To do they that, they need to discern binary stars in other galaxies, a difficult task. Researchers used the JWST to study the Small Magellanic Cloud and determine how m...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:22 +0000

NASA Sets Coverage for August Northern Hemisphere Total Solar Eclipse

Reported by NASA

On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. NASA will stream the eclipse live with views across the path and interviews with subjec...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:49 +0000

NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte

Reported by NASA

Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this sand-capped butte, nicknamed “Miraflores,” estimated to be about 20 feet (6 meters) tall, with its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on June 11, 2026, the 4,923rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The b...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:08 +0000

NASA’s Curiosity Discovers a Field of Martian Polygons

Reported by NASA

Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree view of an expanse of terrain covered in surface features called polygons on June 19 and 20, 2026, the 4,930th and 4,931st Martian days, or sols, of the mission. The rover has found polygon...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:06 +0000