High-Orbit Laser Satellites Could Guide Future Lunar Travelers
Reported by Universe Today
Cislunar space is already getting crowded. And with that crowding comes infrastructure complications. One is navigation - there is no Global Positioning System available when you're not on the globe. Finding a spacecraft’s exact orbital path relies on ne...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000
ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031
Reported by Universe Today
The planet Jupiter hosts more than 100 moons with the majority of attention going to the four Galilean moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. This is primarily due to their active geology, including Io being the most volcanically active planetary body ...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:34 +0000
APOD: 2026 August 31 – Launch of the Roman Space Telescope
Reported by NASA
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 31 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating univers...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:05 +0000
7-stage journey reveals how falling space rocks survive air
Reported by Universe Today
At least once in our lives, we’ve all seen a bright streak of light briefly blaze across the sky and have quickly referred to it as an asteroid, meteor, shooting star, comet, or some other whimsical name we’ve heard others use to describe it. For those...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:25 +0000
Gardening the Moon's Cosmic Archives
Reported by Universe Today
When a meteoroid hits the Moon's surface, it does more than just dig up a little dirt. It actually excavates a little bit of cosmic history that recorded a long-ago supernova explosion. Scientists at the University of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Pla...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:34 +0000
Roman Rises! Five Things to Know About NASA's New Space Telescope
Reported by Universe Today
NASA's newest eye on the sky, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, has begun its journey to unravel the secrets of dark matter, dark energy and Earthlike planets — months ahead of schedule....
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:57 +0000