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Satellite Events for Tonight

NASA Investigates How People Respond to Air Taxi Noise

Reported by NASA

New kinds of aircraft taking to the skies could mean unfamiliar sounds overhead — and where you’re hearing them might matter, according to new NASA research. NASA aeronautics has worked for years to enable new air transportation options for people and ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:54 +0000

Another Early Universe Surprise From The JWST: A Jellyfish Galaxy

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers have found a candidate Jellyfish Galaxy only about 5 billion years after the Big Bang. This is earlier than expected, since the ram pressure stripping responsible for it wasn't thought to be possible so early in the Universe's history. The gala...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:52 +0000

Ancient Massive Stars Enriched Early Clusters and Birthed First Black Holes

Reported by Universe Today

The early Universe was a busy place. As the infant cosmos exanded, that epoch saw the massive first stars forming, along with protogalaxies. It turns out those extremely massive early stars were stirring up chemical changes in the first globular clusters, ...
  • By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
  • On: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:39 +0000

NASA Releases Report on Starliner Crewed Flight Test Investigation

Reported by NASA

At a news conference on Thursday, NASA released a report of findings from the Program Investigation Team examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.   ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:06 +0000

NASA to Provide Starliner Crew Flight Test Review Findings Today

Reported by NASA

During a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday NASA will discuss the findings of investigations into the 2024 crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station. The news conference will stream live on NASA’s YouTube channel. A...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:09 +0000

Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible

Reported by NASA

Imagine trying to photograph wind. That’s similar to what NASA engineers dealt with during a recent effort to study how air moves around planes, rockets, and other kinds of aerospace vehicles. Air is invisible, but our understanding of how it flows i...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:31 +0000