How Massive Star Clusters Shape Galaxy Evolution
Reported by Universe Today
A team of researchers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope together with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to observe almost 9,000 star clusters in four nearby galaxies. They studied younger clusters that were still embedded in their natal ga...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15 +0000
Ringing the GONG: New Details About the Sun's Far-side Activities
Reported by Universe Today
For years, when something happened on the far side of the Sun, we didn't know much, if anything about it. Sunspots could form there, flares could lash out and the corona could send masses of material out to space. However, we didn't know about any of this ...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 18:00 +0000
A Light in the Dark
Reported by NASA
A thin sliver of Earth’s edge is brightly illuminated against the vast darkness of space in this April 3, 2026, image taken during the Artemis II mission. Artemis II was the first crewed flight in a series of missions to test NASA’s human deep spac...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 15:25 +0000
NASA-Supported Small Spacecraft Launches to Study Solar Particles
Reported by NASA
Through NASA, a university-designed small spacecraft is paving the way to studying particles, known as neutrinos, that move through the universe at near-light speeds. The Solar Neutrino Astro-Particle PhYsics CubeSat, known as SNAPPY, launched at 12 a.m. P...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 14:44 +0000
NASA’s Prithvi Becomes First AI Geospatial Foundation Model In Orbit
Reported by NASA
A team of researchers demonstrated NASA and IBM’s open-source Prithvi Geospatial artificial intelligence foundation model aboard two in-orbit platforms....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 14:23 +0000
NASA’s Simulated Mars Mission Marks 200 Days Inside Habitat
Reported by NASA
The four crew members of NASA’s Mars simulation recently marked 200 days into their 378-day Red Planet mission on May 7. Currently, the crew is in a simulated two‑week loss‑of‑signal period that mimics a Mars-Earth communications blackout when Mars...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 07 May 2026 14:07 +0000




