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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Watching Dawn and Dusk on a Distant Hot Jupiter

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have caught an extreme, tidally locked exoplanet in the act of showing two very different faces at once, a fierce, wind battered hemisphere and a comparatively gentler half. The discovery not only reveals a ...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:51 +0000

Listening for the Universe's Faintest Whispers, a Billion Supernovae at Once

Reported by Universe Today

Buried a kilometre underground in Japan, one of the world's most sensitive detectors may have caught its first faint trace of a sound scientists have been straining to hear for decades, the combined whisper of every supernova that has ever exploded across ...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:37 +0000

Most Of Moon’s Water Likely Remains Chemically Bound In Its Deep Interior

Reported by Universe Today

Aside from an unknown quantity of water in the Moon’s permanently shaded polar craters, the lion’s share of what water the Moon may have is likely chemically bound in its deep interior....
  • By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
  • On: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:05 +0000

China Successfully Tests Reusable Long March-10B

Reported by Universe Today

On Friday, July 10th, China achieved a major milestone as its Long March-10B completed a its maiden test flight, which included the retrieval of its first stage booster....
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:56 +0000

Wally Funk, Aviation Pioneer and Oldest Woman to Travel to Space, Dies at 87

Reported by Universe Today

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87....
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:14 +0000

Celebration of Space - July 10, 2026

Celebration of Space - July 10, 2026

Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns

This coming Saturday, July 11, 2026, starting at 9:00 pm, the Frosty Drew Observatory will host our Celebrate the Milky Way special event. These are the nights that we think the Milky Way will be in best viewing during the summer viewing season. Frosty Dre...
  • By: Scott MacNeill
  • On: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:17:24 EDT