Jupiter Created the Birthplace of Rocky Bodies in the Early Solar System
Reported by Universe Today
Jupiter helped create the different rocky bodies in the Solar System. The massive gas giant created a planet-induced pressure bump in the gas in the disk surrounding the young Sun. This pressure bump filtered different types of dust at different times, lea...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:36 +0000
How a Giant Moon and a Steam Atmosphere Built the Recipe for Life
Reported by Universe Today
4.5 billion years ago was an interesting time for the Earth. The atmosphere was thick and what we would now think of as toxic. The Moon, which was freshly formed, looks much more massive than it does today and faintly glows with the residual heat from its ...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:21 +0000
Pretty in Pink
Reported by NASA
This image of Westerlund 2 released on March 19, 2026, features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and infrared data from NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue). Scores of gleaming stars ringed in neon pink stretch ...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:30 +0000
A Faster Way To Forecast Alien Weather
Reported by Universe Today
The TRAPPIST-1 system, located about 41 light years from Earth, has been a focal point of much exoplanetary discussion - mainly because it has 7 confirmed planets orbiting a dim M-dwarf star. Two of those planets - TRAPPIST-1e and -1f - are thought to be i...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:08 +0000
Space Out This Summer with Variety of NASA STEM Activities
Reported by NASA
Summer is “Go” for launch, and NASA has a universe of ways to help you to jump in, explore, and create! Whether you prefer to spend this season fueling your creativity, going outdoors into nature, or daydreaming about your future, NASA offers ways to t...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:03 +0000
Longest-period young transiting exoplanets discovered
Reported by Universe Today
It’s 2234, you’re on your annual class field trip touring exoplanets, and your teacher informs everyone they can pick one more exoplanetary system to explore before heading back to Earth. You and your classmates are exhausted from the day’s activitie...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:34 +0000