Celebration of Space - June 19, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
On Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 4:25 am ET, Earth will arrive at the point in its orbit where the Northern Hemisphere is at maximum tilt (23.4°) towards the Sun. This is the Summer Solstice and marks the first day of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphe...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:30:27 EDT
The "Shadow Blaster" Galaxy's Role in High-energy Cosmic Neutrinos
Reported by Universe Today
On September 22, 2021, the IceCube Neutrino Detector in Antarctica caught a blast of neutrinos as it passed through the solar system. These neutrinos were remarkably high-energy and came from a galaxy 11 billion light-years away. That's a period of the Uni...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:03 +0000
NASA, SBA Announce New Initiative to Scale American Space Economy
Reported by NASA
NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the SBIC-NASA Initiative on Monday to increase investment in American manufacturers of industrial components and providers of technologies critical to space exploration to support a s...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:39 +0000
NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Builds on Legacy of Innovation
Reported by NASA
For more than 100 years, wind tunnels at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have helped shape the future of flight. Now, two of NASA’s longest-serving facilities — the 12-Foot Low-Speed Tunnel and the 20-Foot Vert...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:38 +0000
An Alternative to Black Holes: Gravastars with Big Bangs Inside
Reported by Universe Today
Stellar mass black holes may not be black holes at all. Instead, they could be a type of extremely compact star called a gravastar, which mimics a black hole. This is according to theoretical phsyicists who have discovered a solution to Einstein's Theory o...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:46 +0000
Mars May Have Vast Magma Systems Beneath Its Surface
Reported by Universe Today
Researchers from the University of Oxford have uncovered evidence that Mars once hosted widespread, Earth-like magmatic systems deep beneath its surface – despite the planet lacking the plate tectonics long thought necessary for this kind of geological c...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:00 +0000