Interstellar Travel: the Birth of Fusion Drives
Reported by Universe Today
During the Space Age and Cold War, fusion-powered spacecraft systems were investigated as a possible means of reaching another star system within a human lifetime. Many of the proposed ideas are still on the table today, waiting for future advancements to ...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:42 +0000
Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas
Reported by NASA
Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully engineered payloads they have spent month...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:22 +0000
A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon on August 5
Reported by Space | EarthSky
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will hit the moon on August 5, 2026. Who will see it? And might they see? Answers here.
The post A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon on August 5 first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:16 +0000
Guinea-Bissau Tidal Waters
Reported by NASA
Twice each day, tides ebb and flow through a maze of sandy channels, mudflats, and mangrove forests that flank the 88 islands and islets of Guinea-Bissau’s Bijagós Archipelago (Arquipélago dos Bijagós in Portuguese). Seen from above in t...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:15 +0000
Zodiacal Dust in Exoplanetary Systems Could Hinder Our Search For Life On Other Worlds
Reported by Universe Today
Most exoplanetary systems have a plane of dust similar to the zodiacal dust of our solar system. This dust absorbs some of the very light we use to find biosignatures in exoplanet atmospheres, and could make our search for life more challenging....
- By: Brian Koberlein (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian)
- On: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:55 +0000
NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay
Reported by NASA
NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone in the development of future lu...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:20 +0000