In Anticipation of New Horizons Entering Interstellar Space, Researchers are Developing a Solar Wind Forecasting Method
Reported by Universe Today
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are using a solar wind forecasting method combined with analytic and numerical heliosphere models to find out where the first plasma boundary of the outer heliosphere lies as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft h...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:16 +0000
NASA’s Hubble Spies Stellar Sparkler for July 4th
Reported by NASA
Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope....
- By: NASA
- On: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:15 +0000
A New Study into Dark Matter in the Bullet Cluster Could Disprove its Existence
Reported by Universe Today
A study led by the University of Bonn presents new data that calls the existence of Dark Matter - a fundamental pillar of the current cosmological model - into question....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:21 +0000
Bending Spacetime Reveals New Planet Hidden in Archived TESS Data
Reported by Universe Today
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has captured evidence of a Jupiter-like world orbiting another star, using a trick straight out of Einstein’s relativity: gravitational microlensing. The technique marks a first for TESS, and opens up...
- By: Scott Johnston (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/sajohnston1989)
- On: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:16 +0000
NASA’s Hubble Captures Crimson Cloud Sparkling with White, Blue Stars
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Blue and white stars shine brightly against crimson gas in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope....
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:01 +0000
Astronomers Spot an Extremely Rare Galaxy Mega-Merger
Reported by Universe Today
Scale in the universe is hard to understand from a purely human perspective. Many times the math just doesn’t sit well with our brains that evolved to capture and process data about the world around us rather than groking the complexities of stellar dyna...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:55 +0000