Asteroid Juno at its best now, around opposition
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Asteroid Juno will be at its brightest around opposition on July 26, 2026. It'll lie in front of the constellation Aquila.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:23 +0000
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return from Space Station
Reported by NASA
Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The crew made its safe, parachute-assisted la...
- By: NASA
- On: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:59 +0000
JWST May Be Missing Water Hidden Deep Within Mini-Neptune Worlds
Reported by Universe Today
Sub-Neptune exoplanets, exoplanets that are slightly smaller than Neptune, have been designated as the most common type of planet in the Milky Way Galaxy based on their vast discovery numbers, totaling almost 3,300 out of the more than 6,300 confirmed exop...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:40 +0000
Could We Send a Spacecraft to a Black Hole?
Reported by Universe Today
Black holes represent some of the most extreme environments in the universe. They’re the sources of the strongest consistent gravitational fields, which allows us to test Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity to an extent that’s impossible with sma...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:45 +0000
Lucky 13! Starship Deploys Starlink Satellites and Splashes Down Intact
Reported by Universe Today
SpaceX's Starship super-rocket deployed operational next-generation Starlink satellites for the first time during its 13th flight test, which addressed snags that arose in the previous test....
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:59 +0000
New Images Reveal the Stunning Properties of the Black Hole at the Center of M87
Reported by Universe Today
Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with international collaborators, carried out the first spatially resolved dual-frequency spectral study of the M87 black hole using observations obtained i...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:55 +0000