NASA to Host Media Briefing on Roman Telescope, Launching Next Month
Reported by NASA
Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30. NASA will ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:07 +0000
Astronomers Are Still Trying to Understand How a Galaxy's Spiral Arms Form
Reported by Universe Today
Spiral galaxies, including grand spirals like the Whirlpool galaxy, are plentiful. But it's still a mystery how their spiral arms form and persist for hundreds of millions of years, and why some galaxies have one, two, or three or more arms. New research b...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:38 +0000
Astronomers Catch a "Dark Comet" Red-Handed
Reported by Universe Today
Our ability to track and visualize small rocks in space is still improving. And occasionally we’ll find a space rock that will remind us of that fact. One such rock is detailed in a new paper, led by Davide Farnocchia of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laborator...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:10 +0000
US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
Reported by NASA
As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-band and S-band ra...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:14 +0000
NASA Langley Celebrates Community through Music with ‘Symphony Under the Stars’ Event
Reported by NASA
NASA Langley’s “Stars, Stripes, and Supernovas – Symphony Under the Stars” event brought employees, families, and community members together for an evening filled with music, connection, and celebration. Organizers planned the...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000
A rocket will hit the moon on August 5: Newest updates here!
Reported by Space | EarthSky
A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the moon at 1:35 a.m. CDT on August 5, 2026. Who can see it? And what might you see? Answers here.
The post A rocket will hit the moon on August 5: Newest updates here! first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:15 +0000