Blocking out the Stellar Lighthouses
Reported by Universe Today
Finding another Earth is one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time and the biggest obstacle isn't the distance, it's the glare. An Earth like planet orbiting a Sun like star is ten billion times fainter than its host. A team of NASA engineers a...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:55 +0000
A Galactic Wind Caught in the Act
Reported by Universe Today
Twelve million light years away, a galaxy is throwing a tantrum on a cosmic scale. M82, the Cigar Galaxy is forming stars at ten times the rate of our own Milky Way, and all that frenzied activity has been blasting superheated gas outward in a colossal win...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:38 +0000
Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks
Reported by Universe Today
Asteroids don’t get the love they deserve. They don’t get “cool points” because they’re not a planet or a potential life-harboring moon. They’re “just a bunch of rocks”. But asteroids are so much more, as they are time capsules of the early...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:32 +0000
Exomoons Could Be Habitable for Billions of Years, Provided they have Hydrogen Atmospheres
Reported by Universe Today
Liquid water is considered essential for life. Surprisingly, however, stable conditions that are conducive to life could exist far from any sun. A research team from the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS at LMU and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Ph...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:57 +0000
Mars-Like Worlds Near M-Dwarfs May Lose Air in Millions of Years
Reported by Universe Today
The criteria for finding an Earth-like planet unofficially comes down to two things: water and the habitable zone. But a phenomenon known as atmospheric escape often “escapes” the minds of many astronomy fans, and it turns out that atmospheric escape i...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:24 +0000
I Am Artemis: Erik Richards
Reported by NASA
Listen to this audio excerpt from Erik Richards, Near Space Network Mission Manager: For Erik Richards, supporting NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon and back is the culmination of a career spent helping spacecraft c...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:30 +0000