NASA to Discuss Artemis Acceleration, Status of Upcoming Moon Missions
Reported by NASA
NASA will provide an update on its plans to return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2028 at 2 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 23, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live Participants...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:32 +0000
A Trip to Mars Could Break Your Heart - Literally
Reported by Universe Today
When astronauts first travel to Mars, or anywhere else in deep space, they will have to contend with two problems that our planet itself protects us from on its surface - radiation and weightlessness. Scientists already know both can have a profound impact...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:57 +0000
APOD: 2026 October 14 – Mars and the Beehive Under an Aurora
Reported by NASA
What a cosmic coincidence! In today’s image, Mars joins the Beehive cluster below an auroral curtain and above a horizon of happy little trees near Lansjärv, Sweden....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:05 +0000
Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast
Reported by NASA
Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding—and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:01 +0000
New Data from the Juno Spacecraft Reveals that Jupiter's Has a Rippling, Wavy Magnetodisk
Reported by Universe Today
Using observations from NASA's Juno spacecraft, an international team led by Shandong University shows that Jupiter's magnetodisk is a rippling structure that rotates with the planet, contrary to what scientists previously thought....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:13 +0000
Hypernovae May Be All Hype, No Nova
Reported by Universe Today
Astrophysicists think that hypernovae are the most powerful stellar explosions in the Universe. They're the most explosive type of core-collapse supernova. But the evidence for them is not voluminous, and new research pokes holes in it, pointing out that h...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:41 +0000