NASA’s Proposed EVE Mission Aims to Solve the Radius Valley Mystery
Reported by Universe Today
A debate has been raging amongst planetary scientists for over a decade - why are there so few exoplanets with a radius of about 1.8 times that of the Earth? Exoplanets are currently largely grouped into two distinct groups - “super Earth” are below th...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:12 +0000
NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’
Reported by NASA
The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. Now a particular little red dot’s spectrum is helping connect many of the pieces. A team of astronomers led...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00 +0000
Jim Irons, Former Landsat Project Scientist, Wins Pecora Award
Reported by NASA
Landsat’s Jim Irons won the prestigious William T. Pecora Award. Irons, now an emeritus scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, played an integral role in shaping the Landsat program into what it is today....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00 +0000
GLOBE Mission Earth Educators Participate in Land Cover Community of Practice
Reported by NASA
During the 2025-2026 school year, educators from the NASA Science Activation Program’s GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) Mission Earth project participated in a specialized Community of Practice led by NASA Langley Resear...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:43 +0000
NASA’s CloudCube Pioneers Miniaturized Radar to Study Clouds, Precipitation
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A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud systems. Called CloudCube, this new instrument simultaneously probes the atmosphere with three radar signal...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00 +0000
Where Not to Look in the Search for ET
Reported by Universe Today
When we scan the skies for signs of alien civilisations, where exactly should we be looking and perhaps more importantly, where should we not? A high school student from Ankara has just published a remarkably sophisticated answer to that question, building...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:40 +0000