The Sun's Red Dwarf Neighbors Provide Clues to Origins of Carbon and Oxygen
Reported by Universe Today
We live near a fusion reactor in space that provides all our heat and light. That reactor is also responsible for the creation of various elements heavier than hydrogen, and that's true of all stars. So, how do we know that stars are element generators?...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:40 +0000
NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station
Reported by NASA
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Friday, Jan. 30, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. At 11 a.m. EST, mission leadership will discuss fina...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:46 +0000
NASA Awards Global Modeling, Assimilation Support Contract
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NASA has selected ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide global modeling and data assimilation support at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Global Modeling and Assimilation Support contract is a single-aw...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:47 +0000
NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission
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NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II mission’s journey around the Moon. The Artemis II test flight will launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, carrying the Orion spacecraft and a cre...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:01 +0000
The Many Faces of Monster Galaxies
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The earliest galaxies in the universe earned the nickname "monster galaxies" for good reason, they formed stars at rates hundreds of times faster than the Milky Way, growing rapidly after the dawn of time. Astronomers using ALMA and the James Webb Space Te...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:38 +0000
An Almost-Famous Galaxy Cluster Is The JWST's Picture Of The Month
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Gravitational lensing is a powerful tool that brings impossibly distant galaxies into reach. The JWST uses galaxy clusters and their overpowering to magnify background galaxies that are otherwise beyond our observational capabilities. One cluster, named MA...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:02 +0000