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Satellite Events for Tonight

Building in Space With Laser "Origami"

Reported by Universe Today

University of Florida researchers are exploring how lasers could help astronauts build structures on the moon using materials already available there, including lunar soil transformed into glass. The work, led by Victoria M. Miller, Ph.D., an associate pro...
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:04 +0000

On The Hunt For Cosmic Dawn And The Universe’s Very First Stars

Reported by Universe Today

After decades of searches, cosmologists are within reach of finding cosmic dawn. A longtime observational cosmologist explains....
  • By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
  • On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:35 +0000

Curiosity Blog: Sols 4913-4919: Planetary explorers, freewheeling to the Yardang unit!

Reported by NASA

Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning day: Friday, June 5th, 2026 In a very broad sense, Curiosity has two modes of doing science – one centred...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:23 +0000

NASA Awards Contract for Construction Services in California

Reported by NASA

NASA has selected multiple small businesses for the Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract, which supports a broad range of facility enhancement, modernization, and sustainment work at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Ca...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:32 +0000

David Kipping Has a New Take on the Existence of Advanced Life in the Universe... and the Numbers are Not Encouraging!

Reported by Universe Today

DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2606.04044...
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:56 +0000

This is How Supermassive Black Holes Feed Themselves

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers may have found the missing link in the SMBH feeding process. New observations with the JWST show that a galaxy's circumnuclear disk, which feeds gas into its black hole, is connected to a much larger network of filaments. Cool gas flows through...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:12 +0000