NASA Volunteers Double Known Population of Brown Dwarfs
Reported by NASA
A new paper from NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project announces that volunteers have essentially doubled the number of known brown dwarfs, with over 3,000 new discoveries made over the past 10 years since the project began. Brown dwarfs are balls of ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 05 May 2026 13:48 +0000
Could violent stellar flares make planets more habitable?
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Could violent stellar flares actually make planets more habitable? A new study into ultraviolet habitable zones says yes.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 05 May 2026 11:33 +0000
Drones Scanning Earth's Glaciers Are Paving the Way for Future Mars Helicopters
Reported by Universe Today
Mars has lots of glaciers located along its mid-latitudes. We’ve known this for years thanks to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s (MRO’s) SHARAD sounder. But, despite all of the excellent data it’s managed to gather, SHARAD doesn’t have high enou...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 05 May 2026 11:07 +0000
1st American in space, 65 years ago today
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Alan Shepard became the 1st American in space on May 5, 1961. His suborbital flight took place just 3 weeks after the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00 +0000
Ahuachapán and Its Restive Neighbors
Reported by NASA
From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of western El Salvador....
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 05 May 2026 04:01 +0000
Moon’s Formation In Many Ways Still Remains A Mystery
Reported by Universe Today
Our Moon is still guarding its secrets decades after the last of the Apollo missions lifted off the lunar surface. Lunar scientists still puzzle over just when and how a giant Earth impactor formed our Moon, completely altering our early Earth in the proc...
- By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
- On: Mon, 04 May 2026 22:11 +0000