Thursday, February 26, 2026

Drake Equation

"The Drake Equation has been called the second most important equation in science."https://www.seti.org/research/seti-101/drake-equation/

UFO UAP

"NASA has responded to President Donald Trump's latest talk of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs)."https://www.iflscience.com/nasa-responds-brilliantly-to-president-trumps-latest-talk-of-ufos-uaps-and-aliens-82647?utm_source=The+IFLScience+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d031ff15b3-ICYMI-25-2-26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f3c4e60-272567312&goal=0_3aa1738e2a-d031ff15b3-272567312&mc_cid=d031ff15b3&mc_eid=561ee916fc

Blue Stragglers

"Blue straggler stars stand out in old star clusters because they appear hotter, more massive and younger than stars that should all have formed billions of years ago."https://esahubble.org/news/heic2602/?lang

Orion and Artemis II

"NASA is taking steps to potentially roll back the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to the "Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after overnight Feb. 21 observing interrupted flow of helium to the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage."https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/21/nasa-troubleshooting-artemis-ii-rocket-upper-stage-issue-preparing-to-roll-back/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Vesta

"Vesta, the brightest asteroid in our Solar System’s asteroid belt, was one of the very first asteroids to be discovered."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/asteroid-vesta-discovery-celestial-police?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Cosmic Event

"An incredible space event might be happening in the heavens, and it is likely that we are going to miss it."https://www.iflscience.com/weve-only-seen-a-pair-of-eclipsing-exoplanets-once-before-astronomers-think-its-about-to-happen-again-82572?utm_source=The+IFLScience+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a85716136b-TWIS-FEBRUARY-14_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f3c4e60-272567312&mc_cid=a85716136b&mc_eid=561ee916fc

New Fuel to be used in Launch

"NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-artemis-moon-launch-astronauts-446d72be9dca1b28f441d761bd97ee17?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4