Hera Finally Sees Dimorphos

On Oct. 18, 2026, from about 1,280 km out, ESA's Hera resolved Didymos and Dimorphos as two objects for the first time. By early November it had a close-up of Didymos from 60 km. Detailed Dimorphos images are due Nov. 25.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026/Author: Roggie D/Number of views (9)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating

Categories: Astronomy Space

Tags: Case File SOLVED NASA ESA Hera Dimorphos Didymos DART planetary defense asteroid Asteroid Framing Camera Juventas Milani AIDA RRH-CF-004

Mars's Oddest Cloud Just Got Odder

Every southern spring morning on Mars, a water-ice cloud stretches up to about 1,100 miles downwind of Arsia Mons. A 2026 model only grows that plume when vapor can freeze with no dust seeds. A strong lead, not a closed verdict.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026/Author: Roggie D/Number of views (10)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating

Categories: Astronomy Atmospheric Phenomena

Tags: Case File SOLVED Mars Arsia Mons AMEC elongated cloud Mars Express ESA Hernández-Bernal Nature Geoscience homogeneous nucleation orographic cloud water ice RRH-CF-002

Something 49,000 Light-Years Out Switched On, Faded, and Came Back

VT J1906+0849 wasn't there in 1996. It blazed in radio for two decades, faded, and in late 2025 began brightening again. Astronomers have a suspect, a younger cousin of SS 433. They don't have a confession.

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Categories: Unexplained Astronomy

Tags: Case File UNSOLVED VT J1906+0849 VLASS radio transient Very Large Array Miller Caltech SS 433 microquasar neutron star black hole NVSS Swift Keck RRH-CF-001

The Planet That Vanished While Astronomers Watched

For seven years a giant planet 1,000 light-years away crossed its star on a wobbly schedule. Then in 2026 it stopped showing up. It didn't vanish: an unseen, tilted neighbor is rocking its orbit out of our view. It should be back in 30 to 50 years.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026/Author: Roggie D/Number of views (9)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating

Categories: Science Astronomy

Tags: Case File SOLVED TOI-2535 b exoplanet hot Jupiter TESS NASA UCLA transit orbital precession Kitt Peak WIYN NEID Corvus Neptune RRH-CF-006

The Ship That Vanished After a U-boat Dropped Spies in Maine

Four days after two agents were rowed ashore in Maine from U-1230, it torpedoed the SS Cornwallis. 43 people were killed. For 81 years nobody knew exactly where she went down. Divers found her in July 2026, nearly 400 feet down. It is a grave.

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Categories: Historical

Tags: Case File SS Cornwallis U-1230 Operation Elster Maine World War II shipwreck Gulf of Maine Nomad Exploration Team Hancock Point Frenchman Bay William Colepaugh Erich Gimpel merchant marine RRH-CF-005 SOLVED

Hera Finally Sees Dimorphos

Mars's Oddest Cloud Just Got Odder

Something 49,000 Light-Years Out Switched On, Faded, and Came Back

The Planet That Vanished While Astronomers Watched

The Ship That Vanished After a U-boat Dropped Spies in Maine

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