Universe Today (Page 104)

Fast Radio Bursts can now be Tracked in Real-Time

By Matthew Williams - January 12, 2022 05:52 PM UTC | Physics

Researchers from the University of McGill have developed a new system that will share CHIME data in real-time with observatories worldwide, helping them solve the mystery of FRBs.

Astronomy Jargon 101: Ionosphere

By Paul Sutter - January 12, 2022 05:21 PM UTC | Planetary Science

China's Lander Has Detected Water on the Moon

By Nancy Atkinson - January 12, 2022 03:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Watch a Star Die and Then Explode as a Supernova

By Evan Gough - January 12, 2022 01:00 PM UTC | Stars

The Milky Way's Most Recent Meal was a Galaxy it Gobbled up 8-10 Billion Years ago

By Brian Koberlein - January 12, 2022 12:30 PM UTC | Milky Way

The Milky Way had a sausage galaxy breakfast about 8 billion years ago

Astronomy Jargon 101: Kirkwood Gaps

By Paul Sutter - January 12, 2022 09:05 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Rings in the Early Solar System Kept our Planet From Becoming a Super-Earth

By Matthew Williams - January 11, 2022 11:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A team led by Rice University has created a new model of planetary formation that answer how the Solar System is the way it is.

Nearby Supernovae Were Essential to Life on Earth

By Evan Gough - January 11, 2022 04:06 PM UTC | Astrobiology

What is the Arecibo Message?

By Matthew Williams - January 10, 2022 07:28 PM UTC | Astrobiology

In 1974, the famous Arecibo Message was sent into space, humanity's first and only attempt at messaging extraterrestrial intelligence.

The Early Earth was Really Horrible for Life

By Evan Gough - January 10, 2022 04:24 PM UTC | Astrobiology

SpaceX Tests its Starship-Catching Launch Tower

By Nancy Atkinson - January 10, 2022 04:22 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Now we Know why Spaceflight Affects Your Eyes

By sjohnston - January 09, 2022 04:46 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Surface of the Moon is Electrically Charged, Which Could Allow a Hovering Robot to Explore it

By Matthew Williams - January 08, 2022 10:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A team from MIT has developed a concept for a robotic mission that would use ion beams to levitate on airless bodies like the Moon and asteroids.

Webb's Mirror Now Fully Unfolded. Prepare to Witness the Power of This Unprecedented Space Telescope

By Nancy Atkinson - January 08, 2022 12:27 PM UTC | Telescopes

Astronomers Discover a Totally New Kind of Nebula

By Evan Gough - January 07, 2022 07:04 PM UTC | Stars

A New Image Reveals Orion's Flame Nebula in Infrared

By Evan Gough - January 07, 2022 03:43 PM UTC | Stars

China's Rover Checks out that Weird Cube on the Moon. Surprise! It's a Rock.

By Nancy Atkinson - January 07, 2022 01:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Here's Why Webb Doesn't Have Cameras on Board to Livestream its Deployment

By Nancy Atkinson - January 07, 2022 11:48 AM UTC | Telescopes

An Incredible View Into the Heart of the Small Magellanic Cloud

By Evan Gough - January 06, 2022 01:08 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Why don't Green Comets Have Green Tails?

By Brian Koberlein - January 06, 2022 12:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Comets with a green glow don't have green tails, and a new set of lab experiments tells us why.

Astronomers Find the Biggest Structure in the Milky Way, a Filament of Hydrogen 1,600 Light-Years Long

By Matthew Williams - January 05, 2022 04:05 PM UTC | Milky Way

An international team of astronomers spotted the largest filament of hydrogen in our galaxy, which could offer tantalizing clues about how stars are born.

JWST Deploys its Secondary Mirror. It's a Real Telescope Now

By Nancy Atkinson - January 05, 2022 12:54 PM UTC | Telescopes

China's Tianwen-1 Spacecraft Took a Selfie Using a Tiny, Secondary Spacecraft

By Nancy Atkinson - January 05, 2022 10:36 AM UTC | Missions

Astronomers Find 70 Planets Without Stars Floating Free in the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - January 04, 2022 04:26 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A international team of astronomers, using observatories all over the world (and one in space), discovered 70 new rogue planets - the largest sample ever!

Success! Webb Sunshield Now Fully Deployed

By Nancy Atkinson - January 04, 2022 12:43 PM UTC | Telescopes

2029 Will be the Perfect Year to Launch a Mission to Sedna

By sjohnston - January 01, 2022 09:35 PM UTC | Missions

A Detailed Scan of the Milky Way Finds Possible "Fossil" Spiral Arms

By Matthew Williams - January 01, 2022 05:50 PM UTC | Milky Way

New research has revealed previously unknown wispy structures in the Milky Way disk that could offer clues about the history of our galaxy.

JWST Just Deployed a Sail That Lets it Stop Getting Pushed Around by the Sun's Radiation.

By Matthew Williams - December 31, 2021 02:36 PM UTC | Telescopes

The James Webb just deployed another important instrument - the aft momentum flap - that will keep the telescope steady as it makes its groundbreaking observations.