Universe Today (Page 146)

Hubble Observes the Most Powerful Gamma Ray Burst Ever Detected

By Matthew Williams - November 22, 2019 02:35 PM UTC | Observing

An international effort involving multiple observatories and astronomers from around the world have observed the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever.

A Brand New Island in the Pacific has Survived 5 Years

By Evan Gough - November 21, 2019 07:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Starship Mk 1 Blows its Top During Testing

By Matthew Williams - November 21, 2019 06:54 PM UTC | Space Exploration

During a recent cryogenic loading test at Boca Chica, Texas, the Starship Mk 1 prototype experienced a sudden failure and is likely to be scrapped.

Astronomers Finally Find the Neutron Star Leftover from Supernova 1987A

By Evan Gough - November 21, 2019 05:17 PM UTC | Stars

How Do We Settle on Ceres?

By Matthew Williams - November 20, 2019 02:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

How might humanity go about establishing a colony on Ceres, the largest object in the Main Asteroid Belt?

Scientists Search for Ancient Fossils in Australia, Practicing the Techniques They'll Use on Mars

By Evan Gough - November 20, 2019 01:33 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Conjunction Alert: Jupiter Meets Venus at Dusk

By David Dickinson - November 20, 2019 10:31 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Get ready: The queries are inbound. "Did you see those two bright things in the sky last night?" Says a well meaning family member/friend/coworker/random person on Twitter that knows you're into astronomy. "They were HUGE!"

Weekly Space Hangout: November 20, 2019 - Kathryn Bywaters, Research Scientist at the SETI Insitute

By susie - November 20, 2019 09:13 AM UTC | Site News

ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano will be Controlling a Rover From Space

By Matthew Williams - November 19, 2019 11:09 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The ESA has begun conducting experiments as part of their Analog project, which will allow human operators to control robotic rovers from orbit.

Water Vapor Was Just Found on Europa, More Evidence There's Liquid Water Beneath All that Ice

By Evan Gough - November 19, 2019 05:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Impact Site of China's Longjiang-2 Spacecraft has Been Found on the Moon

By Matthew Williams - November 19, 2019 03:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Thanks to an amateur tracker, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team found the lunar impact site of China's Longjiang-2 satellite.

Carnival of Space #638

By susie - November 19, 2019 02:45 PM UTC | Site News

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Could Find More of Earth's Transient Moons

By Matthew Williams - November 19, 2019 02:22 PM UTC | Telescopes

A team of astronomers estimates that the LSST (which will be operational in 2020) will allow us to learn more about Earths' "transient moons".

If Astronauts Hibernated on Long Journeys, They'd Need Smaller Spacecraft

By Evan Gough - November 19, 2019 01:46 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Scientists Construct a Global Map of Titan's Geology

By Evan Gough - November 18, 2019 06:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

How Large Can A Planet Be?

By Brian Koberlein - November 18, 2019 01:13 PM UTC | Exoplanets

When it comes to planets, the largest planet in the universe probably isn't the most massive.

Stingray Glider to Explore the Cloudtops of Venus

By Matthew Williams - November 15, 2019 11:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Researchers at the University of Buffalo's CASH Lab are working on a glider inspired by the stingray to explore Venus.

Two of Neptune's Moons Dance Around Each Other as they Orbit

By Evan Gough - November 15, 2019 06:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New Horizon's Flyby Target 2014 MU69 Gets its Official Name: Arrokoth

By Matthew Williams - November 15, 2019 06:03 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The KBO formerly known as Ultima Thule (2014 MU69) has officially been named "Arrokoth", the traditional Powhatan-Algonquin language.

Tatooines everywhere? Many of the Exoplanets Already Discovered are in Multi-Star Systems

By Evan Gough - November 15, 2019 03:10 PM UTC | Exoplanets

It's Time for Hayabusa-2 to Come Home

By Evan Gough - November 14, 2019 05:08 PM UTC | Missions

Apollo 12 Launched 50 Years Ago Today

By harch - November 14, 2019 03:28 PM UTC | Missions

Molecular Oxygen on Mars is Behaving Unusually Through the Seasons. A Sign of Life?

By Evan Gough - November 14, 2019 01:54 PM UTC | Astrobiology

What's the Best Way to Sail From World to World? Electric Sails or Solar Sails?

By Matthew Williams - November 13, 2019 05:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new study compares two potential means of interstellar exploration, which could have implications for both space exploration and the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.

Mars 2020 Rover is Going to a Place on Mars That's Perfect for Preserving Fossils

By Evan Gough - November 13, 2019 04:13 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Weekly Space Hangout: November 13, 2019 - Dr. Rory Barnes talks VPLanet

By susie - November 13, 2019 08:53 AM UTC | Site News

Satellites Watched Mercury's Transit From Space, Confirming That Yes, the Sun Has At Least One Planet

By Evan Gough - November 12, 2019 05:32 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Carnival of Space #637

By susie - November 12, 2019 02:51 PM UTC | Site News

November Meteors: Taurids, Leonids and a Surprise Monocerotids Outburst

By David Dickinson - November 12, 2019 12:02 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

For the northern hemisphere observers, November is fireball season. This month, keep an eye out for two sure-fire annual meteor showers, and—just maybe—a wild card outburst from the obscure Alpha Monocerotids worth watching out for.

SpaceX Launches Another 60 Starlink Satellites

By Matthew Williams - November 11, 2019 08:04 PM UTC | Space Policy

Watch a Simulation of a Galaxy, From the Big Bang Until the Present Day

By Matthew Williams - November 10, 2019 08:23 PM UTC | Cosmology

The large-scale and highly-detailed TNG50 simulation has allowed scientists to shed new light on the evolution of the cosmos and galaxies.

TESS Has Now Captured Almost the Entire Southern Sky. Here's a Mosaic Made of 15,347 Photographs

By Matthew Williams - November 08, 2019 01:19 PM UTC | Exoplanets

NASA has just released a beautiful panoramic image of the southern sky, which is composed of images taken by the TESS mission during its first year.

This Artificial Leaf Turns Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel

By Matthew Williams - November 07, 2019 03:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Researchers from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, have developed an "artificial leaf" that has the potential to turn carbon emissions into a source of biofuel.

NASA is Testing a Coating to Help Astronauts and Their Equipment Shed Dangerous Lunar Dust

By Matthew Williams - November 07, 2019 01:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA is developing an advanced new coating that could protect everything from spacecraft systems to astronauts from harmful lunar dust.

What Voyager 2 Learned After Spending a Year in Interstellar Space

By Evan Gough - November 06, 2019 06:03 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Weekly Space Hangout: November 6, 2019 - Tiera & Myron Fletcher, Engineers on NASA's Space Launch System

By susie - November 06, 2019 02:22 PM UTC | Site News

New Research Suggests that the Universe is a Sphere and Not Flat After All

By Brian Koberlein - November 06, 2019 12:25 PM UTC | Cosmology

The First Stars Formed Very Quickly

By Matthew Williams - November 05, 2019 03:24 PM UTC | Cosmology

Based on a new study, it is possible that the first stars in our Universe formed about 1 billion years earlier than we thought.

Boeing's Starliner Performed its Abort Test Today. One Parachute Failed to Deploy

By Matthew Williams - November 04, 2019 06:00 PM UTC | Missions

NASA Has a New Method For Cooling Down Electronics Crammed Together in a Spacecraft

By Matthew Williams - November 04, 2019 03:29 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Engineers at NASA Goddard have completed flight tests on their revolutionary new cooling system, which has the potential to lead to smaller electronics.

Carnival of Space #635-636

By susie - November 04, 2019 02:25 PM UTC | Site News

Our Guide to the November 11th, 2019 Transit of Mercury Across the Sun

By David Dickinson - November 04, 2019 12:37 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Lowest Mass Black Hole has Been Found, only 3.3 Times the Mass of the Sun

By Matthew Williams - November 03, 2019 03:54 PM UTC | Black Holes

A team of astronomers recently discovered the smallest black hole to date, which indicates that there may be far more out there than we previously thought.