Universe Today (Page 153)

New observations from the Planck mission don't resolve anomalies like the CMB "cold spot"

By Matthew Williams - June 10, 2019 03:43 PM UTC | Cosmology

A new analysis of Planck mission data has provided no new insights into the anomalies it detected, leaving the door open for wild theories!

Carnival of Space #615

By susie - June 10, 2019 03:17 PM UTC | Site News

Black Hole Simulation Solves a Mystery About Their Accretion Disks

By Matthew Williams - June 08, 2019 03:55 PM UTC | Black Holes

A new study by an international team of astrophysicists have validated an age-old theory about how accretion disks behave.

You Can Use a Live Webcam to Watch NASA Build the Mars 2020 Rover

By Evan Gough - June 07, 2019 05:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Japanese asteroid-hunter had another photo opportunity when it dropped a target marker on asteroid Ryugu

By Matthew Williams - June 07, 2019 03:41 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft just launched its second target marker to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.

Don't Worry About Asteroid 2006QV89. There's Only a 1 in 7000 Chance It'll Hit the Earth in September

By Evan Gough - June 07, 2019 03:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Europe is Working On a Reusable Space Transport System: Space Rider

By Evan Gough - June 07, 2019 02:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration

There's a Ring of Cool Gas Wrapped Around the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

By Evan Gough - June 06, 2019 06:02 PM UTC | Milky Way

A double asteroid came uncomfortably close this weekend. Here's what astronomers saw

By Matthew Williams - June 05, 2019 11:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Using the Very Large Telescope, a team of ESO scientists took some stunningly clear images of a double asteroid that recently swung by Earth.

Engineers are Still Troubleshooting Why Mars InSight's Mole is Stuck and Won't Go Any Deeper

By Evan Gough - June 05, 2019 07:17 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers See an Enormous Coronal Mass Ejection... On Another Star!

By Evan Gough - June 05, 2019 05:18 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomers See Adorable Baby Planets Forming Around a Young Star

By Evan Gough - June 05, 2019 01:33 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot Vanishing as We Near Opposition 2019?

By David Dickinson - June 05, 2019 09:51 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Jupiter observation season is neigh, and with it, the largest planet in our solar system is as mysterious as ever.

Weekly Space Hangout: June 5, 2019 - Jean Wright, NASA's Seamstress to the Stars

By susie - June 04, 2019 05:41 PM UTC | Space Policy

How Will NASA and ESA Handle Mars Samples When They Get Them Back to Earth?

By Evan Gough - June 04, 2019 04:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Carnival of Space #614

By susie - June 04, 2019 01:37 PM UTC | Site News

NASA is building up a map of the entire sky seen in X-rays, line by line with its NICER experiment

By Matthew Williams - June 03, 2019 06:42 PM UTC | Missions

Using data from the first 22 months of the NICER instruments mission, NASA has constructed a beautiful image of what the X-ray sky looks like.

Subaru Telescope Sees 1800 Supernovae

By Evan Gough - June 03, 2019 04:56 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Rovers on Mars should be searching for rocks that look like pasta - they're almost certainly created by life

By Matthew Williams - June 03, 2019 03:41 PM UTC | Astrobiology

According to a new study, future NASA missions to Mars should look for "pasta-like" mineral structures, which are an indication of ancient bacteria here on Earth.

Ep. 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia

By susie - June 03, 2019 03:02 PM UTC | Site News

LEGO's New Apollo 11 Lunar Lander has been Released

By Evan Gough - June 03, 2019 02:30 PM UTC | Site News

Phew! James Webb passes its final thermal vacuum test. Still on track for 2021

By Matthew Williams - May 31, 2019 11:50 PM UTC | Telescopes

The James Webb Space Telescope recently completed vacuum chamber testing, and is good to go for its 2021 launch date!

MOONRISE: Melting lunar regolith with lasers to build structures on the Moon

By Matthew Williams - May 31, 2019 04:38 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A team of German scientists have invented a new laser system that could be used to build a lunar base in the near-future.

The First-Ever Film of a Total Solar Eclipse - in 1900 - was Just Discovered and Restored

By Evan Gough - May 31, 2019 03:18 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Curiosity has Found the Mother Lode of Clay on the Surface of Mars

By Evan Gough - May 31, 2019 01:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Why do Some Hubble Images Have That Chunk Taken Out of the Corner?

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2019 06:40 PM UTC | Observing

A Very Rare Planet Discovered. Less Massive than Neptune, Hotter than Mercury. Very Few Should Exist

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2019 06:25 PM UTC | Exoplanets

This is Where Mars 2020 Rover is Heading. From this Picture, I Think You Can Guess Why

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2019 02:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers are Finding Binary Pairs of Stars Thrown out of Galaxies Together

By Evan Gough - May 29, 2019 06:19 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Different Conditions From Earth Drive the Movement of Sand Dunes on Mars

By Evan Gough - May 29, 2019 03:33 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Weekly Space Hangout: May 29, 2019 - Dr. Molly Peeples of the Space Telescope Science Institute

By susie - May 29, 2019 08:04 AM UTC | Telescopes

This Strange Feature on Mars was Probably the Result of an Ancient Volcanic Explosion

By Evan Gough - May 28, 2019 04:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Carnival of Space #613

By susie - May 28, 2019 01:40 PM UTC | Site News

NASA's Long-Term Climate Predictions have Proven to be Very Accurate, Within 1/20th of a Degree Celsius

By Evan Gough - May 27, 2019 05:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New layers of water ice have been found beneath Mars' North Pole

By Matthew Williams - May 27, 2019 05:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study has found evidence of glacier of water ice beneath Mars' north pole, enough to cover the entire planet in an ocean.

18 - Yes, 18 - New Earth-sized Exoplanets have been Found in Kepler's Data

By Evan Gough - May 27, 2019 03:47 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Ep. 531: Australian Indigenous Astronomy

By susie - May 27, 2019 02:59 PM UTC | Site News

Catching a Ride on the Starlink Satellite Train: Midnight Marvel, or Night Sky Menace?

By David Dickinson - May 27, 2019 01:06 PM UTC | Space Policy

Theory proposes that Venus could have been habitable, but a large ocean slowed down its rotation, killing it

By Matthew Williams - May 25, 2019 07:30 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study supported by NASA has revealed that an ancient ocean on Venus might have been what slowed down its rotation, thus causing the runaway greenhouse effect that made it what it is today.

Sen has Launched a 4K Video Stream to Space

By Matthew Williams - May 24, 2019 05:36 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In their drive towards "democratizing space", the private aerospace company Sen recently demonstrated the capabilities of their 4K video streaming satellite.

SpaceX just launched 60 satellites for its Starlink Constellation. Internet service providers should be very worried.

By Matthew Williams - May 24, 2019 02:37 PM UTC | Space Policy

SpaceX just launched the first 60 satellites that will make up their Starlink broadband internet service provider.

An Insulating Layer of Gas Could Keep a Liquid Ocean Inside Pluto

By Matthew Williams - May 23, 2019 04:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study led by Japanese researchers indicates that Pluto could have a subsurface ocean, provided there is an "insulating layer" beneath the ice.

The Collision that Created the Moon Might Have Also Brought Water to the Early Earth

By Evan Gough - May 23, 2019 03:54 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Bizarre Star Could be the Result of Two White Dwarfs Merging Together

By Evan Gough - May 22, 2019 04:20 PM UTC | Stars

Weekly Space Hangout: May 22, 2019 - Dr. Susan Bailey of the NASA TWINS Study

By susie - May 22, 2019 03:46 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA has Picked the Companies That'll Help Build its Lunar Landers

By Evan Gough - May 22, 2019 01:27 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Don't Forget, Curiosity's Sister Rover is Flying to Mars in 2020

By Matthew Williams - May 21, 2019 11:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Mars 2020 mission is getting ever closer to the day when it will be launched to the Red Planet.

Planetary Society's Light Sail 2 is Set to Launch on a Falcon Heavy Rocket Next Month

By Evan Gough - May 21, 2019 05:03 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Interview with Dennis E. Taylor, Author of the Bobiverse Trilogy

By Fraser Cain - May 21, 2019 03:43 PM UTC | Site News

Chang'e-4 Lander and its Rover Have Turned up new Mysteries on the Moon's far side. The Moon's Mantle Blasted Onto the Surface?

By Matthew Williams - May 21, 2019 03:40 PM UTC | Planetary Science

China's Chang'e-4 lunar mission recently gathered data that suggests that the impact that created the largest impact crater on the Moon could have blasted some of its mantle material onto the surface.