Universe Today (Page 154)

Mars Odyssey Reveals Phobos Using THEMIS

By David Dickinson - May 21, 2019 09:45 AM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's aging 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter recently snapped some unique views of the twin moons Phobos and Deimos, in an effort to better understand their texture and surface composition.

Messier 86 - the NGC 4406 Elliptical Galaxy

By tammy-plotner - May 20, 2019 07:35 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Located in the constellation Virgo, about 54 million light years from Earth, is the elliptical galaxy known as Messier 86.

Most of the Solar System Should be a Protected Wilderness. One-Eighth Left for Mining and Resource Exploitation

By Matthew Williams - May 20, 2019 07:04 PM UTC | Space Policy

A new study by an astrophysicist and a professor of ethics takes a look at the future of humanity in space, and recommends we set aside most of the Solar System aside as protected wilderness.

Carnival of Space #612

By susie - May 20, 2019 03:09 PM UTC | Site News

Can You Spot a Planetary Nebula from a Few Blurry Pixels? Astronomers Can - Here's How

By Paul Sutter - May 20, 2019 12:05 PM UTC | Stars

Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes

By Matthew Williams - May 17, 2019 03:36 PM UTC | Astrobiology

In the ongoing search for intelligent life, a new study recommends that we look for signs of an advanced civilization harnessing the power of neutrinos to create a beacon.

Small, Tough Planets can Survive the Death of Their Star

By Evan Gough - May 17, 2019 03:11 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Is Dark Matter Made of Axions? Black Holes May Reveal the Answer

By Paul Sutter - May 17, 2019 12:48 PM UTC | Black Holes

Here's Where Beresheet Crashed into the Moon

By Evan Gough - May 16, 2019 04:50 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Today is the Highest Concentration of Atmospheric CO2 in Human History. 415 Parts Per Million. Last Time it Was This High, There Were Trees at the South Pole

By Evan Gough - May 16, 2019 03:30 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's 2024 Moon Mission is called Artemis, and Will Need an Additional $1.6 Billion in Funding

By Evan Gough - May 16, 2019 01:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Weekly Space Hangout: May 15, 2019 - Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ - Director of the Vatican Observatory

By susie - May 15, 2019 04:09 PM UTC | Site News

Carnival of Space #611

By susie - May 15, 2019 04:04 PM UTC | Site News

NASA Senior Engineer Kobie Boykins talks About Exploring Mars. And I was There to See it!

By Matthew Williams - May 14, 2019 07:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

I recently had the honor of attending a Nat Geo Live talk hosted by Kobie Boykins. As NASA JPL's chief engineer, he has played a major role in the development of every rover sent to Mars since 1997.

The Blue Origins Founder Wants to Get to the Moon by 2024

By Evan Gough - May 14, 2019 04:33 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Antimatter Behaves Exactly the Same as Regular Matter in Double Slit Experiments

By Matthew Williams - May 14, 2019 03:03 PM UTC | Physics

An experiment recently conducted by the QUPLAS collaboration confirmed the dual, particle-wave nature of antimatter.

The International Space Station Rides High Through the May Sky

By David Dickinson - May 14, 2019 08:45 AM UTC | Space Exploration

May is graduation month, and with it, school star party season is about to conclude. If you happen to be out this coming weekend showing the sky off to the public, keep an eye out for one of the top celestial sights that you won't see at the eyepiece, as we're in for a slew of good visible passes of the International Space Station worldwide.

Messier 85 - the NGC 4382 Elliptical (Lenticular) Galaxy

By tammy-plotner - May 13, 2019 03:36 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Located in the Coma Berenices constellation, roughly 60 million light years from Earth, is the elliptical galaxy known as Messier 85.

Ep. 530: Astronomy of the Andes: Then and Now, Pt. 2

By susie - May 13, 2019 01:16 PM UTC | Site News

A Supercomputer has been Designed to run the World's Largest Radio Telescope

By Matthew Williams - May 10, 2019 06:32 PM UTC | Telescopes

The Science Data Processor consortium for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) just completed the design work on the supercomputer that will handle all the data it collects.

Prototype of a Future Interstellar Probe was Just Tested on a Balloon

By Matthew Williams - May 09, 2019 06:49 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Researchers with the UCSB Experimental Cosmology Group recently conducted a successful stratospheric test of their wafercraft, which could be traveling to the nearest star systems someday soon.

The Black Hole Picture Could Be So Much Better If You Add Space Telescopes

By Evan Gough - May 09, 2019 03:21 PM UTC | Black Holes

Watch the Moon Buzz the Beehive

By David Dickinson - May 09, 2019 12:58 PM UTC | Observing

Weekly Space Hangout: May 8, 2019 - Dr. Henry Hsieh talks Active Asteroids

By susie - May 08, 2019 08:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Before We Ruin the Universe, We Should Follow Some Space Sustainability Guidelines

By Evan Gough - May 08, 2019 08:03 PM UTC | Space Policy

Japan's First Private Rocket Flies to Space

By Evan Gough - May 08, 2019 01:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Habitability of Planets Will Depend on Their Interiors

By Evan Gough - May 07, 2019 04:44 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Some of Earth's Gold Came From Two Neutron Stars That Collided Billions of Years Ago

By Matthew Williams - May 07, 2019 04:44 PM UTC | Stars

A new study has shown that a good deal of Earth's heaviest elements may have come from a nearby neutron star collision billions of years ago.

Astronauts Could Rely on Algae as the Perfect Life Support Partner

By Matthew Williams - May 07, 2019 02:21 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Researchers from Germany are testing a new hybrid life support system aboard the ISS, which uses algae to clean the air and water supply and even provide a food source.

Hayabusa1's Samples of Itokawa Turned up Water That's Very Similar to Earth's Oceans

By Matthew Williams - May 06, 2019 06:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A recent study of samples from the asteroid Itokawa has revealed that "dry" asteroids may have delivered up to half of Earth's water billions of years ago.

Carnival of Space #610

By susie - May 06, 2019 04:38 PM UTC | Site News

Ep. 529: Astronomy of the Andes – Then and Now Pt. 1

By susie - May 06, 2019 03:01 PM UTC | Observing

Climate Change Q & A with Bear Grylls

By Nancy Atkinson - May 06, 2019 01:53 PM UTC | Site News

Starlink's Satellites Will be Orbiting at a Much Lower Altitude, Reducing the Risks of Space Junk

By Matthew Williams - May 03, 2019 06:38 PM UTC | Space Policy

SpaceX recently got FCC approval and is moving ahead with the deployment of its proposed internet satellite constellation.

16 Years of Hubble Images Come Together in this one Picture Containing 265,000 Galaxies

By Matthew Williams - May 03, 2019 02:46 PM UTC | Extragalactic

The Hubble Legacy Field, the result of 16 years of observations and the most detailed image of our Universe, has been released!

The Global Dust Storm that Ended Opportunity Helped Teach us how Mars Lost its Water

By Evan Gough - May 03, 2019 01:57 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Blue Origin's New Shepard Flies Again, a Week Before Their Mysterious Announcement

By Evan Gough - May 02, 2019 05:19 PM UTC | Space Exploration

When the Impact that Created the Moon Happened, the early Earth was still a ball of magma

By Matthew Williams - May 02, 2019 04:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study has illustrated how the impact between a proto-Earth and a Mars-sized object could have led the Moon to be composed primarily of the same material as Earth.

Dark Matter Detector Finds the Rarest Event Ever Seen in the Universe

By Matthew Williams - May 02, 2019 03:38 PM UTC | Physics

The XENON experiment recently made a breakthrough in their hunt for dark matter, observing the most rare decay process in the Universe that involves neutrinos.

It Looks Like LIGO/Virgo Have Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star. For the First Time Ever

By Evan Gough - May 02, 2019 02:03 PM UTC | Black Holes

Keep an Eye Out for the Eta Aquarid Meteors This Weekend

By David Dickinson - May 02, 2019 01:55 PM UTC | Observing

The World's Space Agencies are Responding to a Hypothetical Asteroid Impact. You Can Watch it all Unfold Online.

By Evan Gough - May 01, 2019 02:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Weekly Space Hangout: May 1, 2019 - Dr. Mark Showalter of SETI

By susie - April 30, 2019 03:44 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A Strange Ice Feature Wraps Halfway Around Titan

By Evan Gough - April 30, 2019 03:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Rapidly Spinning Black Hole is Spitting Out Blobs of Plasma

By Evan Gough - April 30, 2019 01:14 PM UTC | Black Holes

Friday's SpaceX Dragon Launch CRS-17 to Light Up the U.S. East Coast

By David Dickinson - April 30, 2019 09:37 AM UTC | Missions

Ever seen a rocket launch before? Catching one is easier than you might think. You just need to be looking in the right direction at the right time, and have clear skies. If you happen to be watching from the U.S. south eastern seaboard, you just might catch the spectacular dawn launch of a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket with Dragon on the CRS-17 (also known as SpX-17) mission headed to the International Space Station before dawn on the morning of Wednesday, May 1st.