Universe Today (Page 301)

A map of 25,000 Supermassive Black Holes Across the Universe

By Brian Koberlein - February 23, 2021 03:55 PM UTC | Black Holes

The Low Frequency Array has mapped a portion of the sky at the lowest radio frequencies ever, revealing more than 25,000 supermassive black holes.

Watch Perseverance Land on Mars. Mind...Blown

By Evan Gough - February 23, 2021 02:14 PM UTC | Planetary Science

How Long Will Space Junk Take to Burn Up? Here's a Handy Chart

By Nancy Atkinson - February 23, 2021 12:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

There's Evidence That Mars Once Had an Atmosphere With Less Oxygen. A Possible Biosignature For Life?

By Andy Tomaswick - February 23, 2021 08:32 AM UTC | Astrobiology

The Mars Helicopter is Online and Getting Ready to Fly

By rcrewe - February 22, 2021 07:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Protogalaxy Cluster Found When the Cosmic Fog Was Starting to Clear, When the Universe Was Just 750 Million Years Old

By Andy Tomaswick - February 22, 2021 09:09 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Just Some of the Planets That TESS Has Found Nearby

By Matthew Williams - February 20, 2021 06:18 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Using data from TESS and a number of other observatories, an international team has found a system with three exoplanets relatively close to Earth.

Once He Steps Down From Amazon, Jeff Bezos Will be Able to Focus his Energy on Blue Origin

By Matthew Williams - February 19, 2021 06:16 PM UTC | Space Policy

Jeff Bezos' recent decision to step down as CEO of Amazon could be good news for Blue Origin, one of SpaceX's chief competitors!

Did a Comet Wipe out the Dinosaurs?

By Evan Gough - February 19, 2021 02:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new Approach Could Tease out the Connection Between Gravity and Quantum Mechanics

By Brian Koberlein - February 19, 2021 12:39 PM UTC | Physics

A proposed experiment using super-cooled atoms could reveal the nature of quantum gravity.

Perseverance has Landed. Here are its First Pictures From the Surface of Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - February 19, 2021 11:13 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Following the Jovian Moons Through 2021 Mutual Eclipse Season

By David Dickinson - February 19, 2021 09:48 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Watch as the Jovian moons perform a spectacular celestial dance in 2021.

We Could Find Extraterrestrial Civilizations by Their Air Pollution

By Evan Gough - February 18, 2021 02:42 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Magnetic Fields Help Shape the Formation of New Planets

By Andy Tomaswick - February 18, 2021 09:25 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Juno Just Saw a Spacerock Crash Into Jupiter

By Andy Tomaswick - February 17, 2021 04:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Largest Crater on the Moon Reveals Secrets About its Early History

By Nancy Atkinson - February 17, 2021 01:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's Perseverance Rover: The Most Ambitious Space Mission Ever?

By Evan Gough - February 17, 2021 11:17 AM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's InSight Will Have Reduced Capability Until a Dust Devil Cleans off its Solar Panels

By sjohnston - February 17, 2021 10:07 AM UTC | Missions

Water Shaped Features on Mars Much Earlier Than Previously Believed

By Matthew Williams - February 16, 2021 04:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new study, the Perseverance rover could find evidence in Jezero that will allow scientists to reconstruct the planet's chronology.

This is What Happens to Spacecraft When They Re-Enter the Earth's Atmosphere

By Nancy Atkinson - February 16, 2021 02:22 PM UTC | Space Exploration