Universe Today (Page 309)

There's a Problem With Hubble, and NASA Hasn't Been Able to fix it yet

By Matthew Williams - June 25, 2021 01:32 PM UTC | Telescopes

After thirty years of faithful service, the venerable Hubble is experiencing a technical issue that NASA is still trying to fix

Could Life Exist in the Atmosphere of a sub-Neptune Planet?

By Brian Koberlein - June 25, 2021 11:10 AM UTC | Astrobiology

Life could thrive in the atmosphere of warm gas planets, but only if they are seeded by asteroids.

A Newly-Discovered (Almost) Dwarf Planet Will Come Surprisingly Close in 2031

By Andy Tomaswick - June 24, 2021 05:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

This is why Martian Colonists are Going to Wish They had an Atmosphere Above Them

By Nancy Atkinson - June 24, 2021 10:32 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Space Perspective Puts Tickets for Stratospheric Balloon Tours on Sale

By Alan Boyle - June 23, 2021 10:04 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Betelgeuse's Mysterious Dimming Solved. It was... Dust

By Brian Koberlein - June 23, 2021 01:49 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomers have solved the mystery of dim Betelgeuse, and discovered how stardust can form.

NASA is Finally Sending a Lunar Lander to the Moon's far Side

By Andy Tomaswick - June 23, 2021 07:45 AM UTC | Space Exploration

China and Russia Announce their Future Plans for the Moon, Including a Human Base

By Matthew Williams - June 22, 2021 01:26 PM UTC | Space Policy

China and Russia have released a Guide that details their plans for a lunar base that will rival NASA's, and they are looking for countries to join them!

Astrobiologists Detect a Signature of Life Remotely. Don't get too Excited, Though, it was With a Helicopter Here on Earth

By Andy Tomaswick - June 22, 2021 12:53 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Teeny Tiny Space Telescope has Taken Thousands of Pictures of Both Earth and Space

By Andy Tomaswick - June 22, 2021 10:01 AM UTC | Telescopes

Space Telescopes Could Provide Next-Level Images of Black Hole Event Horizons

By Andy Tomaswick - June 22, 2021 09:40 AM UTC | Black Holes

Supermassive Black Hole Winds Were Already Blowing Less Than a Billion Years After the Big Bang

By Brian Koberlein - June 21, 2021 02:30 PM UTC | Extragalactic

New evidence shows that black holes and galaxies have a significant effect on each other in young galaxies.

Juno Captured This Image of Earth on its Way Out to Jupiter Back in 2013

By Nancy Atkinson - June 21, 2021 02:07 PM UTC | Missions

Astronomers saw the Same Supernova Three Times Thanks to Gravitational Lensing. And in Twenty Years They Think They'll see it one More Time

By Andy Tomaswick - June 21, 2021 07:28 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Astronomers Find a Blinking Star Near the Center of the Milky Way

By Andy Tomaswick - June 19, 2021 11:28 PM UTC | Milky Way

Apollo 17 Astronauts Brought Home Samples From the Oldest Impact Crater on the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - June 19, 2021 11:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A New Technique for "Seeing" Exoplanet Surfaces Based on the Content of their Atmospheres

By Matthew Williams - June 18, 2021 07:57 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study takes a look at how the presence of a surface can affect an exoplanets atmosphere, giving astrobiologists a way to study exoplanet surfaces without having to "see" them directly.

The Lunar Lantern Could be a Beacon for Humanity on the Moon

By Matthew Williams - June 17, 2021 05:10 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Lunar Lantern, an intriguing concept for establishing a human presence on the Moon, is currently being featured at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition.

The Largest Rotating Objects in the Universe: Galactic Filaments Hundreds of Millions of Light-Years Long

By Evan Gough - June 17, 2021 03:41 PM UTC | Cosmology

Catch New Galactic Nova Herculis 2021 in Hercules the Hero

By David Dickinson - June 16, 2021 01:35 PM UTC | Milky Way

Now's the time to catch Nova Herculis 2021, before it fades from view.