Universe Today (Page 310)

NASA Announces its Artemis Astronauts: 18 People Training to Fly to the Moon

By Matthew Williams - December 21, 2020 03:51 PM UTC | Missions

NASA has announced the names of the 18 astronauts that make up the Artemis Team. A select few, and some international partners, will be going back to the Moon!

China's Planning to Launch a Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatory in the 2030s: TianQin. Here's how it'll Stack up Against LISA

By Paul Sutter - December 21, 2020 07:26 AM UTC | Telescopes

This galaxy took only 500 million years to form

By Paul Sutter - December 21, 2020 07:17 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XIV: What is the Aurora Hypothesis?

By Matthew Williams - December 20, 2020 07:15 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Is it possible that we haven't heard from aliens because colonizing exoplanets is hazardous to your health? So says the Aurora Hypothesis!

Radio Emissions Have Been Detected from an Exoplanet

By mcimone - December 20, 2020 04:22 PM UTC | Exoplanets

The European Extremely Large Telescope Just Got a 10% Budget Boost, Now Costing $1.5 Billion

By Andy Tomaswick - December 19, 2020 05:56 PM UTC | Telescopes

Here are NASA's Science Priorities for the Artemis Missions

By Matthew Williams - December 19, 2020 05:36 PM UTC | Missions

NASA has released the Artemis III Science Definition Team Report, which defines the science operations that the "first woman and next man" will conduct on the Moon in 2024.

Here's Chang'e-5, Seen From Lunar Orbit

By Matthew Williams - December 18, 2020 08:28 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show where the Chang'e-5 mission landed. The samples obtained by this lander were recently returned to Earth.

Pictures are coming in from Solar Orbiter

By Andy Tomaswick - December 18, 2020 03:44 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Kilonova-Chasing Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer is About to be Watching the Whole Sky

By Andy Tomaswick - December 18, 2020 03:16 PM UTC | Observing

A Real River Valley on Mars, Filled With Virtual Water by @Kevinmgill

By Matthew Williams - December 18, 2020 02:58 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Visual artist Kevin M. Gill's latest creation is an image of what Hypanis valles (an ancient river channel) on Mars would have looked like with water flowing through it.

A new Type of Atomic Clock Uses Entangled Atoms. At Most, it Would be off by 100 Milliseconds Since the Beginning of the Universe

By Brian Koberlein - December 18, 2020 11:25 AM UTC | Physics

Scientists have made a clock so accurate you wouldn't have to reset it for billions of years.

Chuck Yeager, the First Man to Break the Sound Barrier has Died. He was 97

By Matthew Williams - December 17, 2020 06:34 PM UTC | Space Exploration

On Dec. 7th, 2020, legendary aviator Chuck Yeager died in hospital at the age of 97. He leaves behind a wife, three children, and a mountain of accomplishments!

NASA Announces its Artemis Astronauts: 18 People Training to Fly to the Moon

China's Planning to Launch a Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatory in the 2030s: TianQin. Here's how it'll Stack up Against LISA

This galaxy took only 500 million years to form

Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XIV: What is the Aurora Hypothesis?

Radio Emissions Have Been Detected from an Exoplanet

The European Extremely Large Telescope Just Got a 10% Budget Boost, Now Costing $1.5 Billion

Here are NASA's Science Priorities for the Artemis Missions

Here's Chang'e-5, Seen From Lunar Orbit

Pictures are coming in from Solar Orbiter

The Kilonova-Chasing Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer is About to be Watching the Whole Sky

A Real River Valley on Mars, Filled With Virtual Water by @Kevinmgill

A new Type of Atomic Clock Uses Entangled Atoms. At Most, it Would be off by 100 Milliseconds Since the Beginning of the Universe

Chuck Yeager, the First Man to Break the Sound Barrier has Died. He was 97

Astronomers Have Found Planet 9... in Another Solar System

Weekly Space Hangout: December 16, 2020 – John Powell Tells Us About PongSats and Airship to Orbit

China's Chang'e-5 Probe Drops Off Moon Samples at the Climax of a Historic Mission

Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors Should be Able to see the Primordial Waves From the Big Bang

Attention Astronauts. Fresh Radishes Are Now On the Menu

A second set of even larger bubbles has been found blasting out of the Milky Way's center

A Galaxy is Making New Stars Faster Than its Black Hole Can Starve Them for Fuel