Universe Today (Page 313)

Will the Starship Make a 15 km Hop Test on Wednesday?

By Matthew Williams - December 01, 2020 07:28 PM UTC | Space Exploration

According to recent statements and preparations at Boca Chica, SpaceX could be attempting a high-altitude flight test with the Starship as early as tomorrow!

In the Far Future, Stellar Flybys Will Completely Dismantle the Solar System

By Evan Gough - December 01, 2020 04:30 PM UTC | Milky Way

Spiral-shaped Planetary Disks Should Be More Common. Giant Planets Might Be Disrupting Their Formation

By Andy Tomaswick - December 01, 2020 02:20 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Satellites can see the pollution trails from individual ships

By Andy Tomaswick - December 01, 2020 01:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Arecibo Observatory Platform Has Collapsed

By Nancy Atkinson - December 01, 2020 12:51 PM UTC | Telescopes

China's Chang'e-5 Probe Lands on the Moon and Gets Set to Bring Back Fresh Samples

By Alan Boyle - December 01, 2020 12:42 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New jets seen blasting out of the center of a galaxy

By Paul Sutter - November 30, 2020 10:03 PM UTC | Extragalactic

My Dad Made a Table That Looks Surprisingly Like Jupiter

By Fraser Cain - November 30, 2020 07:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers find a galaxy that had its dark matter siphoned away

By Paul Sutter - November 30, 2020 06:35 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XII: What is the Waterworlds Hypothesis?

By Matthew Williams - November 30, 2020 05:31 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Is it possible that the reason we haven't heard from any aliens is because there's too much water out there?

Hayabusa 2's Sample is Landing on Earth December 6th

By Nancy Atkinson - November 30, 2020 03:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new measurement puts the Sun 2,000 light-years closer to the center of the Milky Way

By Brian Koberlein - November 30, 2020 11:53 AM UTC | Milky Way

Ultra-precise measurements of stars in our galaxy put us closer to galactic center than we thought.

Figuring Out How To Breathe the Moon's Regolith

By Andy Tomaswick - November 30, 2020 01:14 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Polarized light from the cosmic background hints at new physics

By Brian Koberlein - November 29, 2020 12:40 PM UTC | Cosmology

Distant light from the big bang is twisted as it travels to us. This could mean dark matter is more exotic than we thought.

One of These Pictures Is the Brain, the Other is the Universe. Can You Tell Which is Which?

By mcimone - November 28, 2020 04:19 PM UTC | Cosmology

Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core

By Brian Koberlein - November 28, 2020 01:13 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Astronomers have detected a fusion cycle in our Sun that powers massive stars and creates the elements central to life in the cosmos.

Will the Starship Make a 15 km Hop Test on Wednesday?

In the Far Future, Stellar Flybys Will Completely Dismantle the Solar System

Spiral-shaped Planetary Disks Should Be More Common. Giant Planets Might Be Disrupting Their Formation

Satellites can see the pollution trails from individual ships

The Arecibo Observatory Platform Has Collapsed

China's Chang'e-5 Probe Lands on the Moon and Gets Set to Bring Back Fresh Samples

New jets seen blasting out of the center of a galaxy

My Dad Made a Table That Looks Surprisingly Like Jupiter

Astronomers find a galaxy that had its dark matter siphoned away

Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XII: What is the Waterworlds Hypothesis?

Hayabusa 2's Sample is Landing on Earth December 6th

A new measurement puts the Sun 2,000 light-years closer to the center of the Milky Way

Figuring Out How To Breathe the Moon's Regolith

Polarized light from the cosmic background hints at new physics

One of These Pictures Is the Brain, the Other is the Universe. Can You Tell Which is Which?

Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core

A third of the stars in the Milky Way came from a single merger 10 billion years ago

ESA Is Going To Spend $102 Million To Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk

There's Fabric on the Space Station That Scientists Are Using to "Listen" for Space Dust Impacts

A new way to map out dark matter is 10 times more precise than the previous-best method