Universe Today (Page 315)

A 100-Meter Rotating Liquid Mirror Telescope on the Moon? Yes Please.

By Matthew Williams - November 19, 2020 08:07 PM UTC | Telescopes

A team from UT Austin has renewed a proposal for a liquid-mirror telescope on the Moon that could study the first stars in the Universe.

Earth and the Moon Might Have Captured an Old Upper Stage Rocket

By Matthew Williams - November 19, 2020 06:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to NASA, an object detected between the Earth and Moon could actually be the spent stage of a rocket booster from the early Space Age.

There Might Be Water On All Rocky Planets

By Evan Gough - November 19, 2020 03:57 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Weekly Space Hangout: November 18, 2020 – Dr. Ralph Lorenz, Planetary Scientist and Dragonfly Mission Architect

By nancygraz - November 19, 2020 02:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Some of the Milky Way's oldest stars aren't where they're expected to be

By Brian Koberlein - November 19, 2020 12:23 PM UTC | Milky Way

Some of the oldest stars in our galaxy have orbits similar to the Sun, and we don't know why

Earth's toughest bacteria can survive unprotected in space for at least a year

By rcrewe - November 18, 2020 04:59 PM UTC | Astrobiology

An Iceberg the Size of South Georgia Island is on a Collision Course with... South Georgia Island

By Evan Gough - November 18, 2020 04:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Past Supernovae Could be Written Into Tree Rings

By Matthew Williams - November 18, 2020 03:37 PM UTC | Stars

A new study by CU Boulder geoscientist Robert Brakenridge shows how nearby supernovae could have disrupted Earth's climate in the past

Astronomers think they've seen a magnetar form for the first time; the collision of two neutron stars

By Brian Koberlein - November 18, 2020 12:36 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomers have seen how two neutron stars created the brightest kilonova ever observed.

The family tree of the Milky Way. The mergers that gave us the galaxy we see today

By Paul Sutter - November 17, 2020 07:04 PM UTC | Milky Way

Fast radio bursts within the Milky Way seem to be coming from magnetars

By Paul Sutter - November 17, 2020 04:52 PM UTC | Milky Way

A Record Close Shave: Asteroid 2020 VT4 Just Skimmed by Earth

By David Dickinson - November 17, 2020 01:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Wow. A low-flying space rock set a record last Friday (appropriately, the 13th), when 2020 VT4 passed just under 400 kilometers (250 miles) over the Southern Pacific.

Merging Black Holes and Neutron Stars. All the Gravitational Wave Events Seen So Far in One Picture

By Evan Gough - November 17, 2020 01:29 PM UTC | Black Holes

New Horizons Saw the Universe With Even Less Light Pollution than Hubble's View

By Matthew Williams - November 16, 2020 03:55 PM UTC | Observing

A new study based on New Horizons data has conducted the most accurate measurements of the Universe's background light to date.

There are Planets So Close to Their Stars That They Have Magma Oceans 100km Deep and Winds that Go 8000 km/h

By mcimone - November 16, 2020 01:39 PM UTC | Exoplanets

SpaceX's Resilience Spacecraft has Lifted Off and is Headed for the ISS!

By Matthew Williams - November 15, 2020 10:45 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA and SpaceX have once again made history with the flight of the Crew-1 (Resilience) to the ISS, the first operational crew mission since the Space Shuttle was retired!

What Role do Radioactive Elements Play in a Planet's Habitability?

By Matthew Williams - November 15, 2020 07:12 PM UTC | Astrobiology

According to new study by a team from UC Santa Cruz, the right amount of radioactive elements could also be crucial to habitability.

The Average Temperature of the Universe has Been Getting Hotter and Hotter

By Matthew Williams - November 14, 2020 07:14 PM UTC | Cosmology

A recent study by an international team of scientists shows that the Universe is getting hotter (not cooler) with time!

Venus Held Onto its Water Surprisingly Well During its History

By Matthew Williams - November 13, 2020 07:54 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study by a Swedish astrophysicist shows that Venus is not likely to have lost its water to space, which raises new questions about how the planet became the hellhole it is today.

Do neutron star collisions produce black holes?

By Brian Koberlein - November 13, 2020 02:04 PM UTC | Black Holes

A new study looks at how neutron stars can merge to create a black hole.