Universe Today (Page 317)

An Extreme Simulation of the Universe's First Stars

By Matthew Williams - November 03, 2020 06:27 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of astronomers has conducted an extreme simulation that modeled what the formation of the first stars looked like.

Sample... stowed

By Paul Sutter - November 03, 2020 04:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronauts and explorers on Mars could eat lab-grown steaks

By Andy Tomaswick - November 03, 2020 04:13 PM UTC | Space Exploration

How Will Starlink's Packet Routing Work?

By Andy Tomaswick - November 03, 2020 03:55 PM UTC | Space Policy

The Spherical Structure at the Core of the Milky Way Formed in a Single Burst of Star Formation

By Evan Gough - November 03, 2020 03:27 PM UTC | Milky Way

Enter Comet S3 Erasmus: A Bright Comet For November

By David Dickinson - November 03, 2020 01:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Comet C/2020 S3 Erasmus to end out the cometary cavalcade for 2020.

How did the Earth get its water? The answer might be found on Mercury

By Paul Sutter - November 02, 2020 04:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New Scans Give us a Better View of the Metal Asteroid Psyche

By Nancy Atkinson - November 02, 2020 10:31 AM UTC | Missions

Based on Kepler Data, There's a 95% Chance of an Earth-Like Planet Within 20 Light-Years

By Matthew Williams - October 31, 2020 08:02 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Combining data from the retired Kepler mission with the Gaia Observatory, a team of scientists have produced new estimates for how many habitable planets could be out there.

Are the Clouds of Jupiter Haunted?

By mcimone - October 31, 2020 12:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA Announces the Discovery of Water in the Sunlit Parts of the Moon

By Matthew Williams - October 30, 2020 05:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study, based on SOFIA data, has found that water can exist in sunlit areas on the Moon, not just in permanently-shadowed craters!

Galaxies Grew Quickly and Early On in the Universe

By Evan Gough - October 30, 2020 04:42 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Something other than just gravity is contributing to the shape of dark matter halos

By Brian Koberlein - October 30, 2020 02:51 PM UTC | Cosmology

Galactic dark matter is in a state of maximum entropy, which means it must interact with itself.

NASA releases new spooky space-themed posters about extreme places in the Universe

By rcrewe - October 29, 2020 11:04 PM UTC | Site News

Weekly Space Hangout: October 28, 2020, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, SETI Institute

By nancygraz - October 29, 2020 03:26 PM UTC | Astrobiology

New Simulation Shows Exactly What's Happening as Neutron Stars Merge

By Evan Gough - October 29, 2020 01:50 PM UTC | Physics

Room-temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time, but There's a Catch

By Andy Tomaswick - October 29, 2020 01:09 PM UTC | Physics

The Youngest Stellar Disk Ever Seen, Just 500,000 Years Old

By mcimone - October 29, 2020 01:06 PM UTC | Stars

Why Does the Moon's Ryder Crater Look This Way?

By Nancy Atkinson - October 29, 2020 11:23 AM UTC | Planetary Science

ISS Crew Return Safely to Earth

By Matthew Williams - October 28, 2020 06:32 PM UTC | Space Exploration

After 196 days in space, some record spacewalks, several experiments, and patching an air leak, the crew of Expedition 63 made it home safely!