Universe Today (Page 319)

We use the Transit Method to Find other Planets. Which Extraterrestrial Civilizations Could use the Transit Method to Find Earth?

By Brian Koberlein - October 21, 2020 04:38 PM UTC | Exoplanets

We have found more than 4,000 planets orbiting other stars. Life on distant worlds could find us in the same way.

The Oxygen Supply has Failed in the Russian Zvezda Module of the ISS. Don't Worry, the Astronauts aren't in Danger, but the Station is Showing its Age

By Matthew Williams - October 20, 2020 10:20 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Crews aboard the ISS are working to repair the leak, which posed no significant risk. Unfortunately, it shows that the ISS is getting on in years!

Success! OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu to Collect Samples

By Nancy Atkinson - October 20, 2020 09:37 PM UTC | Missions

Wow, Betelgeuse Might Be 25% Closer than Previously Believed

By Evan Gough - October 20, 2020 04:17 PM UTC | Stars

It's still possible to detect the site of the 2017 kilonova explosion

By Paul Sutter - October 20, 2020 03:37 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Watch "Live" as NASA's OSIRIS-REx Nabs an Asteroid Sample

By Nancy Atkinson - October 20, 2020 02:27 PM UTC | Missions

You'll Experience 200 Times More Radiation Standing on the Moon than Standing on the Earth

By rcrewe - October 19, 2020 08:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA and Seven Countries Sign the Artemis Accords for the Exploration of the Moon. Russia Declined to Participate

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2020 05:44 PM UTC | Space Policy

What's Happening with Betelgeuse? Astronomers Propose a Specialized Telescope to Watch the Star Every Night

By Matthew Williams - October 19, 2020 04:59 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of astronomers recommends creating "Betelgeuse Scope" to monitor this mysterious star find out why it has been acting so strangely of late!

The galaxy with 99.99% dark matter isn't so mysterious any more

By Paul Sutter - October 19, 2020 03:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic

NASA Announces 14 New "Tipping Point" Technologies for its Lunar Exploration

By Matthew Williams - October 18, 2020 09:24 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA recently awarded contracts to fourteen companies to develop technologies that will help them return to the Moon, and stay there!

We actually don't know how fast the Milky Way's supermassive black hole is spinning but there might be a way to find out

By Brian Koberlein - October 17, 2020 02:35 PM UTC | Black Holes

The stars at the center of our galaxy could tell us just how fast our closest supermassive black hole is spinning.

Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half of its Coral Over the Last 25 Years

By Nancy Atkinson - October 17, 2020 11:36 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Impatient? A Spacecraft Could Get to Titan in Only 2 Years Using a Direct Fusion Drive

By Andy Tomaswick - October 16, 2020 11:30 PM UTC | Space Exploration

InSight's 'Mole' is Now Completely buried!

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2020 07:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Operating a Rover in Real-time From a Distance

By Andy Tomaswick - October 16, 2020 03:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Pluto has Snowcapped Mountains, But Why?

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2020 03:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Summer is Dust Devil Time on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - October 16, 2020 12:26 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Elon Musk Shares a View of Starship With Three Raptor Engines Installed

By Matthew Williams - October 15, 2020 09:13 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The SN8 Starship prototype just got its three Raptor engines, and is now preparing to test fire them. After that, it's smooth sailing towards the 15 km (50,000 ft) hop test!

Weekly Space Hangout: October 14, 2020, Drs. Jane Huang & Jonathan Williams, Protoplanetary Disks

By nancygraz - October 15, 2020 05:17 PM UTC | Stars

This week we are joined by Dr. Jane Huang and Dr. Jonathan Willams from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA). Dr. Huang, Dr. Williams, and their team recently discovered some surprising information about the size and shape of some protoplanetary disks.