Universe Today
Astronomers Report They've Detected the Amino Acid Glycine in the Atmosphere of Venus
China's Mars-bound Tianwen-1 Takes a Selfie
Starman Just Made his Closest Approach to Mars
In a interesting bit of SpaceX news, Starman and his cherry Tesla Roadster made their first flyby of Mars, and will be passing by Earth in less than a month!
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This Martian Lava Tube Skylight is 50 Meters Across. The Biggest Lava Tube on Earth is Only 15 Meters Across
The Most Comprehensive 3D Map of Galaxies Has Been Released
Using the largest survey ever conducted, a team of astronomers from the IfA have created the largest 3D catalog of the Universe ever!
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BepiColombo Mercury Mission to Make First Venus Flyby Tonight
The Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft will observe Venus during tonight's pass, on the hunt for phosphine and sulfur-dioxide.
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We're Made of Starstuff. Especially From Extremely Massive Stars
Do Ripples on the Surface of the Sun tell us that a Flare is Coming?
This is a Landslide... on the Moon
Astronomers Watch a Star Get Spaghettified by a Black Hole
When a black hole consumes a star, it does so by turning it into spaghetti first. Astronomers have seen it happen.
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An Exoplanet So Hot There Are 7 Different Kinds of Gaseous Metals in its Atmosphere
Comet P1 NEOWISE Makes a Brief Late October Appearance
The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) caught another intriguing object on August 2, 2020 as part of its extended sky survey mission, as Comet C/2020 P1 NEOWISE is set to become a fine binocular object in late October and early November.
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How to See What's on the Other Side of a Wormhole Without Actually Traveling Through it
Black Holes Make Complex Gravitational-Wave Chirps as They Merge
When black holes collide, they emit chirps of gravitational waves even after they have merged.
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The Moon is the Perfect Spot for SETI
A recent white paper submitted to the PSA Decadal Survey 2023-2032 recommends that a lunar observatory be built that can search the Universe for signs of intelligent life!
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Want the Fastest Solar Sail? Drop it Into the Sun First
A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy shows how a "Sun Diver," a light sail that dives closer to the Sun, could make these promising spacecraft much faster!
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Radio Astronomers are Worried About Mega-Constellations and the Square Kilometer Array
With all the satellite constellations heading to space in the near future, there are concerns they will interfere with radio telescopes like the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
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Just How Bad are Superflares to a Planet's Habitability?
Matter makes up exactly 31.5±1.3% of the Universe
Simulation Helps Explain Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon
