Universe Today (Page 352)

The First Artemis Launch has Been Delayed Until Mid-to-Late 2021

By Matthew Williams - March 05, 2020 01:21 AM UTC | Missions

To kick off the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC), NASA Assoc. Admin. Steve Jurczyk indicated that the first Artemis mission will be delayed a little.

Are Low Density "Cotton Candy" Exoplanets Actually Just Regular Planets With Rings?

By Evan Gough - March 04, 2020 05:38 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Two White Dwarfs Merged Together Into a Single "Ultramassive" White Dwarf

By Evan Gough - March 04, 2020 03:33 PM UTC | Stars

The Disk of the Milky Way is Warped Because it Already Collided With Another Galaxy

By Matthew Williams - March 04, 2020 03:04 PM UTC | Milky Way

Using data from the second Gaia data release, a team of astronomers has demonstrated that the "warp" in our galaxy is rapidly changing!

Weekly Space Hangout: March 4, 2020 - Did RIT Scientists Find A Baby Giant Planet?

By susie - March 04, 2020 02:47 PM UTC | Exoplanets

During A Lunar Eclipse, It's A Chance To See Earth As An Exoplanet

By Brian Koberlein - March 04, 2020 01:55 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Phew, Earth-Watching DSCOVR is Operational Again

By Nancy Atkinson - March 04, 2020 11:55 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Carnival of Space #653

By susie - March 03, 2020 06:49 PM UTC | Site News

NASA is Planning to Build a Lunar Rover With a 1-Meter Drill to Search for Water Ice

By Evan Gough - March 03, 2020 06:44 PM UTC | Missions

Magnetic Fields Around Mars InSight are 10x Stronger than Scientists Expected

By Matthew Williams - March 03, 2020 06:42 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Data from the first year of the InSight mission has just been released, and its revealing some unexpected things about Mars' magnetic fields.

3 Billion Years Ago, the World Might Have Been a Waterworld, With No Continents At All

By Evan Gough - March 03, 2020 04:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Introducing Analog Sky's 3D-Printed Giant Binoculars

By David Dickinson - March 03, 2020 12:31 PM UTC | Telescopes

Even Though it Was Observing an Asteroid, OSIRIS-REx Accidentally Spotted a Black Hole

By Nancy Atkinson - March 03, 2020 12:08 PM UTC | Black Holes

Another Reminder that Spaceflight is Difficult. Starship Prototype Explodes and Falls Over

By Matthew Williams - March 02, 2020 06:39 PM UTC | Space Exploration

SpaceX suffered another setback when its Starship prototype SN1 exploded during a loading test - similar to what happened to the last prototype.

Here's a New Planetary Nebula for Your Collection: CVMP 1

By Evan Gough - March 02, 2020 04:55 PM UTC | Stars

What is the Steady State Hypothesis?

By Matthew Williams - March 01, 2020 10:14 PM UTC | Cosmology

When it comes to cosmological theories, the Big Bang theory has historically had only one big contender - the Steady State Hypothesis

What is a Generation Ship?

By Matthew Williams - March 01, 2020 12:03 AM UTC | Space Exploration

The concept of a Generation Ship is a time-honored one, but is it the best way to send an interstellar mission to colonize a distant planet?

A Picture of Earth's New Temporary Moon

By Nancy Atkinson - February 29, 2020 10:41 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Riding the Wave of a Supernova to Go Interstellar

By Matthew Williams - February 28, 2020 04:31 PM UTC | Physics

A new paper by two Harvard professors explores the idea of using supernova as a means of high-speed interstellar travel - something advanced alien species could be doing right now!

A Commercial Satellite Just Docked with Another for the First Time, Opening Up a New Era in Orbital Maintenance

By Evan Gough - February 27, 2020 07:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration