Universe Today (Page 365)

Watch a Simulation of a Galaxy, From the Big Bang Until the Present Day

By Matthew Williams - November 10, 2019 08:23 PM UTC | Cosmology

The large-scale and highly-detailed TNG50 simulation has allowed scientists to shed new light on the evolution of the cosmos and galaxies.

TESS Has Now Captured Almost the Entire Southern Sky. Here's a Mosaic Made of 15,347 Photographs

By Matthew Williams - November 08, 2019 01:19 PM UTC | Exoplanets

NASA has just released a beautiful panoramic image of the southern sky, which is composed of images taken by the TESS mission during its first year.

This Artificial Leaf Turns Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel

By Matthew Williams - November 07, 2019 03:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Researchers from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, have developed an "artificial leaf" that has the potential to turn carbon emissions into a source of biofuel.

NASA is Testing a Coating to Help Astronauts and Their Equipment Shed Dangerous Lunar Dust

By Matthew Williams - November 07, 2019 01:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA is developing an advanced new coating that could protect everything from spacecraft systems to astronauts from harmful lunar dust.

What Voyager 2 Learned After Spending a Year in Interstellar Space

By Evan Gough - November 06, 2019 06:03 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Weekly Space Hangout: November 6, 2019 - Tiera & Myron Fletcher, Engineers on NASA's Space Launch System

By susie - November 06, 2019 02:22 PM UTC | Site News

New Research Suggests that the Universe is a Sphere and Not Flat After All

By Brian Koberlein - November 06, 2019 12:25 PM UTC | Cosmology

The First Stars Formed Very Quickly

By Matthew Williams - November 05, 2019 03:24 PM UTC | Cosmology

Based on a new study, it is possible that the first stars in our Universe formed about 1 billion years earlier than we thought.

Boeing's Starliner Performed its Abort Test Today. One Parachute Failed to Deploy

By Matthew Williams - November 04, 2019 06:00 PM UTC | Missions

NASA Has a New Method For Cooling Down Electronics Crammed Together in a Spacecraft

By Matthew Williams - November 04, 2019 03:29 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Engineers at NASA Goddard have completed flight tests on their revolutionary new cooling system, which has the potential to lead to smaller electronics.

Carnival of Space #635-636

By susie - November 04, 2019 02:25 PM UTC | Site News

Our Guide to the November 11th, 2019 Transit of Mercury Across the Sun

By David Dickinson - November 04, 2019 12:37 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Lowest Mass Black Hole has Been Found, only 3.3 Times the Mass of the Sun

By Matthew Williams - November 03, 2019 03:54 PM UTC | Black Holes

A team of astronomers recently discovered the smallest black hole to date, which indicates that there may be far more out there than we previously thought.

Asteroid Hygiea is Round Enough That it Could Qualify as a Dwarf Planet, the Smallest in the Solar System

By Matthew Williams - November 01, 2019 10:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Using the Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers observed Hygeia and determined it could be the smallest dwarf planet to date!

NASA is Now Considering a Pluto Orbiter Mission

By Evan Gough - November 01, 2019 03:41 PM UTC | Missions

Mars 2020 Stands Up on its Wheels For The First Time

By Matthew Williams - November 01, 2019 03:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Mars 2020 rover recently passed a milestone at NASA JPL, where it stood on its wheels and legs for the very first time.

Watch a Simulation of a Galaxy, From the Big Bang Until the Present Day

TESS Has Now Captured Almost the Entire Southern Sky. Here's a Mosaic Made of 15,347 Photographs

This Artificial Leaf Turns Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel

NASA is Testing a Coating to Help Astronauts and Their Equipment Shed Dangerous Lunar Dust

What Voyager 2 Learned After Spending a Year in Interstellar Space

Weekly Space Hangout: November 6, 2019 - Tiera & Myron Fletcher, Engineers on NASA's Space Launch System

New Research Suggests that the Universe is a Sphere and Not Flat After All

The First Stars Formed Very Quickly

Boeing's Starliner Performed its Abort Test Today. One Parachute Failed to Deploy

NASA Has a New Method For Cooling Down Electronics Crammed Together in a Spacecraft

Carnival of Space #635-636

Our Guide to the November 11th, 2019 Transit of Mercury Across the Sun

The Lowest Mass Black Hole has Been Found, only 3.3 Times the Mass of the Sun

Asteroid Hygiea is Round Enough That it Could Qualify as a Dwarf Planet, the Smallest in the Solar System

NASA is Now Considering a Pluto Orbiter Mission

Mars 2020 Stands Up on its Wheels For The First Time

Return to the Moon with Blue Origin's Rockets and Lunar Lander Made Out of LEGO

This is the Machine Astronauts Trained on to Land on the Moon

Clouds On Jupiter Rising Up Above the Surrounding Atmosphere

New Telescope Instrument Will Watch the Sky with 5,000 Eyes