Universe Today (Page 379)

Of Course Mars 2020 is Going to Get a New Name. NASA is Looking for Judges for an Upcoming Naming Contest

By Matthew Williams - June 25, 2019 11:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA and its partner organizations are launching the "Name that Rover" competition, which gives students from all over the US a chance to name the Mars 2020 rover.

Curiosity Sniffs a Spike in Methane. Could it be a Sign of Life?

By Matthew Williams - June 25, 2019 06:17 PM UTC | Astrobiology

The Curiosity rover has detected another methane plume on Mars, once again raising the issue of whether or not there could be life somewhere beneath the surface.

Third Falcon Heavy Launch Blasts 24 Payloads Into Orbit Including a Solar Sail. Doesn't Quite Stick the Landing

By Evan Gough - June 25, 2019 04:35 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Carnival of Space #617

By susie - June 25, 2019 03:22 PM UTC | Site News

Ep. 535: Astronomy-Related Things To Do This Summer

By susie - June 25, 2019 01:53 PM UTC | Observing

Hubble is the Ultimate Multitasker: Discovering Asteroids While it's Doing Other Observations

By Evan Gough - June 25, 2019 01:26 PM UTC | Observing

Uranus' Rings are Surprisingly Bright in Thermal Emissions

By Matthew Williams - June 24, 2019 04:38 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New observations by ALMA and the VLT provide the most-detailed look yet at Uranus' system of rings, revealing things about their temperature and particle distribution

Messier 88 - the NGC 4501 Spiral Galaxy

By tammy-plotner - June 24, 2019 08:25 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Located in the Coma Berenices constellation, about 50 to 60 million light-years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as Messier 88

Stunning Image Shows How Saturn's Tiny Moon Sculpts the Planet's Rings

By Evan Gough - June 20, 2019 04:33 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Two Earth-Like Worlds Found Orbiting a Red Dwarf Only 12.5 Light-Years Away

By Matthew Williams - June 19, 2019 07:10 PM UTC | Exoplanets

The CARMENES project has detected two more Earth-like planets that orbit a red dwarf star just 12.5 light years away

Of Course Mars 2020 is Going to Get a New Name. NASA is Looking for Judges for an Upcoming Naming Contest

Curiosity Sniffs a Spike in Methane. Could it be a Sign of Life?

Third Falcon Heavy Launch Blasts 24 Payloads Into Orbit Including a Solar Sail. Doesn't Quite Stick the Landing

Carnival of Space #617

Ep. 535: Astronomy-Related Things To Do This Summer

Hubble is the Ultimate Multitasker: Discovering Asteroids While it's Doing Other Observations

Uranus' Rings are Surprisingly Bright in Thermal Emissions

Messier 88 - the NGC 4501 Spiral Galaxy

NASA Model Shows Greenland's Ice Sheet Will Disappear Over the Next 1000 Years, Raising Sea Levels by 7 Meters

Deep Space Atomic Clocks Will Help Spacecraft Answer, with Incredible Precision, if They're There Yet

Enceladus is Filled with Tasty Food for Bacteria

Want to Find Aliens? The Largest Dataset in the History of SETI has Been Released to the Public

Stunning Image Shows How Saturn's Tiny Moon Sculpts the Planet's Rings

Two Earth-Like Worlds Found Orbiting a Red Dwarf Only 12.5 Light-Years Away

Competition Will Let You Name an Exoplanet

The Earliest Example of Merging Galaxies Ever Found

This is the Closest OSIRIS-REx has Gotten to Bennu. Just 680 Meters Above the Asteroid

New Ideas to Reduce Muscle Loss During Spaceflight

Carnival of Space #616

Weekly Space Hangout: June 19, 2019 - Corey Gray, Lead Operator at the LIGO Hanford Observatory