Universe Today (Page 396)

Bizarre Double Star System Flipped its Planetary Disk on its Side

By Matthew Williams - January 15, 2019 04:17 PM UTC | Stars

An international research team recently found a binary star system with a debris disk that orbits around their poles.

Incredible Descent Video of the Chinese Lander to the Lunar Far Side

By Evan Gough - January 15, 2019 01:39 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Habitable Planets Around Red Dwarf Stars Might not get Enough Photons to Support Plant Life

By Matthew Williams - January 14, 2019 10:28 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study shows that planets orbiting red dwarf stars may not get enough radiation to support photosynthesis.

Messier 76 - the NGC 650/651 Planetary Nebula

By tammy-plotner - January 14, 2019 08:57 PM UTC | Observing

Located in the Perseus constellation, about 2,500 light years from Earth, is the planetary nebula known as Messier 76.

Astronomers See the Exact Moment a Supernova Turned into a Black Hole (or Neutron Star)

By Evan Gough - January 14, 2019 04:35 PM UTC | Black Holes

Astronomy Cast Ep. 513: Stellar Fusion

By susie - January 14, 2019 04:15 PM UTC | Stars

Neutrino Telescopes Look Deep in the Earth and Deep into Space

By nextbigfuture - January 14, 2019 03:10 PM UTC | Telescopes

Neutrino telescopes are another kind of telescope to go alongside telescopes for visible light, x-rays, infrared, ultraviolet, microwave, radio, gamma ray and gravity waves.

Giant Streak Structure Found in Venus' Cloudtops

By Evan Gough - January 11, 2019 06:52 PM UTC | Planetary Science

In the far Future our Sun will Turn Into a Solid Crystalline White Dwarf. Here's How it'll Happen

By Matthew Williams - January 11, 2019 05:02 PM UTC | Stars

New research using some of the latest Gaia mission data has revealed what happens to stars like our Sun once they become white dwarfs.

Bad News. Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs Might not have the Raw Materials for Life

By Evan Gough - January 10, 2019 06:01 PM UTC | Astrobiology

It Looks Like Dark Matter Can be Heated Up and Moved Around

By Paul Sutter - January 10, 2019 02:36 PM UTC | Physics

Interstellar Objects like Oumuamua Probably Crash into the Sun Every 30 Years or so and 2 Pass Within the Orbit of Mercury

By Matthew Williams - January 10, 2019 02:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study by a team of Harvard scientists reveals how we could study future interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua

Bizarre Double Star System Flipped its Planetary Disk on its Side

Incredible Descent Video of the Chinese Lander to the Lunar Far Side

Habitable Planets Around Red Dwarf Stars Might not get Enough Photons to Support Plant Life

Messier 76 - the NGC 650/651 Planetary Nebula

Astronomers See the Exact Moment a Supernova Turned into a Black Hole (or Neutron Star)

Astronomy Cast Ep. 513: Stellar Fusion

Neutrino Telescopes Look Deep in the Earth and Deep into Space

Giant Streak Structure Found in Venus' Cloudtops

In the far Future our Sun will Turn Into a Solid Crystalline White Dwarf. Here's How it'll Happen

Uh oh, Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 is Down

Canadian Telescope Finds 13 More Fast Radio Bursts Including the Second One Ever Seen Repeating

Our Complete Guide to the January 21st Total Lunar Eclipse

Extreme Bacteria on the Space Station are Evolving to Handle the Harsh Conditions, not to Make Astronauts Sick

Bad News. Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs Might not have the Raw Materials for Life

It Looks Like Dark Matter Can be Heated Up and Moved Around

Interstellar Objects like Oumuamua Probably Crash into the Sun Every 30 Years or so and 2 Pass Within the Orbit of Mercury

Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 9, 2019 - Lucianne Walkowicz

TESS Finds its Third Planet, a sub-Neptune with a 36-Day Orbit

China's Yutu-2 rover is on the move on the far side of the Moon

Check out this Amazing Picture of the Triangulum Galaxy by Hubble.