Universe Today (Page 422)

This Crater on Mars Traps the Cold, and Remains Filled With Ice, All Year Round

By Matthew Williams - December 22, 2018 03:52 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Just in time for the holidays, the ESO's Mars Express mission revealed a breathtaking image of a Martian crater that is ice-filled all year round.

The Equuleus Constellation

By tammy-plotner - December 21, 2018 10:00 PM UTC | Observing

New Research Reveals How Galaxies Stay Hot and Bothered

By Paul Sutter - December 21, 2018 06:25 PM UTC | Extragalactic

InSight Just Placed its Seismometer onto the Surface of Mars to Listen for Marsquakes

By Evan Gough - December 21, 2018 01:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Remember the Discovery of Methane in the Martian Atmosphere? Now Scientists Can't Find any Evidence of it, at all

By Matthew Williams - December 20, 2018 07:26 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to recently-reported results from the ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter, it appears that there may not be any methane in Mars' atmosphere.

Even if Exoplanets Have Atmospheres With Oxygen, it Doesn't Mean There's Life There

By Matthew Williams - December 20, 2018 04:32 PM UTC | Astrobiology

The Saturn Nebula Kind of Looks Like the Planet in a Small Telescope, But in One of the Most Powerful Telescopes on Earth, it Looks Like This

By Evan Gough - December 19, 2018 06:07 PM UTC | Observing

Saturn is Losing its Rings, Fast. They Could be Gone Within 100 Million Years

By Matthew Williams - December 19, 2018 03:48 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to new research based on data obtained by the Cassini probe, Saturn's rings could be gone within 100 million years.

A Nuclear-Powered Tunneling Robot that Could Search for Life on Europa

By Evan Gough - December 19, 2018 01:58 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Carnival of Space #591

By Susie Murph - December 18, 2018 04:55 PM UTC | Site News

Weekly Space Hangout: Dec 19, 2018: News Roundup

By Susie Murph - December 18, 2018 03:44 PM UTC | Site News

Did You Know that the Earth Loses Several Hundred Tons of Atmosphere to Space Every Day?

By Evan Gough - December 18, 2018 03:21 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Messier 74 - the NGC 628 Spiral Galaxy

By tammy-plotner - December 17, 2018 09:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Located in the Pisces constellation, roughly 30 million light years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as Messier 74 (aka. the "Phantom Galaxy").

Here are 20 Protoplanetary Disks, With Newly Forming Planets Carving Out Gaps in the Gas and Dust

By Matthew Williams - December 17, 2018 04:23 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new survey by an ALMA collaboration has resulted in stunning images of 20 nearby protoplanetary disks, which shows the process of planet formation as it happens.

Here's the First Image of the Sun from the Parker Solar Probe

By Evan Gough - December 14, 2018 05:59 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Rosetta Flew Through the Bow Shock of Comet 67P Several Times During its Mission

By Matthew Williams - December 14, 2018 04:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new analysis of Rosetta data, the orbiter passed through the bow shock of Comet 67/P several times during its mission.

Of Course You'll Want to See InSight's First Selfie.

By Evan Gough - December 14, 2018 02:05 PM UTC | Planetary Science

You're Looking at an Actual Image of a White Dwarf Feeding on Material from a Larger Red Giant, 650 Light Years from Earth.

By Evan Gough - December 13, 2018 05:13 PM UTC | Stars

Exactly How We Would Send our First Laser-Powered Probe to Alpha Centauri

By Matthew Williams - December 13, 2018 03:22 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In a recent study, an international team of scientists present their concept for a lightsail and spacecraft that could make the journey to the nearest star in about 100 years.

There's a Surprising Amount of Life Deep Inside the Earth. Hundreds of Times More Mass than All of Humanity

By Evan Gough - December 13, 2018 03:09 PM UTC | Astrobiology