Universe Today
What is the Perfect Gift for Every Space Enthusiast? The Year in Space Calendar 2018!
Carnival of Space #539
Weekly Space Hangout - Dec 13, 2017: Emilio Enriquez and SETI's Breakthrough Listen Initiative
New Map Shows the Motion of all the Galaxies in Our Supercluster
An international team of astronomers has created the largest map of the movements of galaxies within our Supercluster to date.
Continue reading
Breakthrough Listen is Going to Scan 'Oumuamua, You Know, Just to be Sure it's Just an Asteroid and Not a Spaceship.
Using the Greenbank Radio Telescope, Breakthrough Listen plans to "listen" to 'Oumuamua to see if there are any signs of alien transmissions.
Continue reading
Messier 63 - the Sunflower Galaxy
Located in the Canes Venatici constellation, roughly 37 million light-years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy know as Messier 63 (aka. the Sunflower Galaxy).
Continue reading
Astronomy Cast Ep. 469: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover - Part 1 Space Exploration
Too Big, Too Soon. Monster Black Hole Seen Shortly After the Big Bang
An international team of astronomers, using multiple observatories, have found the youngest and most distant quasar to date.
Continue reading
The Dorado Constellation
Located in the southern skies is the constellation of Dorado, one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the IAU
Continue reading
Earth and Venus are the Same Size, so Why Doesn't Venus Have a Magnetosphere? Maybe it Didn't Get Smashed Hard Enough
A new study lays out why Venus doiesn't have a magnetic field like Earth's. Basically, it may come down to the impact that formed the Moon.
Continue reading
Astronauts in Trouble Will be Able to Press the "Take Me Home" Button
Massachusetts-based engineering company Draper recently filed a patent for a navigation system that will be able to bring astronauts home if they get in trouble
Continue reading
The Space Station is Getting a New Gadget to Detect Space Debris
The Space Debris Sensor (SDS) aboard the International Space Station is allowing scientists to characterize the orbital debris environment
Continue reading
Weekly Space Hangout - Dec. 6, 2017: Brian Koberlein and "Big Science"
Two new Super-Earths Discovered Around a Red Dwarf Star
While examining a previously-discovered exoplanet, an international team of astronomers discovered a second Super-Earth around the star.
Continue reading
What is the Transit Method?
Of the many methods used to detect extra-solar planets, the most widely-used and effective is the Transit Photometry
Continue reading
Astronomy Cast Ep. 468: Simulations for Science and Fun
Messier 62 - the NGC 6266 Globular Cluster
Located in the southern constellation of Ophiuchus, approximately 22,200 light-years from Earth, is the global cluster known as Messier 62.
Continue reading
A New Survey Takes the Hubble Deep Field to the Next Level, Analyzing Distance and Properties of 1,600 Galaxies
A new survey using the ESO's Very Large Telescope found 72 never-before-seen galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field data.
Continue reading
There Could be Hundreds More Icy Worlds with Life Than on Rocky Planets Out There in the Galaxy
According to a new study by members of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, there could be
Continue reading
Juno Isn't Exactly Where it's Supposed To Be. The Flyby Anomaly is Back, But Why Does it Happen?
Using the Juno mission's orbit of Jupiter, a team of scientists has developed a possible explanation for the long-standing "flyby anomaly"
Continue reading