Universe Today (Page 91)

Did you Want More Scientific Information About the First set of Images From JWST? Fill Your Boots

By Matthew Williams - August 04, 2022 05:02 PM UTC | Observing

A new paper describes all the science that went into the James Webb Early Release Observations (ERO).

The Tharsis Region of Mars is Peppered With These Strange Pit Craters. Now They've Been Found Elsewhere

By Nancy Atkinson - August 04, 2022 12:37 PM UTC | Planetary Science

An Interstellar Meteor Struck the Earth in 2014, and now Scientists Want to Search for it at the Bottom of the Ocean

By sjohnston - August 03, 2022 10:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Measure the Signal of Dark Matter From 12 Billion Years ago

By Brian Koberlein - August 03, 2022 05:15 PM UTC | Cosmology

The most distant measure of dark matter suggests the universe might have behaved differently in the past.

JWST Turns Its Gaze on the Cartwheel Galaxy

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - August 03, 2022 12:39 AM UTC | Extragalactic

The Record for the Farthest Galaxy just got Broken Again, now just 250 million years after the Big Bang

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - August 02, 2022 12:41 PM UTC | Extragalactic

K2 PanSTARRS Still a Fine Binocular Comet Through late 2022

By David Dickinson - August 01, 2022 11:39 AM UTC | Observing

A long anticipated comet puts on its best show through the end of 2022.

Even Citizen Scientists are Getting Time on JWST

By Nancy Atkinson - July 31, 2022 06:54 PM UTC | Telescopes

Stellar Flybys Leave a Permanent Mark on Newly Forming Planetary Systems

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 31, 2022 04:10 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Planet 9 is Running out of Places to Hide

By Brian Koberlein - July 31, 2022 02:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A search for Planet 9 found hundreds of potential candidates, but they are probably just clouds.

Earth's Magnetic Field Almost Completely Collapsed 550 Million Years Ago

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 30, 2022 05:19 PM UTC | Planetary Science

China's Long March Rocket Booster Makes Uncontrolled Reentry Back to Earth

By Nancy Atkinson - July 30, 2022 04:07 PM UTC | Space Policy

ESA's EnVision Mission Doesn't Have a lot of Fuel, so it's Going to Aerobrake in the Atmosphere of Venus

By Nancy Atkinson - July 30, 2022 03:12 PM UTC | Missions

Jupiter's Giant Moons Prevent it From Having Rings Like Saturn

By Matthew Williams - July 30, 2022 02:58 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A recent study examined why Jupiter doesn't have highly-visible (and beautiful) rings like Saturn, and puts the blame on its moons!

When Stars eat Their Planets, the Carnage can be Seen Billions of Years Later

By Brian Koberlein - July 30, 2022 02:55 PM UTC | Stars

Lithium is the key to determining whether a star has eaten a planet.

JWST Damage, New Mars Helicopters, Teaching Robots to Die

By kuingul-gmail - July 30, 2022 08:09 AM UTC | Missions

The Mars Sample Return Mission Will Take Two Helicopters to the Red Planet to Help Retrieve Samples

By sjohnston - July 29, 2022 09:33 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The James Webb is Measuring Distant Galaxies 5-10 Times Better Than any Other Telescope

By Matthew Williams - July 29, 2022 04:26 PM UTC | Telescopes

The James Webb Space Telescope is enabling all kinds of next-generation astronomy, including producing accurate mass measurements of the most distant galaxies.

A Black Hole can Tear a Neutron Star Apart in Less Than 2 Seconds

By Matthew Williams - July 28, 2022 04:15 PM UTC | Black Holes

An international team has simulated what happens when a black hole and neutron star merge, and the results were pretty

Lava Tubes on the Moon Maintain Comfortable Room Temperatures Inside

By Nancy Atkinson - July 28, 2022 11:45 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A Fast-Moving Star is Colliding With Interstellar gas, Creating a Spectacular bow Shock

By Brian Koberlein - July 28, 2022 10:01 AM UTC | Stars

A star speeding through gas and dust has much to teach us about interstellar dynamics.

Engineers are Testing how VIPER can Handle the Gnarliest Lunar Terrain

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 27, 2022 11:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Heaviest Neutron Star Ever Seen Got There by Feasting on its Companion

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 27, 2022 06:07 PM UTC | Stars

Scientists Identify the Source of a Famous Meteorite as One Crater on Mars

By Evan Gough - July 27, 2022 03:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Another Amazing Image from Webb, This Time it's Galaxy IC 5332

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - July 27, 2022 01:04 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Falling Space Junk has a 10% Chance of Killing Someone in the Next Decade

By Andy Tomaswick - July 26, 2022 06:41 PM UTC | Space Policy

China has Added a Science Module to its New Space Station

By Nancy Atkinson - July 26, 2022 03:53 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Before we Develop Self-Replicating Machines to Explore the Universe, we Should Figure out how to Turn Them off Again

By Matthew Williams - July 26, 2022 01:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In a recent study, aerospace engineer Prof. Alex Ellery proposes a biologically-inspired method that could keep self-replicating robots from running amok!