Universe Today (Page 100)

Amazing Flaky Martian Rocks Were Formed in a Stream or a Small Pond

By Matthew Williams - June 25, 2022 06:31 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Mars Curiosity rover continues to make impressive scientific findings as it gets closer to marking its tenth anniversary on Mars!

Despite its draining power, NASA's InSight Mars lander is determined to squeeze as much science as it can until the very last moment

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 25, 2022 05:57 PM UTC | Planetary Science

More Rocket Launches Could Damage the Ozone Layer

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 24, 2022 09:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA Says It's Satisfied With Rehearsal for SLS Moon Rocket Launch

By Alan Boyle - June 24, 2022 08:03 PM UTC | Missions

SpaceX is now Constructing the Starship Launch Tower at Cape Canaveral

By Matthew Williams - June 24, 2022 02:54 PM UTC | Space Exploration

SpaceX is building another "Mechazilla" launch tower at Launch Complex-39A at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Recent Supernovae Produced Giant Cavities in the Orion Nebula

By Evan Gough - June 24, 2022 02:16 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomers Find a Brand new Pulsar That's Probably Less Than 14 Years old

By Brian Koberlein - June 24, 2022 09:39 AM UTC | Stars

Astronomers have discovered a neutron star so young it's barely a teenager.

BepiColombo's Second Mercury Flyby

By David Dickinson - June 24, 2022 09:27 AM UTC | Planetary Science

BepiColombo's stunning close pass by Mercury on Thursday provides a prelude of what's to come.

If Bacteria Drink Kombucha, They Stand a Better Chance of Survival on Mars

By Andy Tomaswick - June 24, 2022 09:19 AM UTC | Astrobiology

South Korea is now a Space-Faring Nation With the Orbital Launch of Their Homegrown Nuri Rocket

By Matthew Williams - June 23, 2022 06:10 PM UTC | Space Policy

South Korea just became the 11th member of the space club, and the seventh nation to launch a commercial payload!

Do Ancient Coins Record the Supernova of 1054?

By Andy Tomaswick - June 23, 2022 03:58 PM UTC | Stars

64 Radio Telescopes Come Together to act as a Single Giant Observatory

By Matthew Williams - June 23, 2022 03:25 PM UTC | Telescopes

The MeerKAT array just combined the power of its 64 radio telescopes to create a single telescope, which is already allowing for cutting-edge cosmological research!

Plenty of Examples That Giant Galaxies Like the Milky Way Formed Through Mergers

By Evan Gough - June 23, 2022 02:33 PM UTC | Milky Way

Chinese Astronomers Detect an Interesting (But NOT Alien) Signal With the FAST Radio Observatory

By Matthew Williams - June 22, 2022 12:28 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Unfortunately, China's 500-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) did NOT detect possible alien signals, only radio interference from Earth.

This Tiny Dot is one of the Biggest, Most Active Galaxy Superclusters Ever Seen. It Was Already a Monster Shortly After the Big Bang

By Nancy Atkinson - June 22, 2022 12:11 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Another few Weeks of Observations Could Tell us if the Wow! Signal Repeats

By Brian Koberlein - June 22, 2022 10:58 AM UTC | Astrobiology

The famous Wow Signal might be a repeating radio burst, and astronomers might soon prove it.

Charon's Red Cap at its North Pole? We Might Have an Answer

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 22, 2022 01:11 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A Totally new View of the Large Magellanic Cloud (and more!) From Retired Telescopes

By Nancy Atkinson - June 21, 2022 05:44 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Could We Use Mars as a Base for Asteroid Mining?

By Evan Gough - June 21, 2022 04:15 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Gaia's Massive Third Data Release is out!

By Matthew Williams - June 21, 2022 03:15 PM UTC | Milky Way

The third Gaia Data Release (DR3) has been released, and is already leading to some major breakthroughs in astronomy!

This Bizarre Terrain on Mars is Caused by Water Ice and Carbon Dioxide

By Nancy Atkinson - June 21, 2022 11:32 AM UTC | Planetary Science

The Moon Could Have Gathered Some of its Water from the Earth's Atmosphere

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 21, 2022 07:57 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Want to Own a Meteorite from Geoff Notkin's Personal Collection?

By Nancy Atkinson - June 20, 2022 04:05 PM UTC | Site News

Samples of Asteroid Ryugu Contain More Than 20 Amino Acids

By Matthew Williams - June 20, 2022 03:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The samples obtained by Hayabusa2 have revealed that the Near Earth Asteroid Ryugu contains 20 strains of amino acids - the buildings blocks of life!

Once Again, Galaxies Look Surprisingly Mature Shortly After the Beginning of the Universe

By sjohnston - June 19, 2022 09:02 PM UTC | Cosmology

Fire Acts Strangely in Microgravity. Astronauts Have Lit More Than 1,500 Fires on the Space Station to Figure Out Why

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 18, 2022 09:10 AM UTC | Space Exploration

A Rare Repeating Fast Radio Burst Gives Astronomers a Chance to Study These Mysterious Objects

By Matthew Williams - June 17, 2022 06:48 PM UTC | Physics

An international team has come up with a new explanation for Fast Radio Bursts based on their study of a "newborn" neutron star

This is What the Metal Asteroid Psyche Might Look Like

By Evan Gough - June 17, 2022 02:37 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Using the Sun as a Gravitational Lens Would Let Us See Exoplanets With Incredible Resolution

By Nancy Atkinson - June 17, 2022 01:34 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Two New Rocky Planets Discovered Close to the Solar System

By Evan Gough - June 16, 2022 07:09 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Starship is one Step Closer to Flight

By Matthew Williams - June 16, 2022 04:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

SpaceX just completed its FAA environmental review and is one step closer to conducting orbital test flights!

See a Stunning New Picture of the Tarantula Nebula

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 16, 2022 03:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Astronomers Caught Betelgeuse Just Before it Started Dimming and Might Have Seen a Pressure Wave Rippling Through its Atmosphere

By Evan Gough - June 16, 2022 02:24 PM UTC | Stars

Andromeda Tore Apart and Consumed a Neighbor Galaxy

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 16, 2022 01:24 PM UTC | Extragalactic

A Perfectly Balanced Rock Seen by Perseverance

By Nancy Atkinson - June 16, 2022 11:21 AM UTC | Planetary Science

China's Lunar Lander Finds Water Under its Feet

By Nancy Atkinson - June 15, 2022 06:54 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Japan's Upcoming Mission Will Use a Vacuum to Get its Sample From Phobos

By Evan Gough - June 15, 2022 06:40 PM UTC | Missions

There Could Be Four Hostile Civilizations in the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - June 15, 2022 05:12 PM UTC | Astrobiology

In a series of papers, amateur astronomer and exoplanet researcher Alberto Caballero narrows down who could have sent the Wow! Signal and how many hostile civilizations could be listening to our transmissions.