Universe Today (Page 106)

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Provides the Music for NASA's new SLS Video

By Matthew Williams - March 21, 2022 01:08 PM UTC | Missions

Eddie Vedder's Invincible: a musical tribute to the rollout of the SLS, the coming launch of Artemis I, and humanity's long awaited return to the Moon!

Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study

By Matthew Williams - March 20, 2022 01:28 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A new study takes a look at Von Neumann probes and asks the really important questions: "why would aliens send them?" and, "where might we find them?"

Lunar Rovers Could be Dropped Into Lava Tubes to Explore Their Depths

By Andy Tomaswick - March 20, 2022 10:59 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Machine Learning Will be one of the Best Ways to Identify Habitable Exoplanets

By Matthew Williams - March 19, 2022 06:00 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study has shown how machine learning will aid next-generation telescopes in the search for water on exoplanets.

Wondering About the 6 Rays Coming out of JWST's Test Image? Here's why They Happen

By Matthew Williams - March 19, 2022 03:58 PM UTC | Telescopes

The new image taken by James Webb... were you wondering why it looks so spikey? As it turns out, that's an effect caused by its segmented mirrors!

Astronomers Could Detect Gravitational Waves by Tracking the Moon's Orbit Around the Earth

By Brian Koberlein - March 19, 2022 03:05 PM UTC | Physics

Detecting gravitational waves by observing the Moon's motion could help solve one of the greatest mysteries in cosmology.

Mars Orbiter Captures Images of China's Rover From Space

By Nancy Atkinson - March 19, 2022 12:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Chris Hadfield Drives in the Desert With a new Lunar Rover Prototype

By Nancy Atkinson - March 18, 2022 04:22 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Building Blocks of Earth Could Have Come From Farther out in the Solar System

By Evan Gough - March 18, 2022 04:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomy Jargon 101: Local Group

By Paul Sutter - March 18, 2022 03:30 PM UTC | Milky Way

There are Deposits of ice at Mercury's Poles too

By Brian Koberlein - March 18, 2022 12:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Ice was discovered on Mercury's poles thanks to planetary radar.

Now That is a Big Rocket. Space Launch System Rolls out to the Launch pad for a Series of Tests

By Nancy Atkinson - March 18, 2022 11:23 AM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA Releases Details on how Starship Will be Part of its Return to the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - March 18, 2022 10:42 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Astronomy Jargon 101: Magellanic Clouds

By Paul Sutter - March 17, 2022 03:32 PM UTC | Milky Way

A Pulsar is Blasting out Jets of Matter and Antimatter

By Evan Gough - March 17, 2022 12:53 PM UTC | Stars

ESA's Gaia Just Took a Picture of L2 Neighbor JWST

By Nancy Atkinson - March 17, 2022 10:27 AM UTC | Missions

Astronomy Jargon 101: Neutron Star

By Paul Sutter - March 16, 2022 03:36 PM UTC | Stars

Webb has Now Taken the Sharpest Image the Laws of Physics Allow

By Nancy Atkinson - March 16, 2022 03:28 PM UTC | Cosmology

A new way to Confirm Hawking's Idea That Black Holes Give off Radiation

By Brian Koberlein - March 16, 2022 01:38 PM UTC | Black Holes

A quantum experiment simulates how Hawking radiation could affect quantum systems.

It's Springtime on Mars, and the Dunes are Defrosting

By Nancy Atkinson - March 16, 2022 11:19 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Russian Space Agency Employees are now Forbidden to Travel Outside Russia (Because They Might not Come Back)

By Evan Gough - March 15, 2022 04:14 PM UTC | Space Policy

Astronomy Jargon 101: Nova

By Paul Sutter - March 15, 2022 03:45 PM UTC | Stars

Here are the 7 Best Places to Search for Life in the Solar System

By Andy Tomaswick - March 15, 2022 02:44 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Smaller, Ground-Based Telescopes can Study Exoplanet Atmospheres too

By Evan Gough - March 15, 2022 01:30 PM UTC | Exoplanets

LEGO Releases the new Rocket Launch Center set, Recreating the Artemis Moon Missions

By Andy Tomaswick - March 15, 2022 10:57 AM UTC | Space Exploration

A Tiny Asteroid was Discovered Mere Hours Before it Crashed Into the Earth

By Nancy Atkinson - March 15, 2022 10:21 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Starlink is the Only Communications Link for Some Ukrainian Towns, but the Terminals Could Also be a Target

By Matthew Williams - March 14, 2022 08:59 PM UTC | Space Policy

Starlink's satellite internet is the only means of communication for some people in the Ukraine, though the services could pose a risk to users.

Astronomy Jargon 101: Open Cluster

By Paul Sutter - March 14, 2022 03:47 PM UTC | Stars

If Axions are Dark Matter, we've got new Hints About Where to Look for Them

By Brian Koberlein - March 14, 2022 02:43 PM UTC | Cosmology

A computer simulation of dark matter points to axions being more massive than expected.

40 Telescopes Watched the Sun as the Parker Solar Probe Made its Most Recent Flyby

By Andy Tomaswick - March 14, 2022 01:44 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

According to a US Auditor, Each Launch of the Space Launch System Will Cost an "Unsustainable" $4.1 Billion

By Andy Tomaswick - March 14, 2022 01:29 AM UTC | Space Policy

What is the Kardashev Scale?

By Matthew Williams - March 12, 2022 09:03 PM UTC | Astrobiology

In 1961, Russian-Soviet astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev published a paper where he introduced the Kardashev Scale, a means of classifying extraterrestrial civilizations based on the amount of energy the could harness.

An 1874 Citizen Science Project Studying the Aurora Borealis Helped Inspire Time Zones

By sjohnston - March 12, 2022 08:05 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Astronomy Jargon 101: Planetary Nebula

By Paul Sutter - March 12, 2022 03:55 PM UTC | Stars

The Sun is Slowly Tearing This Comet Apart

By Evan Gough - March 11, 2022 06:43 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

50-Year-Old Lunar Samples are Opened up for the First Time

By Evan Gough - March 11, 2022 04:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomy Jargon 101: Planet

By Paul Sutter - March 11, 2022 03:57 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Neutron Stars Could be the Best way to Measure Dark Energy

By Brian Koberlein - March 11, 2022 01:23 PM UTC | Physics

Neutron star collisions might be able to prove that dark energy is just an illusion.

Strange Terraces on Mars are a Clear Signal of Sedimentary Rock

By Nancy Atkinson - March 11, 2022 09:30 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Russian Space Agency Tweets a Bizarre Video Showing the Russian Modules Detaching From ISS

By Matthew Williams - March 10, 2022 04:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Amid the chaos of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a video has appeared online that shows the Russian segment of the International Space Station detaching.