Universe Today (Page 127)

China has a new Human Lunar Space Program, With Plans for Landers, Orbiters, Rovers, and a Lunar Base

By Matthew Williams - May 18, 2022 12:47 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In a recent interview, an engineer associated with the Chinese space agency confirmed that China has established a Crewed Lunar Program.

No, This Isn't a Doorway on Mars

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 18, 2022 12:10 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Congressional UFO Hearing Brings a Few Answers and More Questions

By Alan Boyle - May 17, 2022 07:03 PM UTC | Site News

Carbon-12 is an Essential Building Block for Life and Scientists Have Finally Figured Out How it Forms in Stars

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 17, 2022 06:43 PM UTC | Stars

Merging Supermassive Black Holes Gives us a New Way to Measure the Universe

By Matthew Williams - May 17, 2022 10:00 AM UTC | Cosmology

A team of astronomers from Columbia University has found a new way to probe the depths of merging black holes, which could lead to a new understanding of physics!

Did a 5th Giant Planet Mess up the Orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?

By Andy Tomaswick - May 16, 2022 09:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Find a Star That Contains 65 Different Elements

By Evan Gough - May 16, 2022 03:47 PM UTC | Stars

Scouring Through old Hubble Images Turned up 1,000 new Asteroids

By Evan Gough - May 16, 2022 03:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Engineers Design an Electrical Microgrid for a Lunar Base

By Matthew Williams - May 16, 2022 03:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Sandia National Laboratories is developing microgrid technology that will power the Artemis Base Camp and operations on the Moon!

Cosmic Rays can Help Keep the World's Clocks in Sync

By Scott Johnston - May 15, 2022 02:28 PM UTC | Physics

A CubeSat is Flying to the Moon to Make Sure Lunar Gateway's Orbit is Actually Stable

By Matthew Williams - May 14, 2022 07:52 PM UTC | Planetary Science

To validate the Lunar Gateway's orbit around the lunar poles (a halo orbit), NASA is sending the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon!

What's the Right Depth to Search for Life on Icy Worlds?

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 12, 2022 08:37 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Astronomers Finally Catch a Nova Detonating on a White Dwarf as it's Happening

By Nancy Atkinson - May 12, 2022 05:02 PM UTC | Stars

This is it! Meet the Supermassive Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - May 12, 2022 03:45 PM UTC | Black Holes

The Event Horizon Telescope has just released the first images of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy!

We've Now Seen Planet-Forming Disks Around Hundreds of Young Stars. What Do They Tell Us?

By Evan Gough - May 12, 2022 03:20 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Our Complete Guide to This Weekend's Total Lunar Eclipse

By David Dickinson - May 12, 2022 08:41 AM UTC | Observing

Don't miss one of the top astronomical events for 2022: Sunday night's total lunar eclipse.

InSight Just Detected a Record-breaking Marsquake: Magnitude 5!

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 11, 2022 10:45 PM UTC | Planetary Science

'The Clocks are Telling Lies:' A New Book from Universe Today Writer Scott Alan Johnston

By Scott Johnston - May 11, 2022 06:51 PM UTC | Site News

Martian Dust is Starting to Darken Ingenuity's Solar Panels

By Nancy Atkinson - May 11, 2022 04:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

These are the Best Places to Search for Habitable Exomoons

By Evan Gough - May 11, 2022 03:48 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Artemis 1 Probably won't Launch Until August

By Matthew Williams - May 11, 2022 03:48 PM UTC | Missions

Technical issues have imposed delays on the Artemis I mission. NASA now claims it will likely launch by August at the earliest.

The Tonga Eruption Reached Space!

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 11, 2022 12:18 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Mars' Carbon Dioxide Glaciers are on the Move

By Matthew Williams - May 10, 2022 05:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research has shown that the southern polar glaciers on Mars are migrating, and have been for a very long time!

What's the Best Way to Build Landing Pads on the Moon?

By Matthew Williams - May 10, 2022 01:48 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study considers the most cost-effective way to build landing pads on the Moon, which is essential to establishing a sustainable human presence there.