Universe Today (Page 128)

NASA has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Using the Falcon Heavy

By Matthew Williams - February 14, 2021 07:55 PM UTC | Missions

According to a recent statement, NASA has contracted SpaceX to launch the core elements of the Gateway to the Moon with the Falcon Heavy by 2024.

Lunar Spacecraft Gets an Upgrade to Capture New Perspectives of the Moon

By sjohnston - February 14, 2021 12:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

How Old is the Ice at Mars' North Pole?

By Matthew Williams - February 13, 2021 08:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Using data from the MRO's HiRISE camera, a team of researchers from UC Boulder have provided a starting point for reconstructing the history of Mars' climate.

ESA's Solar Orbiter 'Hides' Behind the Sun

By David Dickinson - February 12, 2021 08:34 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A deep-space mission is about to pull a 'vanishing act,' through mid-February, as the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter (affectionately known as 'SolO' to mission controllers) makes a crucial pass behind the Sun.

Quantum Theory Proposes That Cause and Effect Can Go In Loops

By Andy Tomaswick - February 12, 2021 06:48 AM UTC | Physics

Perseverance Will Make Sure it has a Safe Landing

By Evan Gough - February 11, 2021 06:59 PM UTC | Missions

Possible Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone at Alpha Centauri

By Evan Gough - February 11, 2021 02:48 PM UTC | Exoplanets

It's Starting to Look Like Super-Earths Really are Just Great big Terrestrial Planets

By Brian Koberlein - February 11, 2021 02:28 PM UTC | Exoplanets

New research shows there is a divide between how gas planets and rocky worlds form.

Three Storms Have Dumped Snow on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea

By Nancy Atkinson - February 11, 2021 01:37 PM UTC | Observing

Super-Earth Conditions Simulated in the Lab to Discover if They're Habitable

By Matthew Williams - February 10, 2021 05:30 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Researchers recently simulated what geological conditions would be like on Super-Earths, and found that a few known exoplanets are worth checking out!

InSight is Going to Try and "Hear" Perseverance Land on Mars From 3,452 km Away

By Nancy Atkinson - February 10, 2021 04:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

February 7th Was the Start of a New Year on Mars

By Andy Tomaswick - February 10, 2021 10:26 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Here's the Best Place for Explorers to Harvest Martian Ice

By Andy Tomaswick - February 10, 2021 09:59 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A New Technique to Find Cold Gas Streams That Might Make up the Missing (Normal) Matter in the Universe

By sjohnston - February 09, 2021 05:35 PM UTC | Cosmology

Plasma Thruster Could Dramatically Cut Down Flight Times to the Outer Solar System

By mcimone - February 09, 2021 05:14 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A New Supernova Remnant Found from an Exploding White Dwarf Star

By Evan Gough - February 09, 2021 04:02 PM UTC | Stars

Emirates Mars Mission Arrives at the Red Planet Today!

By Matthew Williams - February 09, 2021 01:37 PM UTC | Missions

The UAE Hope mission arrives at Mars today, kickng off a two year study of the Martian atmosphere. This is the first mission mounted by an Arab nation and offers inspiration for the future!

If Dark Matter is Made of Sterile Neutrinos, a new Survey has Narrowed Down What to Look for

By Brian Koberlein - February 09, 2021 10:34 AM UTC | Cosmology

If dark matter is made of sterile neutrinos, it should emit a distinct signature of x-rays.

Nearby Ancient Dwarf Galaxies Have a Surprising Amount of Dark Matter

By Matthew Williams - February 08, 2021 04:59 PM UTC | Extragalactic

According to new research led from MIT, ancient dwarf galaxies may have had more dark matter than previously thought.

Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids Offer Surprises Even Before NASA's Lucy Mission has a Chance to Visit Them.

By sjohnston - February 08, 2021 04:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science

What's Causing Those Landslides on Mars? Maybe Underground Salt and Melting Ice

By Andy Tomaswick - February 06, 2021 08:42 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Electrons Can Get Accelerated to Nearly the Speed of Light As They Interact With the Earth's Magnetosphere

By Andy Tomaswick - February 06, 2021 08:18 AM UTC | Physics

Astronomers Can Predict When a Galaxy's Star Formation Ends Based on the Shape and Size of its Disk

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2021 02:19 PM UTC | Extragalactic

A New Radar Instrument Will Try To Fill the Void Left By Arecibo

By Andy Tomaswick - February 05, 2021 07:58 AM UTC | Telescopes

What Looked Like Phosphine On Venus Might Actually Just Be Sulfur Dioxide

By Andy Tomaswick - February 04, 2021 11:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Dark Energy Survey Finds Hundreds of New Gravitational Lenses

By Andy Tomaswick - February 04, 2021 10:21 PM UTC | Cosmology

SLS Will be Tested Again in About 3 Weeks

By Matthew Williams - February 04, 2021 05:59 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In three weeks, NASA will be conducting its second hot fire test with the SLS. If all goes well, the fully-integrated system will launch in November!

Astronomers are now Finding Planetary Disks Around the Smallest, Least Massive Stars

By Paul Sutter - February 04, 2021 04:28 PM UTC | Stars

Every Challenge Astronauts Will Face on a Flight to Mars

By Matthew Williams - February 04, 2021 03:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A team of researchers from India conducted a study that considers all the hazards of sending crews to Mars (which was also presented at this year's Space Biology Virtual Workshop)

Narrowing Down the Mass of Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - February 04, 2021 03:00 PM UTC | Cosmology

It Looks Like Iceberg A-68A is Coming Apart

By Evan Gough - February 04, 2021 02:41 PM UTC | Planetary Science

BluShift Aerospace Launches Stardust 1.0 Rocket

By David Dickinson - February 04, 2021 12:46 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Maine-based BluShift Aerospace takes its first step, with the launch of a unique rocket.

Is There An Apollo 14 Moon Tree Near You?

By Nancy Atkinson - February 04, 2021 12:33 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Earth's Magnetosphere Might be Creating Water on the Moon

By Evan Gough - February 03, 2021 04:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

By Measuring Light From Individual Stars Between Galaxy Clusters, Astronomers Find Clues About Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - February 03, 2021 11:51 AM UTC | Cosmology

Black Holes Simulated in a Tank of Water Reveals "Backreaction" for the First Time

By Brian Koberlein - February 03, 2021 11:37 AM UTC | Black Holes

Water simulations that small gravitational waves near a black hole can significantly change the black hole's behavior.

A new Class of Exoplanets can Shrink, From Subneptunes Into Superearths

By Paul Sutter - February 03, 2021 08:38 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Physicists Figure out how to Make Gravitational Wave Detectors "Hear" 6x More Universe

By Paul Sutter - February 02, 2021 10:30 PM UTC | Physics

What Could We Learn From a Mission to Phobos?

By Matthew Williams - February 02, 2021 07:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to new research that looks at MAVEN data, Mars' larger moon (Phobos) could contain a record of how Mars' underwent significant climate change.

SN9 Tests Ends With a Boom. You're Up SN10

By Matthew Williams - February 02, 2021 06:18 PM UTC | Space Exploration

SpaceX just conducted their second high-altitude flight tests, which once again ended in an explosion. On to SN10!

When Galaxies Collide, Black Holes Don't Always Get the Feast They Were Hoping for

By Evan Gough - February 02, 2021 02:35 PM UTC | Black Holes

MESSENGER Saw a Meteoroid Strike Mercury

By Nancy Atkinson - February 02, 2021 12:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers are Starting to Understand the Quasar Lifecycle

By Paul Sutter - February 02, 2021 10:12 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Galaxy Mergers can Boost Star Formation, and it can Also Shut it Down

By Paul Sutter - February 01, 2021 09:54 PM UTC | Extragalactic

A Sunlike Star Found With Four (No, Five!) Exoplanets Orbiting It

By Matthew Williams - February 01, 2021 07:51 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Thanks to an international team astronomers led from MIT, a nearby Sun-like star has been spotted with a system of five exoplanets, making it the perfect target for observations with the James Webb Space Telescope.