Universe Today (Page 141)

Earth's Magnetic Field is Changing Surprisingly Quickly

By Brian Koberlein - July 10, 2020 03:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Earth's magnetic North pole has been moving awfully fast in recent years. But there's nothing to worry about.

Why Lava Tubes Should be Our Top Exploration Priority on Other Worlds

By Evan Gough - July 10, 2020 01:52 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New Zealand just got its first International Dark Sky Park

By Paul Sutter - July 09, 2020 09:42 PM UTC | Site News

Finally! We've got a comet that's visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

By Paul Sutter - July 09, 2020 09:35 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A Giant Galaxy Seen Lighting Up the Universe Shortly After the Big Bang

By Matthew Williams - July 09, 2020 07:15 PM UTC | Extragalactic

The discovery of a bright galaxy that existed 13 billion years ago is shedding light on a period known own as the "Cosmic Dark Ages."

That Strange Gel-Like Material Discovered by China's Lunar Rover? It's Just Rock

By Evan Gough - July 09, 2020 06:14 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Scientists Have Developed a Way to Make Human Skin More Protected from Space Radiation

By Evan Gough - July 09, 2020 04:07 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Languages Will Change Significantly on Interstellar Flights

By Matthew Williams - July 08, 2020 10:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A pair of linguists recently did a study, which appeared in an ESA-associated journal, that discusses how interstellar travel could lead to changes in our language.

Although InSight's Mole is Completely Buried, it Might be Stuck Again

By Evan Gough - July 08, 2020 08:05 PM UTC | Missions

What Telescope Will Be Needed to See the First Stars in the Universe? The Ultimately Large Telescope

By Evan Gough - July 08, 2020 06:05 PM UTC | Telescopes

Detecting the Neutrinos From a Supernova That's About to Explode

By Evan Gough - July 08, 2020 01:19 PM UTC | Stars

Dawn Patrol: Jupiter and Saturn at Opposition 2020

By David Dickinson - July 08, 2020 09:08 AM UTC | Observing

Missing the planets in the first half of 2020? That's all about to change, as the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn reach opposition in rapid succession this month, heralding a return to the dusk sky.

A Tabletop-sized Experiment Could Help in the Search for Dark Matter

By Andy Tomaswick - July 07, 2020 11:43 PM UTC | Physics

Electron Rocket's 13th Launch Failed, Destroying its Satellite Payload

By Matthew Williams - July 07, 2020 08:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In what would have been the 12th successful launch of their Electron rocket, Rocket Lab

The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud. Normally this Looks Like a Dark Blob in the Sky. But in Infrared, it Looks Like This.

By Evan Gough - July 07, 2020 06:24 PM UTC | Milky Way

The Moon Might Be More Metal-Rich Than We Thought

By Evan Gough - July 07, 2020 04:52 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Amateur Astronomers Find a Brand New Storm on Jupiter

By Brian Koberlein - July 07, 2020 02:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Amateur astronomers have discovered a new storm near the Great Red Spot.

Betelgeuse Probably Dimmed Because of Enormous Starspots

By Evan Gough - July 07, 2020 12:58 PM UTC | Stars

NGC 2275: An Absolute Unit of Galactic Flocculence

By Nancy Atkinson - July 07, 2020 10:29 AM UTC | Extragalactic

China's Mars Rover Launches in Late July

By Evan Gough - July 06, 2020 06:26 PM UTC | Missions

There's a Black Hole With 34 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun, Eating Roughly a Star Every Day

By Matthew Williams - July 06, 2020 05:06 PM UTC | Black Holes

Astronomers See Through the Milky Way's Dust to Track Where Radiation is Coming From at the Center of the Galaxy

By Evan Gough - July 06, 2020 04:48 PM UTC | Milky Way

Breakthrough Listen Releases its one-of-Everything "Exotica" Catalog

By Matthew Williams - July 05, 2020 04:00 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Breakthrough Listen, the largest SETI effort ever mounted, just released a list of over 700 objects that could be of interest to people looking for aliens!

One of the Best Pictures Ever Taken of ISS from the Ground. You Can Even See the Canadarm2

By Nancy Atkinson - July 04, 2020 01:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Help NASA Develop a Better Space Toilet

By Matthew Williams - July 03, 2020 09:09 PM UTC | Space Exploration

HeroX is one again hosting a NASA challenge, this time to develop a space toilet that will facilitate lunar exploration.

Astronomers Might Have Seen a Star Just Disappear. Turning Straight to a Black Hole Without a Supernova

By Brian Koberlein - July 03, 2020 03:07 PM UTC | Black Holes

A brilliant blue star has disappeared from view, which could mean it became a black hole in a novel way.

Behold! The Martian Menu, Courtesy of Mars City Design!

By Matthew Williams - July 02, 2020 11:04 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Every year since 2012, Mars City Design hosts the Mars Feast Gala, where talented chefs create tantalizing entrees based on what future generations could grow on Mars.