Universe Today (Page 149)

There Could be Meteors Traveling at a Fraction of the Speed of Light When They Hit the Atmosphere

By Matthew Williams - February 18, 2020 02:23 PM UTC | Physics

According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the speed of light regularly rain down on Earth's atmosphere

Carnival of Space #651

By susie - February 17, 2020 05:25 PM UTC | Site News

War of the Worlds: Watch the Moon Occult Mars Tuesday Morning

By David Dickinson - February 17, 2020 01:21 PM UTC | Observing

Happen to have clear skies tomorrow morning and live in the western part of the United States? Then you may have a chance to spy a unique event, as the waning crescent Moon occults (passes in front of) the planet Mars.

Betelgeuse Is Still Dimming! And We Have the Pictures to Prove It

By Fraser Cain - February 16, 2020 04:51 PM UTC | Stars

Beautiful Exposed Bedrock and Sand Dunes on Mars

By Evan Gough - February 13, 2020 06:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Simulated How the Universe Would Look Without Dark Matter

By Matthew Williams - February 13, 2020 05:22 PM UTC | Cosmology

A team of European researchers recently simulated how a Universe without Dark Matter would have evolved, with surprising results!

Mars Was Hit By a Lot of Protoplanets Early in its History, Taking Longer to Form than Previously Thought.

By Evan Gough - February 13, 2020 05:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Pale Blue Dot: Now New and Improved

By Nancy Atkinson - February 13, 2020 03:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Catch Comet T2 PanSTARRS This Spring

By David Dickinson - February 13, 2020 11:18 AM UTC | Observing

Ready for the next great comet? First, the bad news. there is not (as of yet), a good naked eye comet in the cards, for 2020. The good news is… there is a fine binocular comet well placed for northern hemisphere viewers: Comet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS.

A Rare Fast Radio Burst has been Found that Actually Repeats Every 16 Days

By Evan Gough - February 12, 2020 06:19 PM UTC | Extragalactic

New Images of the "Golf Ball" Asteroid Pallas

By Matthew Williams - February 12, 2020 05:19 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New images of the asteroid Pallas (the clearest and most detailed to date) reveal that it looks like a "golf ball", an indication that it probably had a very violent past.

Weekly Space Hangout: February 12, 2020 - Mapping Pulsars with Dr. Cole Miller

By susie - February 12, 2020 04:34 PM UTC | Missions

Carnival of Space #650

By susie - February 12, 2020 04:02 PM UTC | Site News

Here are the First Pictures from CHEOPS

By Evan Gough - February 12, 2020 02:17 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Mars 2020 Will be The Third Time That NASA Has Tried to Send a Microphone to Mars

By Matthew Williams - February 11, 2020 09:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Mars 2020 rover, which will launch this summer, will be the third NASA mission to bring a microphone to the Red Planet.

SpaceX is Thinking of Spinning Off Starlink and Taking it Public

By Matthew Williams - February 11, 2020 01:43 PM UTC | Space Policy

SpaceX recently announced that it could be taking Starlink public, giving investors a chance to get a piece of this lucrative satellite internet company.

The ESA's Solar Orbiter, a Mission That Will Chart the Unexplored Polar Regions of the Sun, Just Launched!

By Matthew Williams - February 10, 2020 08:41 PM UTC | Missions

The ESA's Solar Orbiter launched earlier today on its five-year mission to study the Sun, which scientists hope will lead to a better understanding of solar weather.

SpaceX Has Requested Permission to Fly Starship as Early as March

By Matthew Williams - February 06, 2020 08:08 PM UTC | Space Policy

According to recent filings with the FCC, SpaceX hopes to conduct their first test flight with the Starship Mk 3 prototype as early as mid-March of 2020.

There Are Winds Blowing On Pluto, Driven by Frozen Nitrogen

By Evan Gough - February 06, 2020 06:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Did Neutrinos Stop The Early Universe From Annihilating Itself?

By Brian Koberlein - February 06, 2020 03:53 PM UTC | Cosmology

A Meteor Smashed Into Mars in 2005, Making this Crater

By Evan Gough - February 06, 2020 03:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Record-Setting Space Travelers Return to Earth

By Nancy Atkinson - February 06, 2020 12:40 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Here Comes the Next Satellite Constellation. OneWeb Launches 34 Satellites on Thursday

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2020 06:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Anti-Solar Cells Could Generate Electricity at Night

By Matthew Williams - February 05, 2020 06:15 PM UTC | Physics

A new study proposes how thermoradiative technology could be used to make "anti-solar" cells that would work at night. Credit: SolarReserve

This is What the World Would Look Like if the Oceans Dried Up

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2020 03:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

14% of all the Massive Stars in the Universe are Destined to Collide as Black Holes

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2020 01:56 PM UTC | Black Holes

Neutrinos Have Been Detected With Such High Energy That The Standard Model Can't Explain Them

By Brian Koberlein - February 05, 2020 01:43 PM UTC | Physics

Good-bye Spitzer. We'll Miss You But We Won't Forget You.

By Evan Gough - February 04, 2020 05:17 PM UTC | Telescopes

Weekly Space Hangout: February 5, 2020 - "More Things in the Heavens" with Dr. Michael Werner and Dr. Peter Eisenhardt

By susie - February 04, 2020 04:19 PM UTC | Site News

An Upcoming Mission is Going to Assemble and Manufacture a Communications Antenna and Beam in Space

By Matthew Williams - February 04, 2020 03:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A robotic payload known as SPIDER will be going to space soon to show that constructing everything from satellites to spacecraft in orbit is possible

NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Took a Space Selfie, Capturing her Reflection in the Space Station

By Evan Gough - February 03, 2020 06:40 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Carnival of Space #649

By susie - February 03, 2020 06:28 PM UTC | Site News

Voyager 2 Went Into Fault Protection Mode, But Engineers Brought it Back Online

By Evan Gough - February 01, 2020 10:41 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Destructive Super Solar Storms Hit Us Every 25 Years Or So

By Evan Gough - January 31, 2020 06:03 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

This is the Spot Where ESA's Schiaparelli Crashed Into Mars

By Matthew Williams - January 31, 2020 04:12 PM UTC | Missions

The MRO's HiRISE camera recently snapped fresh images of where the ESA's Schiaparelli lander crashed on the surface of Mars in 2016.

CHEOPS Just Opened Its Eyes to Start Studying Known Exoplanets, We Should See the First Picture in a Few Weeks

By Evan Gough - January 30, 2020 07:29 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Astronomers See Space Twist Around A White Dwarf 12,000 Light Years Away

By Brian Koberlein - January 30, 2020 04:34 PM UTC | Stars

This is the Highest Resolution Image Ever Taken of the Surface of the Sun

By Matthew Williams - January 30, 2020 04:27 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) recently took its first image, which happens to be the highest-resolution image of the surface of the Sun to date.

It Looks Like James Webb's Launch Date is Going to Slip to July 2021

By Evan Gough - January 30, 2020 04:06 PM UTC | Telescopes

There's a 1 in 20 Chance That Two Dead Satellites Might Crash Tonight (Update: No Collision)

By Matthew Williams - January 29, 2020 10:19 PM UTC | Space Policy

According to multiple assessments, there's a good chance two dead satellites will crash in the skies above Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, creating a serious debris problem.