Universe Today (Page 164)

Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 13, 2019 - Luciano Iess of the Cassini Radio Science Team

By susie - February 13, 2019 02:32 PM UTC | Site News

Want to Move to Mars? A Round-Trip Ticket Will Only Cost $100,000 According to Elon Musk

By Evan Gough - February 13, 2019 02:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Here's a Clever idea. Build Moon Bases in Craters and then Fill them in with Lunar Regolith

By Matthew Williams - February 12, 2019 07:47 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A student team associated with the ESA recently developed a concept for a Moon base that would rely on lunar regolith to provide protection.

Thanks to Gaia, We Now Know Exactly When We'll be Colliding with Andromeda

By Evan Gough - February 12, 2019 04:31 PM UTC | Milky Way

New Horizons took this shot of MU69 as it sped away from its encounter

By Matthew Williams - February 12, 2019 03:05 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The latest images to come from the New Horizons mission show that Ultima Thule (the first KBO to be studied up close) has an unusual shape.

Astronomy Cast Ep. 517: Fritz Zwicky and the Zwicky Transient Facility

By susie - February 11, 2019 11:13 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Carnival of Space #598

By susie - February 11, 2019 06:47 PM UTC | Site News

New SpaceX Raptor Engine Beats the Chamber Pressure of Russia's RD-180 Engine, According to Elon Musk

By Matthew Williams - February 11, 2019 04:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Elon Musk posted the results of the Raptor engine's recent test-firing, and claims it broke an almost 20-year old record!

This is Kepler's Final Image

By Matthew Williams - February 11, 2019 02:58 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Even in retirement, the Kepler space telescope is still allowing for discoveries, which include it's "last light" images and recordings.

A Star's Outburst is Releasing Organic Molecules Trapped in the ice Around it

By Matthew Williams - February 08, 2019 12:31 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A new study by an international team of astronomers has discovered the presence of organic molecules in the disk of a young star.

InSight Just Put a Windshield Over its Seismometer

By Evan Gough - February 07, 2019 05:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Comet Y1 Iwamoto Tops Out in February

By David Dickinson - February 07, 2019 06:01 AM UTC | Observing

Every year produces a handful of binocular comets, and the first one for 2019 is coming right up, with a fine apparition for Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto.

The Milky Way is Actually Warped

By Matthew Williams - February 06, 2019 05:17 PM UTC | Site News

A new study by a team of Chinese scientists has shown that the galaxy actually has a warped, S-shape to it.

ESA is Planning a Mission to the Smallest Spacerock Ever Visited: the Moon of an Asteroid

By Evan Gough - February 06, 2019 04:05 PM UTC | Missions

Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 6, 2019: Dr. Natalie Hinkel and "The Hypatia Catalog"

By susie - February 06, 2019 02:16 PM UTC | Site News

How Big Would a Generation Ship Need to be to Keep a Crew of 500 Alive for the Journey to Another Star?

By Matthew Williams - February 05, 2019 03:46 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In their latest in a series of studies concerning generation ships, the team addresses how large the ship would need to be to sustain a multi-generational crew.

Two Newly-Discovered Exoplanets are Probably the Result of a Catastrophic Collision

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2019 02:59 PM UTC | Exoplanets

How The Sun's Scorching Corona Stays So Hot

By Paul Sutter - February 05, 2019 02:15 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Elon Musk's New Plan is to Get to the Moon as Fast as Possible

By Matthew Williams - February 04, 2019 07:01 PM UTC | Space Exploration

With his latest update, Musk shared the first test-firing of the Raptor rocket, and indicated there would be some changes when it comes time to add them to the Starship.

Carnival of Space #597

By susie - February 04, 2019 05:30 PM UTC | Site News

Astronomy Cast Ep. 516: Polar Vortices

By susie - February 04, 2019 03:30 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Eta Carinae is Getting Brighter Because a Dust Cloud was Blocking our View

By Matthew Williams - February 02, 2019 07:07 PM UTC | Stars

A new study by an international team reveals that Eta Carinae will soon be so bright that we won't be able to see its famous nebula anymore.

Oumuamua Could be the Fragment of a Disintegrated Interstellar Comet

By Matthew Williams - February 01, 2019 05:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA used Curiosity's Sensors to Measure the Gravity of a Mountain on Mars

By Evan Gough - February 01, 2019 04:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Process Hubble's Deepest Image to get Even More Data, and Show that Some Galaxies are Twice as big as Previously Believed

By Matthew Williams - January 31, 2019 09:55 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Newborn Stars in the Orion Nebula Prevent Other Stars from Forming

By Evan Gough - January 31, 2019 04:24 PM UTC | Stars

Uh oh, a Recent Study Suggests that Dark Energy's Strength is Increasing

By Paul Sutter - January 31, 2019 11:54 AM UTC | Cosmology

When Does the Sun Rise... Really?

By David Dickinson - January 31, 2019 05:56 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

It's strange but true... we may not fully understand one of the simplest metrics in observational astronomy: just what time does the Sun rise... really?

Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 30, 2019: Rod Pyle talks "Space 2.0"

By susie - January 30, 2019 08:55 PM UTC | Site News

Crew Dragon Rolls Out to the Launch Pad. Demo-1 Flight Should Happen Shortly

By Evan Gough - January 30, 2019 04:06 PM UTC | Space Exploration

One of the Oldest Earth Rocks Turned up on the Moon, of all Places

By Matthew Williams - January 30, 2019 03:45 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A recent study has determined that the oldest sample of Earth rock ever discovered (~4 billion years old) was actually found on the Moon.

Carnival of Space #596

By susie - January 30, 2019 02:07 PM UTC | Site News

Tiny Object Found at the Edge of the Solar System for the First Time. A Kuiper Belt Object that's Only 2.6 km Across

By Evan Gough - January 29, 2019 05:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers are Continuing to Watch the Shockwaves Expand from Supernova SN1987A, as they Crash Into the Surrounding Interstellar Medium

By Matthew Williams - January 29, 2019 03:34 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of researchers was able to accurately measure the effect that a supernova shock wave had on the surrounding gas for the first time.

Without the Impact that Formed the Moon, We Might Not Have Life on Earth

By Evan Gough - January 29, 2019 01:03 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Here it is, the high resolution photo of MU69 we've all been waiting for.

By Matthew Williams - January 28, 2019 06:14 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A newly-processed image of Ultima Thule provides the highest-resolution picture of the object to date.

Astronomy Cast Ep. 515: Space Radiation

By susie - January 28, 2019 03:32 PM UTC | Physics

Quasars with a Double-Image Gravitational Lens Could Help Finally Figure out how Fast the Universe is Expanding

By Evan Gough - January 25, 2019 01:33 PM UTC | Cosmology

What Would be the Benefits of an Interstellar Probe?

By Matthew Williams - January 25, 2019 01:15 AM UTC | Space Exploration

A new study from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies outlines the benefits and requirements of sending a probe on an interstellar mission.

A Planetary Nebula Like This Will Only be Visible for About 10,000 Years Before it Fades Away

By Evan Gough - January 24, 2019 02:59 PM UTC | Stars

Blue Origin has Shown off a New Video of its New Glenn Rocket Design

By Matthew Williams - January 24, 2019 02:48 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Blue Origin has released a new video of its proposed New Glenn launch vehicle, which will allow the company to send heavy payloads to space in the near future.