Universe Today (Page 169)

Has a New Dwarf Galaxy Been Found Hiding Behind Andromeda?

By Matthew Williams - October 26, 2018 06:30 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Thanks to the work of an amateur astronomer, an international team of scientists recently confirmed the existence of a previously-unknown dwarf galaxy behind Andromeda.

Asteroid Phaethon breaks all the rules. It acts like a comet, it supplies particles to a meteor shower. Oh, and it's blue

By Matthew Williams - October 25, 2018 11:05 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A team of astronomers recently observed Phaeton, a Near-Earth Object (NEO) that behaves like both an asteroid and a comet

Our New Book is Out! Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer

By Fraser Cain - October 25, 2018 05:23 PM UTC | Site News

Binary Stars Orbiting Each Other INSIDE a Planetary Nebula

By Matthew Williams - October 25, 2018 05:13 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of astronomers recently observed an unexpected sight, a binary star system that is set to collide and explode in a nova inside of a nebula.

Being Cassini. Experience What It Was Like to Fly Past Jupiter and Saturn and Their Moons

By Evan Gough - October 25, 2018 03:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Here You Go, It's Official: Space Force. Seriously Though, Why Couldn't they have Called it Star Fleet?

By Evan Gough - October 25, 2018 01:44 PM UTC | Space Policy

Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 24, 2018 - Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder

By Fraser Cain - October 24, 2018 07:47 PM UTC | Physics

Polar Researchers Spot Two Rectangular Icebergs

By Evan Gough - October 24, 2018 05:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

It Could be Possible to Transfer Data Through Gravitational Waves

By Matthew Williams - October 24, 2018 04:32 PM UTC | Physics

A new study by a team of Russian scientists demonstrates how gravitational waves could be encoded to send information, in the same way that radio waves are used now.

Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - October 23, 2018 08:03 PM UTC | Physics

Gas and Dust Seen Swirling Around our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 05:47 PM UTC | Black Holes

A team using ALMA has observed gas and dust cloudlets near the super massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Carnival of Space #583

By susie - October 23, 2018 03:34 PM UTC | Site News

NASA Has Some Cool Space Sounds You Can Use for Ringtones

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 03:17 PM UTC | Site News

This is How NASA Releases Almost Half a Million Gallons of Water in 60 Seconds

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 02:02 PM UTC | Missions

To keep the extremely powerful Space Launch System safe during launch, NASA has developed the IOP/SS (Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression water deluge system. It releases almost half a million gallons of water during launch.

To Find Evidence of Life on Exoplanets, Scientists Should Search for "Purple Earths"

By Matthew Williams - October 22, 2018 06:00 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Astronomy Cast Ep. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely

By susie - October 22, 2018 05:16 PM UTC | Observing

Exos Aerospace Completes Successful Launch Test of Their SARGE Rocket

By Matthew Williams - October 22, 2018 03:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The commercial launch provider Exos aerospace successfully completed its launch test, pushing the company closer to providing greater access to space

How Hubble Unlocked the Universe

By Paul Sutter - October 20, 2018 09:44 AM UTC | Observing

A Red Dwarf Blasts off a Superflare. Any Life on its Planets Would Have a Very Bad Day

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2018 06:33 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomers observed a red dwarf superflare much more powerful than anything our Sun can produce. Bad news for any habitable-zone planets orbiting it.

How Mission Delays Hurt Young Astronomers

By Paul Sutter - October 19, 2018 09:39 AM UTC | Missions

A Star Exploded as a Supernova and Then Collapsed Into a Neutron Star. But Only a Fraction of its Matter was Released

By Matthew Williams - October 18, 2018 04:46 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of scientists recently witnessed the birth of a binary neutron star system, which was indicated by a rather faint and short-lived supernova.

Review: The Most Unknown

By David Dickinson - October 18, 2018 11:37 AM UTC | Site News

We recently came across a fascinating documentary that not only looks at some of the big questions today in multi-interdisciplinary science. We're talking about The Most Unknown, directed by Peabody-award winning filmmaker Ian Cheney

Australian astronomers have been able to double the number of mysterious fast radio bursts discovered so far

By Matthew Williams - October 17, 2018 04:34 PM UTC | Cosmology

Using the Australia Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder in western Australia, a team of researchers almost doubled the number of FRBs observed in our Universe

Surprising Discovery. Four Giant Planets Found Around a Very Young Star

By Evan Gough - October 17, 2018 02:58 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 17, 2018 - Paul Geithner, Deputy Project Manager, JWST

By Fraser Cain - October 17, 2018 01:10 PM UTC | Missions

Here's What the First Images from the Event Horizon Might Look Like

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2018 07:47 PM UTC | Black Holes

The Event Horizon Telescope has completed its observations. Now scientists are crunching the data and hope to soon have the very first picture of a black hole's event horizon.

You've Got to Watch this Stunning NASA Video of Arctic Sea Ice. Now at its Lowest Levels

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2018 04:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

In the 60 years that NASA has been keeping track, the arctic seasonal sea ice is the thinnest and youngest it's ever been. It also covers a much smaller area.

Astronomers Get Ready, Another Artificial Star to Ruin Your Data is Coming. Artist is Planning to Launch a Giant, Unfolding Structure That'll be Bright in the Sky For a Few Months

By Matthew Williams - October 16, 2018 03:06 PM UTC | Observing

In collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art and some private aerospace companies, artists Trevor Paglen plans to launch the world's first satellite that has a strictly artistic purpose.

Plans for a Modular Martian Base that Would Provide its own Radiation Shielding

By Matthew Williams - October 16, 2018 02:03 PM UTC | Space Exploration

At this year's AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, engineer Marco Peroni presented his proposal for a modular Martian base that would provide its own radiation shielding.

The Path that MASCOT Took Across Asteroid Ryugu During its 17 Hours of Life

By Evan Gough - October 15, 2018 06:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The tiny robot lander MASCOT did a fine job on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, and its zigzag path allowed it to gather important data on this ancient piece of rock.

Carnival of Space #582

By susie - October 15, 2018 03:02 PM UTC | Site News

Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We're Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter

By Evan Gough - October 15, 2018 01:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study shows that the surface of Ganymede was once a very tectonically active place, with evidence of slip-faulting similar to the San Andreas Fault.

The Milky Way Could Be Spreading Life From Star to Star

By Matthew Williams - October 12, 2018 10:19 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics addresses the possibility of panspermia on a galactic (and intergalactic) scale

Next Generation Telescopes Could Use "Teleportation" to Take Better Images

By Matthew Williams - October 12, 2018 02:24 PM UTC | Telescopes

According to a new study by an international team of scientists, quantum mechanics may allow for some truly-cutting edge astronomy in the near future.

What Neil Armstrong's Sons Really Think About the Movie "First Man"

By Nancy Atkinson - October 11, 2018 05:25 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Soyuz Launch Carrying Two Astronauts is Forced to Abort, Landing Safely Back on Earth

By Evan Gough - October 11, 2018 03:13 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two crew members to the ISS has experienced a booster failure. The craft executed an emergency landing and both crew are safe.

Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past

By Matthew Williams - October 11, 2018 02:19 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute, Ceres poles reoriented sometime in the past, which bolsters the case for it having an interior ocean.

Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 - Sean Carroll

By Fraser Cain - October 10, 2018 08:20 PM UTC | Site News

348 Years Ago, a French Astronomer Monk Might have Witnessed the Collision Between a White and Brown Dwarf Star

By Evan Gough - October 10, 2018 06:11 PM UTC | Stars

A collision between a white dwarf and a brown dwarf created the object we call CK Vulpeculae. It was first observed 348 years ago by French Monk Astronomer Per Dom Anthelme.

Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited

By susie - October 10, 2018 04:31 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Europa is Going to be Tough to Land on, it Could Have Towering Walls of Ice Spikes Across its Surface

By Matthew Williams - October 10, 2018 03:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new NASA-backed study, Europa's surface may be covered in towering icy spikes, which could make a landed mission there difficult.

Carnival of Space #581

By susie - October 08, 2018 03:17 PM UTC | Site News

New Image Shows the Rugged Landscape of Comet 67P

By Matthew Williams - October 07, 2018 07:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Thanks to an amateur astronomer, the latest image to come from the Rosetta mission provides of glimpse of the surface of Comet 67P and reminds us of the mission's accomplishments.

Microsoft and Partners Hope to Create a Time Capsule... On the Moon!

By Matthew Williams - October 06, 2018 06:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Microsoft has teamed up with researchers to create a time capsule using synthetic DNA, which will be sent to the Moon in 2020.

Now You Can Buy Fake Mars Dirt for $20/Kilogram. Obviously You'll Want to Know if Potatoes Can Grow in it

By Matthew Williams - October 05, 2018 04:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Researchers from UCF have developed a standarized, scientific way to create Martian soil simulant, which could accelerate efforts to colonize the Red Planet!

A German-French Hopping Robot Just Landed on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu

By Evan Gough - October 05, 2018 03:03 PM UTC | Missions

The tiny hopping robot explorer called method has completed its 16 hour mission to asteroid Ryugu.

First Exomoon Found! A Neptune-Sized Moon Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet

By Evan Gough - October 05, 2018 12:46 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Gaia Sees Stars Out in Deep Space, Flying Between Galaxies

By Matthew Williams - October 04, 2018 06:04 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Based on Gaia's second data release, a team of astronomers from the Leiden Observatory have observed hyper-velocity stars that appear to be moving into our galaxy.

2018 Prospects for Obscure Comet 38P Stephan-Oterma

By David Dickinson - October 04, 2018 05:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Ready for one more? While all eyes are still following Comet 21/P Giacobini-Zinner as it glides through northern hemisphere skies, we'd like to turn your attention towards another icy interloper: periodic Comet 38P Stephan-Oterma.

Lockheed Martin Unveils Their Proposal For a Lunar Lander

By Matthew Williams - October 03, 2018 10:04 PM UTC | Space Exploration