Universe Today
New Dwarf Planet Found in the Outskirts of the Solar System, Giving Astronomers More Ammunition to Search for Evidence of Planet 9
Dark Matter Isn't Made From Black Holes
A new study by a team of UC Berkeley researchers has shown that black holes are not the long-sought-after source of dark matter
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Good night Kepler. NASA's Planet Hunter is Almost out of Fuel, and has Gone Into Sleep Mode
Japanese Rovers are Now on the Surface of an Asteroid, Sending Back Amazing Pictures
The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 recently deployed its rovers to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, which then sent back some stunning images!
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Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 3, 2018 - Dr. David Warmflash
A Tiny Motor on Curiosity was one of the First Instruments to Notice the Global Martian Dust Storm
A tiny actuator on a sample arm on the Curiosity rover gave the first indication that a storm on the red planet was a global Martian dust storm.
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A New Solution to the Space Junk Problem. Spacecraft with Plasma Beams to Force Space Junk to Burn Up
A Japanese-Australian team is developing a new way to remove space junk from orbit and sending it harmlessly towards Earth.
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NASA Tests a Tiny Satellite to Track Extreme Weather and Storms
NASA recently deployed a technology demonstrator called the RainCube, a miniature satellite that could revolutionize how we monitor weather
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The "Death Comet" Will Pass By Earth Just After Halloween
The mysterious "Death Comet" which flew past Earth in 2015 is coming around again, and will once again pass Earth safely on November 11th.
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NASA Report Outlines How it Will Go Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond in a Sustainable Way
NASA recently released its National Space Exploration Campaign Report, detailing a sustainable plan to return to the Moon and go to Mars
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Technosignatures are NASA's New Target for Detecting Other Civilizations in Space. Wait. What's a Technosignature?
A NASA workshop on Technosignatures paves the way for a new approach to the search for intelligent life.
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JunoCam Wows Us Again With Detailed Images of the Great Red Spot
Dazzling images from the JunoCam show the intricate detail of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Is the Solar System's longest-lived storm shrinking?
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Titan First-Ever Detected Dust Storms Prove the Moon is More Earth-like than Ever
Based on Cassini data, an international team of scientists found evidence of dust storms on Titan, yet another thing it has in common with Earth.
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Carnival of Space #580
NASA Spots Opportunity as the Dust Storm Clears. Still No Word From Her Though
With the recent Martian dust storm clearing, NASA managed to spot the Opportunity rover on the surface, though communications have yet to resume.
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Optical Rocket Boosts Electrons to Nearly the Speed of Light
In a new experiment, a team of researchers used laser pulses to accelerate photons to near the speed of light, which could have immense applications for space flight and particle physics.
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Musk Gives an Update on When a Mars Colony Could be Built
In a recent tweet, SpaceX founder Elon Musk indicated that his company may be able to build a Martian colony as early as 2028.
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Matter is Going Into this Black Hole at 30% the Speed of Light
A team of researchers in the UK have observed matter falling into a black hole at 30% the speed of light. They may have discovered why black holes in the early universe grew so quickly.
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Astronomers are Tracking the Interstellar Asteroid 'Oumuamua to its Home System
An international team of astronomers have used data from the Gaia satellite to backtrack 'Oumuamua to one of four star systems.
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The Milky Way is Still Rippling from a Galactic Collision Millions of Years Ago
Astronauts Could Use the ScanMars Device to Search for Water on Mars
Here are the First Pictures From the Parker Solar Probe. Wait... That's Not the Sun
The Parker Solar Probe recently collected its first-light data in order to test its instruments, and snapped some beautiful pictures of the cosmos.
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Astronomers find Planet Vulcan - 40 Eridani A - Right Where Star Trek Predicted it.
Inside the Crust of Neutron Stars, There's Nuclear Pasta; the Hardest Known Substance in the Universe
A new study has shown that "nuclear pasta", which exists beneath crust of a neutron star, is the strongest material is the Universe.
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Ice Volcanoes on Ceres are Still Actively Blasting out Material
Narrowing Down the Mass of the Milky Way
Using information from Gaia's second data release, a team of scientists have made refined measurements of the mass of the Milky Way.
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Last Year's Gravitational Wave Detections Failed to Provide a Hint of Any Extra Spatial Dimensions
In a new study, astrophysicists used the gravitational waves from last year's kilonova event to determine if the Universe has additional dimensions.
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Carnival of Space #579
How to Know Once and For All if the Universe Began With a Bang or a Bounce
In a recent study, a team of Harvard University scientists presented a new means of ruling out alternative explanations for how our Universe began.
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Weekly Space Hangout: Sept 15, 2018: Live from AC500 Weekend!
Heralding the 2018 Harvest Moon
Following the Moon lately? The up and coming Full Moon is the most famous of them all, as we approach the Harvest Moon for 2018.
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Elon Musk Reveals who the First Lunar Tourist Will Be
From SpaceX's headquarters in California, Elon Musk announced who will be the first lunar tourist to hitch a ride aboard the company's Big Falcon Rocket (BFR)
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To Avoid Vision Problems in Space, Astronauts Will Need Some Kind of Artificial Gravity
A new study by an international team of researchers has indicated the need for artificial gravity to mitigate the effects of microgravity on astronauts' eyesight.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 500: 500th Episode!
The Closest Planet Ever Discovered Outside the Solar System Could be Habitable With a Dayside Ocean
A new NASA-led study shows that Proxima b could support the existence of an ocean on its dayside, which means it could still be habitable.
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Sunspot Solar Observatory has been Shut Down by the FBI and Nobody's Saying Why
The Sunspot Solar Observatory has been temporarily shut down and evacuated due to a security threat.
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New Video Shows Construction Beginning on the World's Largest Telescope
A new video released by the ESO illustrates the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world's largest telescope once it is completed.
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India Shows off the Spacesuit its Astronauts Will be Using in 2022
At the recent Bengaluru Space Expo in India, the ISRO unveiled the spacesuit that it's astronauts will wear during the countries first crewed mission to space.
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Until We Get Another Mission at Saturn, We're Going to Have to Make Do with these Pictures Taken by Hubble
A new Hubble image of Saturn and six of its Moons reminds us how visually stunning Saturn is.
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Was This Huge River Delta on Mars the Place Where its Oceans Finally Disappeared?
A new study has offered the first definitive proof that Mars' northern lowlands were once covered in a liquid water ocean.
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Stare Down from Space into the Churning Maw of Hurricane Florence
Frightening images of Hurricane Florence taken from space highlight the dangerous power of the storm.
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This Beautiful Photo of Galaxy NGC 3981 was Taken by the Most Powerful Telescope in the World for no Scientific Reason at all. Just Because it's Pretty
When the ESO's Very Large Telescope can't pursue its science objectives, it spends its time capturing stunning image of fascinating celestial objects.
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Superfast Jet of Material Blasted Out From Last Year's Neutron Star Merger
According to a new study by an international team of astronomers, last year's kilonova event (where two neutron stars merged) resulted in a jet of material traveling at close to the speed of light.
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The Bizarre Picture is a 360-Degree View Around Curiosity on Mars
NASA recently released a 360-degree panoramic image based on images taken by the Curiosity rover, which showed its latest drilling site.
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Carnival of Space #578
A Mission to Deflect an Asteroid Just Moved into the Final Design and Assembly Phase
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, which will attempt to deflect a small asteroid in 2022, recently moved into the final phase of design and assembly.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 499: What is the proposed Hubble-Lemaitre Law?
A Japanese Company is About to Test a Tiny Space Elevator... in Space
A team of Japanese engineers recently constructed a scale-model of a space elevator, which will be sent to the ISS to conduct experiments that could lead to the real thing someday!
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New Reasons why Pluto Should be Considered a Planet After All
A new study, which was co-authored by Alan Stern, provides more reasons for why Pluto should be considered a planet.
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What is the Cosmic Microwave Background?
