Universe Today (Page 204)

China Has its Own Secret Space Plane, and it Just Landed

By Matthew Williams - May 11, 2023 05:36 PM UTC | Space Exploration

China's mysterious experimental spaceplane (Shenlong) just returned to Earth after spending 276 days in orbit.

Advanced Life Should Have Already Peaked Billions of Years Ago

By Evan Gough - May 11, 2023 05:24 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Webb Examined an Asteroid Belt and Found More Than it Bargained For

By Evan Gough - May 10, 2023 03:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

What if Titan Dragonfly had a Fusion Engine?

By Matthew Williams - May 10, 2023 01:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A team of Princeton scientists have shown how a Direct Fusion Drive could greatly enhance the Dragonfly's exploration efforts on Titan.

Meteorites Store a Magnetic Memory of the Early Solar System

By Brian Koberlein - May 10, 2023 01:00 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Magnets are a handy tool for finding meteorites, but they can also erase vital clues about the early solar system.

One in Ten Stars Ate a Jupiter (Or Bigger)

By Evan Gough - May 09, 2023 03:29 PM UTC | Stars

Building Planetary Systems That Could Last Forever

By Brian Koberlein - May 09, 2023 02:13 PM UTC | Exoplanets

An advanced civilization might use horseshoe orbits to bring their vacation spots closer to home.

NASA Uses Powerful Transmitters to Talk to Deep Space Spacecraft. Will Other Civilizations Receive Those Signals?

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 09, 2023 11:38 AM UTC | Astrobiology

Chasing SpaceX: The Commercial Space Race Gets a Reality Check

By Alan Boyle - May 08, 2023 08:44 PM UTC | Space Policy

We Can Only Bring 30 Samples of Mars Back to Earth. How Do We Decide?

By Evan Gough - May 08, 2023 07:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science

What Does the Milky Way Look Like?

By Matthew Williams - May 08, 2023 03:55 PM UTC | Milky Way

A team from the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has revealed a new picture of the Milky Way's morphology.

JWST Fails to Disprove the Big Bang

By Brian Koberlein - May 08, 2023 02:12 PM UTC | Cosmology

The James Webb Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to see deeper into cosmic history than ever before, but it doesn't disprove the big bang.

LISA Will Be a Remarkable Gravitational-Wave Observatory. But There's a Way to Make it 100 Times More Powerful

By Matthew Williams - May 08, 2023 01:56 PM UTC | Telescopes

A team of researchers with the ESA propose an upgrade for the LISA mission (LISAMax), which could revolutionize gravitational wave astronomy!

Newborn Star Surrounded By Planet-Forming Disks at Different Angles

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 05, 2023 09:04 PM UTC | Stars

China Has its Own Secret Space Plane, and it Just Landed

Advanced Life Should Have Already Peaked Billions of Years Ago

Webb Examined an Asteroid Belt and Found More Than it Bargained For

What if Titan Dragonfly had a Fusion Engine?

Meteorites Store a Magnetic Memory of the Early Solar System

One in Ten Stars Ate a Jupiter (Or Bigger)

Building Planetary Systems That Could Last Forever

NASA Uses Powerful Transmitters to Talk to Deep Space Spacecraft. Will Other Civilizations Receive Those Signals?

Chasing SpaceX: The Commercial Space Race Gets a Reality Check

We Can Only Bring 30 Samples of Mars Back to Earth. How Do We Decide?

What Does the Milky Way Look Like?

JWST Fails to Disprove the Big Bang

LISA Will Be a Remarkable Gravitational-Wave Observatory. But There's a Way to Make it 100 Times More Powerful

Astronomers Watch a Star Gulp Down One of its Planets

JUICE in Trouble, Sun-Like Star Devours a Planet, Space Station with Artificial Gravity

China's Mars Rover Finds Recent Evidence of Water Near the Equator

A Lack of Alien Signals Actually Tells Us a Lot

Watch a SpaceX Fairing's Fiery Re-Entry Through the Atmosphere

Thirsty on the Moon? Just Throw Some Regolith in the Microwave

Newborn Star Surrounded By Planet-Forming Disks at Different Angles