Universe Today (Page 246)

There Could be as Many Water Worlds as Earths in the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - September 14, 2022 08:32 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study has examined all the rocky planets around red dwarf stars and determined that "water worlds" are as common as "Earth-like" rocky planets.

Mars did Have Moving Glaciers, but They Behaved Differently in the Planet's Lower Gravity

By Matthew Williams - September 14, 2022 04:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research shows that glaciers on Mars moved very slowly, which could have allowed ancient life there to survive.

The Tonga Eruption Produced a 90-Meter Tsunami

By Paul Sutter - September 14, 2022 03:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Meet the New Vespera Telescope From Vaonis

By David Dickinson - September 14, 2022 10:38 AM UTC | Telescopes

The Vespera telescope offers power and portability in a deep-sky imaging package.

Flying to (Hypothetical) Planet 9: Why visit it, how could we get there, and would it surprise us like Pluto?

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - September 13, 2022 09:20 PM UTC | Space Exploration

On its Hunt for Dark Energy, a Telescope Stopped to Look at the Lobster Nebula

By Brian Koberlein - September 13, 2022 04:18 PM UTC | Cosmology

It takes a wide view to study dark energy, which also gives us a great look at some nebulae.

Massive Stars don't Always Grow Their own Planets. Sometimes They Steal Them

By Paul Sutter - September 13, 2022 02:19 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Alien Artifacts Could Be Hidden Across the Solar System. Here's how we Could Search for Them.

By slock - September 13, 2022 11:35 AM UTC | Astrobiology

Galactic Photobombing

By Nancy Atkinson - September 13, 2022 10:43 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Want to Stay Healthy in Space? Then you Want Artificial Gravity

By Matthew Williams - September 12, 2022 08:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new study involving fruit flies aboard the ISS demonstrates the importance of artificial gravity for missions to deep-space.

The Webb Image you've Been Waiting For: the Orion Nebula

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - September 12, 2022 06:46 PM UTC | Observing

Solar Orbiter was hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection as it was About to Make a Flyby of Venus

By Andy Tomaswick - September 12, 2022 01:48 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

NASA Chooses a Supplier to Build its Moonwalking Spacesuits

By Nancy Atkinson - September 12, 2022 09:11 AM UTC | Space Exploration

It's Thought to Rain Diamonds on Uranus and Neptune, and now Scientists Duplicated it in the lab

By Paul Sutter - September 12, 2022 09:10 AM UTC | Planetary Science

If Jupiter's Orbit got Weirder, it Would Actually Make Earth More Habitable

By Brian Koberlein - September 11, 2022 03:33 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Jupiter has helped sustain life on Earth, but it might have done a better job with a more eccentric orbit.

AMAZING JWST Image, iPhone 14 and Satellites, Green Sand on Mars

By kuingul-gmail - September 10, 2022 05:49 PM UTC | Observing

DART Sees Asteroid Didymos for the First Time. In two Weeks, it'll Crash Into its Moon

By Matthew Williams - September 10, 2022 02:14 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) took its first picture of the asteroid system it will collide with later this month.

There Could be as Many Water Worlds as Earths in the Milky Way

Mars did Have Moving Glaciers, but They Behaved Differently in the Planet's Lower Gravity

The Tonga Eruption Produced a 90-Meter Tsunami

Meet the New Vespera Telescope From Vaonis

Flying to (Hypothetical) Planet 9: Why visit it, how could we get there, and would it surprise us like Pluto?

On its Hunt for Dark Energy, a Telescope Stopped to Look at the Lobster Nebula

Massive Stars don't Always Grow Their own Planets. Sometimes They Steal Them

Alien Artifacts Could Be Hidden Across the Solar System. Here's how we Could Search for Them.

Galactic Photobombing

Want to Stay Healthy in Space? Then you Want Artificial Gravity

The Webb Image you've Been Waiting For: the Orion Nebula

Solar Orbiter was hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection as it was About to Make a Flyby of Venus

NASA Chooses a Supplier to Build its Moonwalking Spacesuits

It's Thought to Rain Diamonds on Uranus and Neptune, and now Scientists Duplicated it in the lab

If Jupiter's Orbit got Weirder, it Would Actually Make Earth More Habitable

AMAZING JWST Image, iPhone 14 and Satellites, Green Sand on Mars

DART Sees Asteroid Didymos for the First Time. In two Weeks, it'll Crash Into its Moon

New Animation Shows how the Artemis Missions Will use the Lunar Gateway and a Starship to put Humans Back onto the Moon

Just 2,000 Years Ago, Betelgeuse Was Yellow, Not Red

Insanely High-Resolution Images of the Sun Show its Chromosphere in Vivid Detail