Universe Today (Page 249)

A Black Hole is Hurling a jet of Material at its Neighboring Galaxy

By Matthew Williams - October 23, 2022 03:33 PM UTC | Black Holes

Scientists Find an Ancient Stellar Catalog Written by Hipparcus Hidden in a Medieval Tome

By Brian Koberlein - October 23, 2022 02:38 PM UTC | Stars

Spectral imaging reveals the Hipparchus astronomical catalog was much more precise than we thought.

A Nearby Star Has Completely Blasted Away the Atmosphere From its Planet

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - October 22, 2022 11:57 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Chandra's X-ray Vision Combined With JWST Reveals Even More Details About the Universe

By Paul Sutter - October 22, 2022 09:55 AM UTC | Extragalactic

No More Big Rip, Pillars of Creation by JWST, Biggest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever

By kuingul-gmail - October 22, 2022 07:52 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Will Mars finally answer, 'Are we alone?'

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - October 22, 2022 01:11 AM UTC | Astrobiology

Astronomers Find a "Marshmallow World": the Lowest Density Gas Giant Ever Discovered

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - October 21, 2022 10:18 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Mars Could Have Been Warm and wet, While Earth was Still a Glowing Ball of Molten Rock

By Matthew Williams - October 21, 2022 06:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research suggests that when Earth was still a ball of molten rock, Mars may have been covered in warm, blue oceans!

Early Life on Mars Might Have Wiped Out Life on Mars

By Evan Gough - October 21, 2022 12:48 PM UTC | Astrobiology

NASA Just Ordered Three More Orion Capsules, for Artemis VI, VII, and VIII

By Nancy Atkinson - October 21, 2022 12:32 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Nitrous Oxide, aka "Laughing gas", Could be an Indication of Life in an Exoplanet

By Paul Sutter - October 21, 2022 09:40 AM UTC | Astrobiology

Why NASA Is Trying to Crash Land on Mars

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - October 20, 2022 08:30 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Webb Sees a Cluster of Galaxies Feeding a Quasar

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - October 20, 2022 05:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic

A Monster Black Hole has Been Found Right in our Backyard (Astronomically Speaking)

By Matthew Williams - October 20, 2022 03:53 PM UTC | Black Holes

Using data from multiple observstories, a team of astronomers has discovered a monster blackhole right in our backyard!

First 100 Days of James Webb. Everything You Need to Know

By kuingul-gmail - October 20, 2022 02:27 PM UTC | Telescopes

Astronomers Chart the Influence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy on the Universe by Measuring Over 1,500 Supernovae

By Brian Koberlein - October 20, 2022 01:38 PM UTC | Cosmology

Two decades of supernova observations still leave big mysteries unsolved.

Curiosity Arrives in a Salty Region of Mars. Was it Left Over From a Dying Sea?

By Nancy Atkinson - October 20, 2022 12:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science

What's the Best Shielding to Protect Astronauts on Mars?

By Paul Sutter - October 20, 2022 09:30 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Our Guide to Tuesday's Partial Solar Eclipse for Europe

By David Dickinson - October 20, 2022 08:30 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Europe, the Middle East, and northeast Africa will see the final solar eclipse of 2022 next Tuesday.

Astronomers Just saw the Most Powerful Gamma-ray Burst Ever Recorded

By Matthew Williams - October 19, 2022 07:47 PM UTC | Stars

In a series of studies, two teams of astronomers shared their data on the closest and most powerful gamma ray burst ever observed.