Universe Today (Page 261)

There Could Be Four Hostile Civilizations in the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - June 15, 2022 05:12 PM UTC | Astrobiology

In a series of papers, amateur astronomer and exoplanet researcher Alberto Caballero narrows down who could have sent the Wow! Signal and how many hostile civilizations could be listening to our transmissions.

How Do Hot Jupiters Get So Close to Their Stars?

By Evan Gough - June 15, 2022 01:33 PM UTC | Exoplanets

High Altitude Life Can't Explain the Trace Gases in Venus' Atmosphere

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 15, 2022 01:36 AM UTC | Astrobiology

A Geologic map of the Entire Moon has Been Released at 1:2,500,000-Scale

By Evan Gough - June 14, 2022 02:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

ESA Gives Green Light on its Comet Interceptor Mission

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 14, 2022 02:28 AM UTC | Missions

After Three Months in Safe-Mode, NASA's Maven Spacecraft Has Been Recovered

By Matthew Williams - June 13, 2022 06:04 PM UTC | Missions

After a technical glitch that caused it to enter safe mode, NASA's MAVEN satellites is once again up and running and conducting science operations.

The Rapid Changes We're Seeing With the Earth's Magnetic Field Don't Mean the Poles are About to Flip. This is Normal

By Evan Gough - June 13, 2022 05:52 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Will Earth's Follies Take Root on Mars? Black Comedy Explores the Frontier

By Alan Boyle - June 13, 2022 10:50 AM UTC | Astrobiology

The World's Largest Liquid-Mirror Telescope Comes Online

By Matthew Williams - June 12, 2022 06:28 PM UTC | Telescopes

The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT), the first telescope of its kind, just came online in northern India!

Hubble Pins Down the Mass of a Potential Free-Floating Black Hole That's 5,000 Light-Years Away

By Nancy Atkinson - June 11, 2022 12:56 PM UTC | Black Holes

Do Supermassive Black Holes Prematurely end Star Formation in Some Galaxies?

By Paul Sutter - June 10, 2022 08:48 PM UTC | Black Holes

Shenzhou-14 Astronauts Begin Their Mission of 6 Months in Space

By Nancy Atkinson - June 10, 2022 04:42 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Jupiter is up to 9% Rock and Metal, Which Means it Ate a lot of Planets in its Youth

By Evan Gough - June 10, 2022 03:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Perseverance Has Been Carrying a Rock in its Wheel for Over 100 Days

By Nancy Atkinson - June 10, 2022 10:50 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A New Technique Finds a Bundle of Brown Dwarfs

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 10, 2022 01:00 AM UTC | Stars

Starship Will Spit out Starlinks Like a Candy Dispenser

By Matthew Williams - June 09, 2022 08:29 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new SpaceX animation shows how the Starship will dispense the next-generation of Starlink satellites - Pez style!

There Could Be Four Hostile Civilizations in the Milky Way

How Do Hot Jupiters Get So Close to Their Stars?

High Altitude Life Can't Explain the Trace Gases in Venus' Atmosphere

A Geologic map of the Entire Moon has Been Released at 1:2,500,000-Scale

ESA Gives Green Light on its Comet Interceptor Mission

After Three Months in Safe-Mode, NASA's Maven Spacecraft Has Been Recovered

The Rapid Changes We're Seeing With the Earth's Magnetic Field Don't Mean the Poles are About to Flip. This is Normal

Will Earth's Follies Take Root on Mars? Black Comedy Explores the Frontier

The World's Largest Liquid-Mirror Telescope Comes Online

Hubble Pins Down the Mass of a Potential Free-Floating Black Hole That's 5,000 Light-Years Away

Do Supermassive Black Holes Prematurely end Star Formation in Some Galaxies?

Shenzhou-14 Astronauts Begin Their Mission of 6 Months in Space

Jupiter is up to 9% Rock and Metal, Which Means it Ate a lot of Planets in its Youth

Perseverance Has Been Carrying a Rock in its Wheel for Over 100 Days

A New Technique Finds a Bundle of Brown Dwarfs

Starship Will Spit out Starlinks Like a Candy Dispenser

Which Missions and Observatories can Detect Technosignatures?

Venus Does Have Craters. Here's one

ESA is About to Release its Third Giant Data Release From Gaia

What's Out There? NASA Sets Up Independent Study on UFOs