Universe Today (Page 262)

NASA Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will be the First Indigenous Woman in Space!

By Matthew Williams - August 16, 2022 06:33 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Nicole Aunapu Mann, the mission commander of the Crew-5 mission, will be the first Indigenous woman to go to space!

One Exciting way to Find Planets: Detect the Signals From Their Magnetospheres

By Brian Koberlein - August 16, 2022 11:29 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Some exoplanets could be discovered by tuning into their radio transmissions.

Brand New Stars in the Orion Nebula, Seen by Hubble

By Nancy Atkinson - August 16, 2022 09:44 AM UTC | Stars

Satellites are Tracking Rivers of Garbage Flowing Across the Oceans

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - August 16, 2022 12:15 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Lunar Rocks Have Earth's Noble Gases Trapped Inside. More Evidence That the Moon Came From the Earth

By sjohnston - August 15, 2022 08:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Hot Stars Blast Away at gas Giants Until Only Their Rocky Cores Remain

By Brian Koberlein - August 14, 2022 11:19 AM UTC | Exoplanets

We don't see many Neptune-sized worlds closely orbiting their star. That may be because the star robs them of their atmospheres.

JWST's Science, Surgeon Robot for ISS, Booster 7 Test Fire

By kuingul-gmail - August 14, 2022 08:56 AM UTC | Missions

MIT Researchers Propose Space Bubbles to Stop Climate Change

By Paul Sutter - August 13, 2022 10:38 PM UTC | Space Policy

In Wildly Different Environments, Stars End Up Roughly the Same

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - August 13, 2022 09:03 PM UTC | Stars

Primordial Black Holes Could Have Triggered the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes

By Brian Koberlein - August 13, 2022 01:30 PM UTC | Black Holes

Computer simulations show the role primordial black holes may have played in the early universe, but the process isn't clear cut.

Why Betelgeuse Dimmed

By Matthew Williams - August 12, 2022 05:27 PM UTC | Stars

Using data from Hubble and other observatories, a team of scientists have determine the cause of Betelgeuse's dimming - old age!

Thanks to Gaia we Know Exactly how and When the Sun Will die

By Brian Koberlein - August 12, 2022 03:27 PM UTC | Stars

Observations from the Gaia spacecraft gives us a detailed picture of how the Sun will live and die.

Starlink Satellites Are Still Bright

By David Dickinson - August 12, 2022 10:42 AM UTC | Space Policy

The new generation of Starlink satellites remain above the accepted brightness threshold.

Impacts From Interstellar Objects Should Leave Very Distinct Craters

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - August 11, 2022 11:11 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Here's a Sneak Preview of What It'll Look Like When the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Collide

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - August 11, 2022 08:48 PM UTC | Milky Way

The Youngest Exoplanet Ever Seen?

By Matthew Williams - August 11, 2022 07:55 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have observed what could be the youngest exoplanet ever detected!

Even a Cyclical Universe Needed to Come From Somewhere

By Brian Koberlein - August 11, 2022 01:10 PM UTC | Cosmology

The cyclic universe model proposes a universe with no beginning, but a new study shows it might need a beginning after all.

SpaceX Super Heavy Fires Just one of its Engines. Imagine What it'll be Like When it Fires all 33

By Matthew Williams - August 10, 2022 05:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Musk just tweeted an image of the BN7 Super Heavy Booster successfully conducting a static fire test!

Hazegrayart Shows how Rocket Lab's Reusable Neutron Rocket Could Work

By Matthew Williams - August 10, 2022 03:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new animation shows what Rocket Lab's totally-reusable rocket will look like when it starts sending satellites to space.

Astronomers Were Fortunate Enough to Catch a Neutron Star Merging With Another Star

By Paul Sutter - August 10, 2022 12:54 PM UTC | Stars