Universe Today (Page 299)

Future Telescopes Could be Seeing the Wrong Planets

By Brian Koberlein - October 03, 2021 11:00 AM UTC | Exoplanets

When we directly observe distant worlds, some exoplanets might appear Earth-like, even when they are not.

Rogue Planets Could be Habitable

By Evan Gough - October 01, 2021 03:22 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Some of the Moon's Craters are so Dark, it Takes AI to see What's Inside Them

By Andy Tomaswick - September 30, 2021 03:59 PM UTC | Planetary Science

BepiColombo Meets Mercury for the First Time on October 1

By Evan Gough - September 30, 2021 02:56 PM UTC | Missions

Starlink can be Used as a Navigation System too

By Andy Tomaswick - September 30, 2021 11:58 AM UTC | Space Policy

Giant Balls of Mush Made From Ammonia and Water Form in the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune

By Andy Tomaswick - September 30, 2021 11:32 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Even the Quiet Supermassive Black Holes are Blasting out Neutrinos and Gamma Rays

By Evan Gough - September 29, 2021 05:00 PM UTC | Black Holes

Landsat 9 Joins a Fleet of Earth Observation Satellites

By Nancy Atkinson - September 29, 2021 04:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Mars has Seasons, and They Might Have Revealed Where it's Hiding its Water

By Andy Tomaswick - September 29, 2021 01:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Dozens of Robots Competed to Race Through Underground Caves

By Andy Tomaswick - September 29, 2021 12:22 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Lunar Landers Could Spray Instant Landing Pads as They Arrive at the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - September 29, 2021 11:21 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Aging White Dwarfs Become Even More Magnetic

By Brian Koberlein - September 29, 2021 11:13 AM UTC | Stars

A survey of white dwarfs shows they get more magnetic as they age, and we don't know why.

NASA's Human Space Exploration Division is Being Split in Two

By Andy Tomaswick - September 28, 2021 11:04 PM UTC | Space Policy

How Much Carbon Dioxide Snow Falls Every Winter on Mars?

By Matthew Williams - September 28, 2021 10:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research hows how changes in the size of the Martian polar ice caps are associated with annual changes in its climate.

Vera Rubin Observatory Should Find 5 Interstellar Objects a Year, Many of Which we Could Chase Down With Spacecraft

By Matthew Williams - September 28, 2021 09:15 PM UTC | Observing

According to new research, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will detect 5 `Oumuamua-like objects a year, creating many opportunities for a rendezvous mission!

China's First Space Station Crew is Back From Orbit

By Matthew Williams - September 28, 2021 08:08 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The crew of China's Tiangong space station returned to Earth, having set a new record for the longest Chinese crewed mission to space.

Future Telescopes Could be Seeing the Wrong Planets

Rogue Planets Could be Habitable

Some of the Moon's Craters are so Dark, it Takes AI to see What's Inside Them

BepiColombo Meets Mercury for the First Time on October 1

Starlink can be Used as a Navigation System too

Giant Balls of Mush Made From Ammonia and Water Form in the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune

Even the Quiet Supermassive Black Holes are Blasting out Neutrinos and Gamma Rays

Landsat 9 Joins a Fleet of Earth Observation Satellites

Mars has Seasons, and They Might Have Revealed Where it's Hiding its Water

Dozens of Robots Competed to Race Through Underground Caves

Lunar Landers Could Spray Instant Landing Pads as They Arrive at the Moon

Aging White Dwarfs Become Even More Magnetic

NASA's Human Space Exploration Division is Being Split in Two

How Much Carbon Dioxide Snow Falls Every Winter on Mars?

Vera Rubin Observatory Should Find 5 Interstellar Objects a Year, Many of Which we Could Chase Down With Spacecraft

China's First Space Station Crew is Back From Orbit

No News Here, Just a Beautiful Globular Cluster Captured by Hubble. That is all.

This is the Reactor That Could Make it Possible to Return From Mars

What Happens to Interstellar Objects Captured by the Solar System?

Chefs on the Moon Will be Cooking up Rocks to Make air and Water