Universe Today (Page 301)

Astronomers Detect the Closest Fast Radio Burst Ever Seen

By Matthew Williams - February 24, 2022 03:19 PM UTC | Extragalactic

An international team of astronomers has detected the closest repeating Fast Radio Burst to date, which is providing new insights into this mysterious phenomenon

Here's What China is Planning to do in Space for the Next 5 Years

By Andy Tomaswick - February 24, 2022 11:25 AM UTC | Space Policy

Chinese Rover Finds Translucent Glass Globules on the Moon

By Nancy Atkinson - February 24, 2022 10:44 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A Detailed Simulation of the Universe Creates Structures Very Similar to the Milky Way and its Surroundings

By Matthew Williams - February 23, 2022 05:39 PM UTC | Milky Way

An international team of astrophysicists has created the most accurate simulation of cosmic evolution to date, which reproduced many of the familiar structures we see today

We don't Know Exactly When the Dinosaurs Died, but Now We Know it was in the Springtime

By Nancy Atkinson - February 23, 2022 02:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Does the Entire Planet Have a Mind of its Own?

By Evan Gough - February 23, 2022 01:33 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA is Upping the Power on its Lunar Wattage Challenge!

By Matthew Williams - February 23, 2022 01:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA and HeroX have launched Phase II of their Watts on the Moon Challenge, which will reward a total of $4.5 million for idea on how to distribute and store power for future lunar missions.

China Releases a Selfie-Stick Video of Tianwen-1 Above Mars

By Andy Tomaswick - February 23, 2022 11:52 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Here's Exactly how Engineers Are Aligning JWST's Segmented Mirrors

By Nancy Atkinson - February 23, 2022 11:41 AM UTC | Telescopes

Gaia Finds Ancient Satellite Galaxy Pontus Embedded in Milky Way

By David Dickinson - February 23, 2022 11:20 AM UTC | Milky Way

A recent study looked at stellar streams hidden in Gaia's data, to uncover a torturous past.

One Crater on the Moon is Filled with Ice and Gas that Came from a Comet Impact

By Matthew Williams - February 22, 2022 07:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

After reanalyzing data from the LRO mission, a team of scientists has determined that water ice observed in a lunar crater was deposited by a comet less than one billion years ago.

How Time Flies: Perseverance and Ingenuity Have Been on Mars for a Year

By Nancy Atkinson - February 21, 2022 04:34 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA and HeroX are Crowdsourcing the Search for Life on Mars

By Matthew Williams - February 21, 2022 02:43 PM UTC | Astrobiology

NASA and HeroX have launched the Mars Spectrometry Challenge, which will reward a total of $30,000 for new ideas on how to find evidence of past life on Mars

Astronomers Detect the Closest Fast Radio Burst Ever Seen

Here's What China is Planning to do in Space for the Next 5 Years

Chinese Rover Finds Translucent Glass Globules on the Moon

A Detailed Simulation of the Universe Creates Structures Very Similar to the Milky Way and its Surroundings

We don't Know Exactly When the Dinosaurs Died, but Now We Know it was in the Springtime

Does the Entire Planet Have a Mind of its Own?

NASA is Upping the Power on its Lunar Wattage Challenge!

China Releases a Selfie-Stick Video of Tianwen-1 Above Mars

Here's Exactly how Engineers Are Aligning JWST's Segmented Mirrors

Gaia Finds Ancient Satellite Galaxy Pontus Embedded in Milky Way

One Crater on the Moon is Filled with Ice and Gas that Came from a Comet Impact

How Time Flies: Perseverance and Ingenuity Have Been on Mars for a Year

NASA and HeroX are Crowdsourcing the Search for Life on Mars

James Webb Might be Able to Detect Other Civilizations by their Air Pollution

Twin Brown Dwarfs Discovered, Orbiting one Another at Three Times the Distance From the Sun to Pluto

Atomic Clocks Separated by Just a few Centimetres Measure Different Rates of Time. Just as Einstein Predicted

Imaging the Galaxy's Centre in Unprecedented Detail Reveals More Mysterious Filaments

New Photos Show a Black Hole Blasting out Powerful Winds

Astronomers Discover a Strange new Star That Might be From the Collision Between two Dead Stars

An Asteroid has Been Discovered With Three Moons!