Universe Today (Page 319)

BluShift Aerospace Launches Stardust 1.0 Rocket

By David Dickinson - February 04, 2021 12:46 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Maine-based BluShift Aerospace takes its first step, with the launch of a unique rocket.

Is There An Apollo 14 Moon Tree Near You?

By Nancy Atkinson - February 04, 2021 12:33 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Earth's Magnetosphere Might be Creating Water on the Moon

By Evan Gough - February 03, 2021 04:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

By Measuring Light From Individual Stars Between Galaxy Clusters, Astronomers Find Clues About Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - February 03, 2021 11:51 AM UTC | Cosmology

Black Holes Simulated in a Tank of Water Reveals "Backreaction" for the First Time

By Brian Koberlein - February 03, 2021 11:37 AM UTC | Black Holes

Water simulations that small gravitational waves near a black hole can significantly change the black hole's behavior.

A new Class of Exoplanets can Shrink, From Subneptunes Into Superearths

By Paul Sutter - February 03, 2021 08:38 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Physicists Figure out how to Make Gravitational Wave Detectors "Hear" 6x More Universe

By Paul Sutter - February 02, 2021 10:30 PM UTC | Physics

What Could We Learn From a Mission to Phobos?

By Matthew Williams - February 02, 2021 07:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to new research that looks at MAVEN data, Mars' larger moon (Phobos) could contain a record of how Mars' underwent significant climate change.

SN9 Tests Ends With a Boom. You're Up SN10

By Matthew Williams - February 02, 2021 06:18 PM UTC | Space Exploration

SpaceX just conducted their second high-altitude flight tests, which once again ended in an explosion. On to SN10!

When Galaxies Collide, Black Holes Don't Always Get the Feast They Were Hoping for

By Evan Gough - February 02, 2021 02:35 PM UTC | Black Holes

MESSENGER Saw a Meteoroid Strike Mercury

By Nancy Atkinson - February 02, 2021 12:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers are Starting to Understand the Quasar Lifecycle

By Paul Sutter - February 02, 2021 10:12 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Galaxy Mergers can Boost Star Formation, and it can Also Shut it Down

By Paul Sutter - February 01, 2021 09:54 PM UTC | Extragalactic

A Sunlike Star Found With Four (No, Five!) Exoplanets Orbiting It

By Matthew Williams - February 01, 2021 07:51 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Thanks to an international team astronomers led from MIT, a nearby Sun-like star has been spotted with a system of five exoplanets, making it the perfect target for observations with the James Webb Space Telescope.