Universe Today (Page 329)

A new Approach Could Tease out the Connection Between Gravity and Quantum Mechanics

By Brian Koberlein - February 19, 2021 12:39 PM UTC | Physics

A proposed experiment using super-cooled atoms could reveal the nature of quantum gravity.

Perseverance has Landed. Here are its First Pictures From the Surface of Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - February 19, 2021 11:13 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Following the Jovian Moons Through 2021 Mutual Eclipse Season

By David Dickinson - February 19, 2021 09:48 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Watch as the Jovian moons perform a spectacular celestial dance in 2021.

We Could Find Extraterrestrial Civilizations by Their Air Pollution

By Evan Gough - February 18, 2021 02:42 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Magnetic Fields Help Shape the Formation of New Planets

By Andy Tomaswick - February 18, 2021 09:25 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Juno Just Saw a Spacerock Crash Into Jupiter

By Andy Tomaswick - February 17, 2021 04:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Largest Crater on the Moon Reveals Secrets About its Early History

By Nancy Atkinson - February 17, 2021 01:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's Perseverance Rover: The Most Ambitious Space Mission Ever?

By Evan Gough - February 17, 2021 11:17 AM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's InSight Will Have Reduced Capability Until a Dust Devil Cleans off its Solar Panels

By sjohnston - February 17, 2021 10:07 AM UTC | Missions

Water Shaped Features on Mars Much Earlier Than Previously Believed

By Matthew Williams - February 16, 2021 04:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new study, the Perseverance rover could find evidence in Jezero that will allow scientists to reconstruct the planet's chronology.

This is What Happens to Spacecraft When They Re-Enter the Earth's Atmosphere

By Nancy Atkinson - February 16, 2021 02:22 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Surprising Discovery of Ceramic Chips Inside Meteorites Means There Were Wild Temperature Variations In the Early Solar System

By Andy Tomaswick - February 16, 2021 08:05 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A Combined Map of Almost 15,000 Dust Storms on Mars

By Andy Tomaswick - February 16, 2021 07:43 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A Cluster of Black Holes Found Inside a Globular Cluster of Stars

By Brian Koberlein - February 15, 2021 01:37 PM UTC | Black Holes

Globular clusters can be home to lots of stellar-mass black holes, rather than a single intermediate mass black hole.

NASA has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Using the Falcon Heavy

By Matthew Williams - February 14, 2021 07:55 PM UTC | Missions

According to a recent statement, NASA has contracted SpaceX to launch the core elements of the Gateway to the Moon with the Falcon Heavy by 2024.

Lunar Spacecraft Gets an Upgrade to Capture New Perspectives of the Moon

By sjohnston - February 14, 2021 12:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

How Old is the Ice at Mars' North Pole?

By Matthew Williams - February 13, 2021 08:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Using data from the MRO's HiRISE camera, a team of researchers from UC Boulder have provided a starting point for reconstructing the history of Mars' climate.

ESA's Solar Orbiter 'Hides' Behind the Sun

By David Dickinson - February 12, 2021 08:34 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A deep-space mission is about to pull a 'vanishing act,' through mid-February, as the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter (affectionately known as 'SolO' to mission controllers) makes a crucial pass behind the Sun.

Quantum Theory Proposes That Cause and Effect Can Go In Loops

By Andy Tomaswick - February 12, 2021 06:48 AM UTC | Physics

Perseverance Will Make Sure it has a Safe Landing

By Evan Gough - February 11, 2021 06:59 PM UTC | Missions