Universe Today (Page 332)

Shanghai is About to Open the World's Largest Astronomy Museum

By Matthew Williams - July 15, 2021 01:36 PM UTC | Site News

The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, the largest museum in the world dedicated solely to the study of the cosmos, will open its door to the public next week.

Here’s SpaceX’s new Drone Ship: “A Shortfall of Gravitas”

By Andy Tomaswick - July 15, 2021 09:54 AM UTC | Space Exploration

How did Supermassive Black Holes Form? Collapsing Dark Matter Halos can Explain Them

By Paul Sutter - July 14, 2021 10:38 AM UTC | Black Holes

From the way These Stars Look, a Supernova is Inevitable

By Andy Tomaswick - July 14, 2021 08:14 AM UTC | Stars

According to Elon, Starship Could Chomp up Space Junk

By Matthew Williams - July 13, 2021 09:36 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Elon Musk recently suggested that the Starship could be configured to "chomp up" orbital debris.

Exploding Material From a Gamma-ray Burst Scrambled Nearby Magnetic Fields

By Paul Sutter - July 13, 2021 04:27 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Report Suggests That Astronauts Shouldn't get More Than 600 Millisieverts of Radiation Exposure During Their Career. We get 2-3 a Year Down Here on Earth

By Paul Sutter - July 13, 2021 08:07 AM UTC | Space Policy

The Sun is Mellow Yellow Today. Billions of Years Ago? Not So Much

By Andy Tomaswick - July 13, 2021 07:43 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A Nearby White Dwarf Might be About to Collapse Into a Neutron Star

By Matthew Williams - July 12, 2021 05:15 PM UTC | Stars

A white dwarf star has been found that's more massive than our Sun, but about the same size as our Moon. It's already revolutionizing what we know about these mysterious stellar objects.

Using Saturn's Rings to Figure out What's Inside the Planet

By Paul Sutter - July 12, 2021 05:03 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Milky Way's Central bar Spin-Rate is Slowing Down Thanks to Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - July 12, 2021 12:13 PM UTC | Milky Way

Venus' Surface Tectonics is More Like Pack ice on Earth

By Andy Tomaswick - July 12, 2021 10:11 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Richard Branson and Friends Reach the Edge of Space, and Lived to Tell About it!

By Matthew Williams - July 11, 2021 04:08 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Richard Branson just returned form the edge of space to announce that a new era of space exploration is upon us!

Does Mercury Have a big Iron Core Because it's so Close to the Sun's Magnetic Field?

By Andy Tomaswick - July 11, 2021 09:03 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Richard Branson will fly on SpaceShipTwo this weekend. Welcome to the New (Edge of) Space Race!

By Matthew Williams - July 10, 2021 03:52 PM UTC | Space Exploration

On Sunday, July 11th (weather permitting), Richard Branson will become the first billionaire to go to space, beating Jeff Bezos there by nine days!

Wally Funk From the Mercury 13 Will be Joining Jeff Bezos on his Flight to the Edge of Space

By Matthew Williams - July 09, 2021 03:47 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Wally Funk, a pioneer in the field of aerospace and a member of the Mercury 13 program, will be accompanying Jeff Bezos to space this month!

We Might Know why There's so Little Antimatter in the Universe

By Andy Tomaswick - July 09, 2021 02:59 PM UTC | Physics

Shanghai is About to Open the World's Largest Astronomy Museum

Here’s SpaceX’s new Drone Ship: “A Shortfall of Gravitas”

How did Supermassive Black Holes Form? Collapsing Dark Matter Halos can Explain Them

From the way These Stars Look, a Supernova is Inevitable

According to Elon, Starship Could Chomp up Space Junk

Exploding Material From a Gamma-ray Burst Scrambled Nearby Magnetic Fields

Report Suggests That Astronauts Shouldn't get More Than 600 Millisieverts of Radiation Exposure During Their Career. We get 2-3 a Year Down Here on Earth

The Sun is Mellow Yellow Today. Billions of Years Ago? Not So Much

A Nearby White Dwarf Might be About to Collapse Into a Neutron Star

Using Saturn's Rings to Figure out What's Inside the Planet

The Milky Way's Central bar Spin-Rate is Slowing Down Thanks to Dark Matter

Venus' Surface Tectonics is More Like Pack ice on Earth

Richard Branson and Friends Reach the Edge of Space, and Lived to Tell About it!

Does Mercury Have a big Iron Core Because it's so Close to the Sun's Magnetic Field?

Richard Branson will fly on SpaceShipTwo this weekend. Welcome to the New (Edge of) Space Race!

Satellite Images Can Help Predict When Underwater Volcanos are About to Erupt

The Earth's Atmosphere is Storing Energy Twice as Quickly as it did 15 Years ago

After British Columbia's Record-Breaking Heatwave, Here Come the Wildfires

Wally Funk From the Mercury 13 Will be Joining Jeff Bezos on his Flight to the Edge of Space

We Might Know why There's so Little Antimatter in the Universe