Universe Today (Page 348)

This Exoplanetary System Breaks all the Rules

By Paul Sutter - March 10, 2021 08:16 AM UTC | Exoplanets

How do you get Power into Your Lunar Base? With a Tower of Concrete Several Kilometers High

By sjohnston - March 09, 2021 08:30 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Apollo Rocks Reveal the Moon's Early History

By Matthew Williams - March 09, 2021 04:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new analysis of lunar rock samples has revealed details about its early history, particularly how the Moon's iron core differentiated from its mantle.

VY Canis Majoris is "Like Betelgeuse on Steroids"

By Andy Tomaswick - March 09, 2021 02:27 PM UTC | Stars

The Most Recent Volcanic Activity on the Moon? Just 100 Million Years ago

By Paul Sutter - March 09, 2021 10:17 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Track a Neutrino Back to the Source. Where a Black Hole Tore Apart a Star

By Andy Tomaswick - March 09, 2021 08:08 AM UTC | Black Holes

New Supercomputer Simulations Will Help pin Down Inflation

By Paul Sutter - March 09, 2021 06:23 AM UTC | Cosmology

Simulations of the Universe are Getting Better and Better at Matching Reality

By Paul Sutter - March 08, 2021 08:34 PM UTC | Cosmology

Gliese 486b is a Hellish World With Temperatures Above 700 Kelvin

By Matthew Williams - March 08, 2021 05:51 PM UTC | Exoplanets

The CARMENES consortium recently discovered a super-Earth just 21 light-years away that will be the perfect test case for exoplanets in the future.

Dust in the Chixalub Crater Makes the Compelling Case That an Asteroid Wiped out the Dinosaurs 65 Million Years ago

By Paul Sutter - March 08, 2021 01:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Space Missions are Building Up a Detailed Map of the Sun's Magnetic Field

By Andy Tomaswick - March 08, 2021 01:12 PM UTC | Missions

NASA is Considering a Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon

By sjohnston - March 08, 2021 11:52 AM UTC | Telescopes

A Single Dust Devil on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - March 08, 2021 11:03 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Another Big Iceberg Just Broke off from Antarctica

By Matthew Williams - March 07, 2021 06:27 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite recently spotted an iceberg the size of New York City breaking off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is Getting an Upgraded new Infrared Filter

By Matthew Williams - March 07, 2021 04:11 PM UTC | Telescopes

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope just received a new infrared filter that will allow it to explore even more of the cosmos!

Almost all High-Energy Neutrinos Come From Quasars

By Brian Koberlein - March 06, 2021 03:07 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Earth is blasted by high-energy neutrinos from the most powerful objects in the universe.

A New Study Says That Betelgeuse Won't Be Exploding Any Time Soon

By Matthew Cimone - March 05, 2021 06:20 PM UTC | Stars

How Would Rain be Different on an Alien World?

By Matthew Williams - March 05, 2021 02:38 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study takes a look at possible rainfall patterns on exoplanets, which could help narrow the search for extraterrestrial life in the coming years!

Earth's Atmosphere Can Generate a "Space Hurricane"

By Nancy Atkinson - March 05, 2021 10:46 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Mining Water and Metal From the Moon at the Same Time

By Andy Tomaswick - March 04, 2021 09:48 AM UTC | Space Exploration