Universe Today (Page 352)

Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core

By Brian Koberlein - November 28, 2020 01:13 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Astronomers have detected a fusion cycle in our Sun that powers massive stars and creates the elements central to life in the cosmos.

A third of the stars in the Milky Way came from a single merger 10 billion years ago

By Paul Sutter - November 27, 2020 11:03 PM UTC | Milky Way

ESA Is Going To Spend $102 Million To Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk

By Andy Tomaswick - November 27, 2020 11:01 PM UTC | Space Policy

There's Fabric on the Space Station That Scientists Are Using to "Listen" for Space Dust Impacts

By Andy Tomaswick - November 27, 2020 10:45 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new way to map out dark matter is 10 times more precise than the previous-best method

By Paul Sutter - November 27, 2020 10:05 PM UTC | Cosmology

Every Year NASA Simulates Our View of the Moon for the Upcoming 12 Months. Here's 2021, Hour by Hour

By Evan Gough - November 27, 2020 02:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Geysers on Europa might come from pockets of water under the ice

By Andy Tomaswick - November 26, 2020 11:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Moon has Resources, but Not Enough to Go Around

By Matthew Williams - November 26, 2020 05:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study led by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics explains how the Moon may not have enough resources to support everything we plan to build up there.

Astronomers See a Newly Forming Planetary Disk That's Continuing to Feed On Material from its Nebula

By Evan Gough - November 26, 2020 04:45 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Weekly Space Hangout: November 25, 2020, Dr. Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist, the JUICE Mission

By Nancy Graziano - November 26, 2020 01:38 PM UTC | Missions

RocketLab Recovers a First-Stage Booster for the First Time: "Return to Sender"

By Matthew Williams - November 25, 2020 06:36 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A New Artist's Illustration of the Extremely Large Telescope. So Many Lasers

By Evan Gough - November 25, 2020 04:38 PM UTC | Telescopes

Catch Monday Morning's Subtle Lunar Eclipse

By David Dickinson - November 25, 2020 12:25 PM UTC | Observing

A penumbral lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of November 30th marks the start of the last eclipse season for 2020.

Solar astronomers can now predict future sunspots. There should be a big one in a couple of days

By Brian Koberlein - November 25, 2020 10:49 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Predicting the appearance of a sunspot is like predicting a tornado. But astronomers are starting to do it.

Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core

A third of the stars in the Milky Way came from a single merger 10 billion years ago

ESA Is Going To Spend $102 Million To Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk

There's Fabric on the Space Station That Scientists Are Using to "Listen" for Space Dust Impacts

A new way to map out dark matter is 10 times more precise than the previous-best method

Every Year NASA Simulates Our View of the Moon for the Upcoming 12 Months. Here's 2021, Hour by Hour

Geysers on Europa might come from pockets of water under the ice

The Moon has Resources, but Not Enough to Go Around

Astronomers See a Newly Forming Planetary Disk That's Continuing to Feed On Material from its Nebula

Weekly Space Hangout: November 25, 2020, Dr. Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist, the JUICE Mission

RocketLab Recovers a First-Stage Booster for the First Time: "Return to Sender"

A New Artist's Illustration of the Extremely Large Telescope. So Many Lasers

Catch Monday Morning's Subtle Lunar Eclipse

Solar astronomers can now predict future sunspots. There should be a big one in a couple of days

China's Chang'e-5 Probe Is Off to Bring Back a Moon Sample — and NASA Hopes to See the Data

Here's what we know about Earth's new minimoon

At One Time, This Region of Mars was Inundated by a "Megaflood"

Hubble Sees Dark Shadows That Could Be Cast by a Supermassive Black Hole

One of the Building Blocks of Life Can Form in the Harsh Environment of Deep Space Itself. No Star Required

Mars Might Have Lost its Water Quickly