Universe Today (Page 362)

Our Guide to This Month's Total Solar Eclipse Over South America

By David Dickinson - December 04, 2020 12:53 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

2020 closes out with the final eclipse of the decade, as totality crosses the southern tip of South America on December 14th.

Solid Phosphorus has been Found in Comets. This Means They Contain All the Raw Elements for Life

By Evan Gough - December 03, 2020 07:04 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Weekly Space Hangout: December 2, 2020 – Dr. Ingrid Daubar, Planetary Scientist, Brown University

By Nancy Graziano - December 03, 2020 05:02 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Now you can Watch Actual Video of Arecibo Collapsing ... If You Dare

By Nancy Atkinson - December 03, 2020 02:36 PM UTC | Telescopes

China's Chang'e-5 Probe Blasts Off From the Moon, Bringing Back a Full Load of Samples

By Alan Boyle - December 03, 2020 12:56 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Australian Radio Telescopes Just Completed a map of the Universe

By Brian Koberlein - December 03, 2020 12:10 PM UTC | Cosmology

CSIRO has made a detailed radio survey of the southern hemisphere, and discovered a million new galaxies.

Take a Look at What China's Chang'e-5 Probe Is Seeing (and Doing) on the Moon

By Alan Boyle - December 02, 2020 06:54 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Spacefaring Worms Show How Gravity Affects Genes

By Matthew Williams - December 02, 2020 06:17 PM UTC | Astrobiology

New research involving nemotode worms aboard the ISS have shown that the effects of microgravity extend to the genetic level.

This is Mawrth Vallis on Mars, and it's Positively Bursting with Evidence of Past Water Action on Mars

By Evan Gough - December 02, 2020 04:17 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Neutrinos Have Played a Huge Role in the Evolution of the Universe

By Brian Koberlein - December 02, 2020 11:50 AM UTC | Cosmology

Neutrinos are a form of dark matter, and they play a role in the evolution of the universe.

Will the Starship Make a 15 km Hop Test on Wednesday?

By Matthew Williams - December 01, 2020 07:28 PM UTC | Space Exploration

According to recent statements and preparations at Boca Chica, SpaceX could be attempting a high-altitude flight test with the Starship as early as tomorrow!

In the Far Future, Stellar Flybys Will Completely Dismantle the Solar System

By Evan Gough - December 01, 2020 04:30 PM UTC | Milky Way

Spiral-shaped Planetary Disks Should Be More Common. Giant Planets Might Be Disrupting Their Formation

By Andy Tomaswick - December 01, 2020 02:20 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Satellites can see the pollution trails from individual ships

By Andy Tomaswick - December 01, 2020 01:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Arecibo Observatory Platform Has Collapsed

By Nancy Atkinson - December 01, 2020 12:51 PM UTC | Telescopes

China's Chang'e-5 Probe Lands on the Moon and Gets Set to Bring Back Fresh Samples

By Alan Boyle - December 01, 2020 12:42 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New jets seen blasting out of the center of a galaxy

By Paul Sutter - November 30, 2020 10:03 PM UTC | Extragalactic

My Dad Made a Table That Looks Surprisingly Like Jupiter

By Fraser Cain - November 30, 2020 07:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers find a galaxy that had its dark matter siphoned away

By Paul Sutter - November 30, 2020 06:35 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XII: What is the Waterworlds Hypothesis?

By Matthew Williams - November 30, 2020 05:31 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Is it possible that the reason we haven't heard from any aliens is because there's too much water out there?