Universe Today (Page 369)

Solar Orbiter is Already Starting to Observe the Sun

By Matthew Williams - February 23, 2020 03:00 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The ESA's Solar Orbiter, which took to space over earlier this month, recently sent back its first batch of data to mission controllers on Earth.

Dust Devils Have Left Dark Streaks All Over This Martian Crater

By Evan Gough - February 22, 2020 01:00 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Nutrient-Poor and Energy-Starved. How Life Might Survive at the Extremes in the Solar System

By Evan Gough - February 21, 2020 06:08 PM UTC | Astrobiology

How Interferometry Works, and Why it's so Powerful for Astronomy

By Brian Koberlein - February 21, 2020 02:25 PM UTC | Telescopes

Japan Is Sending a Lander to Phobos

By Nancy Atkinson - February 20, 2020 07:06 PM UTC | Missions

SETI Researchers Release Petabytes of Data in the Search For Aliens

By Matthew Williams - February 20, 2020 06:31 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Breakthrough Listen, the most extensive SETI survey in history, has just made its second release of data, and its once again the biggest ever made!

Both Stars in This Binary System Have Accretion Disks Around Them

By Evan Gough - February 20, 2020 05:03 PM UTC | Stars

Weekly Space Hangout: February 19, 2020 - John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic

By susie - February 19, 2020 07:01 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Salt Water Might Still be Able to Collect on the Surface of Mars a Few Days a Year

By Matthew Williams - February 19, 2020 05:27 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study from the PSI indicates that around Mars' equator, salt water could form on the surface for a few days out of the year.

ESA is Considering a Mission to Give Advanced Warnings of Solar Storms

By Evan Gough - February 19, 2020 05:22 PM UTC | Missions

A New Technique to Make Lighter Radiation Shielding For Spacecraft: Rust.

By Matthew Williams - February 19, 2020 03:38 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new technique for creating lighter and cheaper radiation shielding involves a secret ingredient: rust!

There Could be Meteors Traveling at a Fraction of the Speed of Light When They Hit the Atmosphere

By Matthew Williams - February 18, 2020 02:23 PM UTC | Physics

According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the speed of light regularly rain down on Earth's atmosphere

Carnival of Space #651

By susie - February 17, 2020 05:25 PM UTC | Site News

War of the Worlds: Watch the Moon Occult Mars Tuesday Morning

By David Dickinson - February 17, 2020 01:21 PM UTC | Observing

Happen to have clear skies tomorrow morning and live in the western part of the United States? Then you may have a chance to spy a unique event, as the waning crescent Moon occults (passes in front of) the planet Mars.