Universe Today (Page 392)

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 Murph - 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.

Betelgeuse Is Still Dimming! And We Have the Pictures to Prove It

By Fraser Cain - February 16, 2020 04:51 PM UTC | Stars

Beautiful Exposed Bedrock and Sand Dunes on Mars

By Evan Gough - February 13, 2020 06:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Simulated How the Universe Would Look Without Dark Matter

By Matthew Williams - February 13, 2020 05:22 PM UTC | Cosmology

A team of European researchers recently simulated how a Universe without Dark Matter would have evolved, with surprising results!

Mars Was Hit By a Lot of Protoplanets Early in its History, Taking Longer to Form than Previously Thought.

By Evan Gough - February 13, 2020 05:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Pale Blue Dot: Now New and Improved

By Nancy Atkinson - February 13, 2020 03:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Catch Comet T2 PanSTARRS This Spring

By David Dickinson - February 13, 2020 11:18 AM UTC | Observing

Ready for the next great comet? First, the bad news. there is not (as of yet), a good naked eye comet in the cards, for 2020. The good news is… there is a fine binocular comet well placed for northern hemisphere viewers: Comet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS.

A Rare Fast Radio Burst has been Found that Actually Repeats Every 16 Days

By Evan Gough - February 12, 2020 06:19 PM UTC | Extragalactic

New Images of the "Golf Ball" Asteroid Pallas

By Matthew Williams - February 12, 2020 05:19 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New images of the asteroid Pallas (the clearest and most detailed to date) reveal that it looks like a "golf ball", an indication that it probably had a very violent past.

Weekly Space Hangout: February 12, 2020 - Mapping Pulsars with Dr. Cole Miller

By Susie Murph - February 12, 2020 04:34 PM UTC | Missions

Carnival of Space #650

By Susie Murph - February 12, 2020 04:02 PM UTC | Site News

Here are the First Pictures from CHEOPS

By Evan Gough - February 12, 2020 02:17 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Mars 2020 Will be The Third Time That NASA Has Tried to Send a Microphone to Mars

By Matthew Williams - February 11, 2020 09:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Mars 2020 rover, which will launch this summer, will be the third NASA mission to bring a microphone to the Red Planet.

SpaceX is Thinking of Spinning Off Starlink and Taking it Public

By Matthew Williams - February 11, 2020 01:43 PM UTC | Space Policy

SpaceX recently announced that it could be taking Starlink public, giving investors a chance to get a piece of this lucrative satellite internet company.

The ESA's Solar Orbiter, a Mission That Will Chart the Unexplored Polar Regions of the Sun, Just Launched!

By Matthew Williams - February 10, 2020 08:41 PM UTC | Missions

The ESA's Solar Orbiter launched earlier today on its five-year mission to study the Sun, which scientists hope will lead to a better understanding of solar weather.

SpaceX Has Requested Permission to Fly Starship as Early as March

By Matthew Williams - February 06, 2020 08:08 PM UTC | Space Policy

According to recent filings with the FCC, SpaceX hopes to conduct their first test flight with the Starship Mk 3 prototype as early as mid-March of 2020.