Universe Today (Page 396)

LightSail 2 is Still Solar Sailing, But it's Getting Lower and Lower with Each Orbit

By Evan Gough - January 14, 2020 08:08 PM UTC | Missions

Carnival of Space #646

By Susie Murph - January 14, 2020 04:53 PM UTC | Site News

Balloon-Based Cosmic Ray Observatory is Now on its Second Trip Around Antarctica

By Matthew Williams - January 14, 2020 04:22 PM UTC | Physics

The SuperTIGER-2 flight just completed its second tour around Antarctica in its mission to determine the origin and nature of cosmic rays.

New View of the Swan Nebula From NASA's Airborne SOFIA Telescope

By Matthew Williams - January 13, 2020 06:43 PM UTC | Telescopes

Using the SOFIA telescope, a team of NASA astronomers have conducted the most detailed survey of the interior of the Swan Nebula to date.

Almost 800,000 Years Ago, an Enormous Meteorite Struck Earth. Now We Know Where.

By Evan Gough - January 13, 2020 05:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

In About 3 Million Years, WASP-12b Will Spiral into its Star and be Consumed

By Matthew Williams - January 12, 2020 08:26 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study led by Princeton researchers has confirmed that in the long run, hot Jupiters are destined to be devoured by their suns.

Hubble Finds Teeny Tiny Clumps of Dark Matter

By Matthew Williams - January 11, 2020 05:48 PM UTC | Cosmology

Using data from Hubble and the gravitational lensing technique, a team of astronomers have found definitive evidence that Dark Matter is indeed "cold".

There's a new method to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, but it doesn't resolve the Crisis in Cosmology

By Brian Koberlein - January 11, 2020 12:34 PM UTC | Cosmology

The Perfect Stars to Search for Life On Their Planets

By Evan Gough - January 10, 2020 05:15 PM UTC | Astrobiology

TESS Finds a Planet That Orbits Two Stars

By Evan Gough - January 09, 2020 03:40 PM UTC | Exoplanets

An Upcoming Impact With the Magellanic Clouds is Already Causing Star Formation in the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - January 09, 2020 03:22 PM UTC | Milky Way

A new study presented at the 235th meeting of the AAS this week shows how star formation is already happening thanks to the expected collision between the Milky Way and the LMC.

A Huge Wave is Passing Through the Milky Way Unleashing New Stellar Nurseries

By Brian Koberlein - January 09, 2020 12:58 PM UTC | Milky Way

Chang'e-4 Wraps Up a Year Roving on the Far Side of the Moon

By Matthew Williams - January 08, 2020 11:53 PM UTC | Space Exploration

During its 370 days on the lunar surface, China's Yutu 2 rover has broken multiple records - including distance traveled and total time spent on the surface.

TESS Finds its First Earth-Sized World in the Habitable Zone of a Star

By Evan Gough - January 08, 2020 07:53 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Weekly Space Hangout: January 8, 2020 - Dr. Brian Weeden, Director of Program Planning, The Secure World Foundation

By Susie Murph - January 08, 2020 04:45 PM UTC | Space Policy

Forget Betelgeuse, the Star V Sagittae Should Go Nova Within this Century

By Evan Gough - January 08, 2020 04:30 PM UTC | Stars

This Simulation Shows what We'll be Able to See with WFIRST

By Matthew Williams - January 08, 2020 03:55 PM UTC | Telescopes

NASA has given us a taste of what the WFIRST will be able to see when it takes to space, previewing what the power of 100 Hubbles will look like.

New Research Casts A Shadow On The Existence Of Dark Energy

By Brian Koberlein - January 08, 2020 12:25 PM UTC | Cosmology

Our Guide to this Friday's Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

By David Dickinson - January 08, 2020 10:17 AM UTC | Observing

Ready for the first lunar eclipse of the year? The first eclipse season of 2020 comes to an end Friday, with a penumbral lunar eclipse. This season overlaps with 2019, when it kicked off with the Boxing Day annular solar eclipse of December 26th, 2019.

M87's Black Hole is Firing Out Jets that Travel 99% the Speed of Light

By Evan Gough - January 07, 2020 07:06 PM UTC | Black Holes