Universe Today (Page 400)

ExoMars Parachute Test Fails, for the Second Time

By Matthew Williams - August 19, 2019 05:02 PM UTC | Missions

The ExoMars 2020 mission hit another snag recently when a high-altitude parachute test resulted in damage again to one of the mission's parachute canopies.

Carnival of Space #625

By Susie Murph - August 19, 2019 03:42 PM UTC | Site News

Why Build Big Rockets at All? It's Time for Orbital Refueling

By Fraser Cain - August 16, 2019 03:52 PM UTC | Space Exploration

An Astrophotographer Noticed a Chunk of Ice Orbiting Comet 67P in Rosetta's Photos

By Evan Gough - August 15, 2019 03:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Neutron Star Suffers a "Glitch", Gives Astronomers a Glimpse Into How They Work

By Evan Gough - August 14, 2019 04:18 PM UTC | Stars

Rocket Lab is Going to try to Re-use its First Stage Booster, Catching it in Mid-air With a Helicopter

By Matthew Williams - August 14, 2019 01:48 PM UTC | Space Exploration

CEO Peter Beck of Rocket Lab recently announced that his company will begin retrieving the first stage of its Electron rocket with a helicopter.

Milky Way's Black Hole Just Flared, Growing 75 Times as Bright for a Few Hours

By Evan Gough - August 13, 2019 04:48 PM UTC | Black Holes

Spacecraft Gyroscopes And Reaction Wheels. You Can Never Have Enough

By Fraser Cain - August 13, 2019 04:03 PM UTC | Missions

Hardy Tardigrades on Board Israel's Beresheet Lander Probably Survived the Crash

By Evan Gough - August 12, 2019 05:53 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Astronomers Uncover Dozens of Previously Unknown Ancient and Massive Galaxies

By Matthew Williams - August 12, 2019 05:04 PM UTC | Extragalactic

An international team of astronomers led by the University of Tokyo used ALMA to view 39 previously-undiscovered ancient galaxies.

Carnival of Space #624

By Susie Murph - August 12, 2019 04:54 PM UTC | Site News

A Monster Black Hole has been Found with 40 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun

By Evan Gough - August 10, 2019 06:40 PM UTC | Black Holes

NASA Tests Water Powered Spacecraft in Orbit

By Evan Gough - August 09, 2019 08:29 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A Bunch of New Names for Pluto's Surface Features Were Just Approved

By Evan Gough - August 09, 2019 05:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Traces of One of the Oldest Stars in the Universe Found Inside Another Star

By Evan Gough - August 09, 2019 03:34 PM UTC | Stars

One Year, Almost 1,000 Planetary Candidates. An Update On TESS

By Fraser Cain - August 09, 2019 03:28 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Dead Planets Around White Dwarfs Could Emit Radio Waves We Can Detect, Sending Out Signals for Billions of Years

By Matthew Williams - August 09, 2019 03:28 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study by a pair of astronomers has shown that planets orbiting white dwarfs will still be emitting radio waves for up to a billion years.

The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 3

By Nancy Atkinson - August 09, 2019 08:40 AM UTC | Missions

There May be Thick Ice Deposits on the Moon and Mercury

By Matthew Williams - August 08, 2019 04:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new analysis of LRO and MESSENGER data, the ice deposits on the Moon and Mercury could be even more plentiful than we thought.

Maybe Dark Matter is Warm, Not Cold

By Matthew Williams - August 07, 2019 06:24 PM UTC | Cosmology

A new study by an international team of scientists considers the possibility that dark matter might be "warm" instead of cold.