Universe Today (Page 420)

Asteroid Phaethon breaks all the rules. It acts like a comet, it supplies particles to a meteor shower. Oh, and it's blue

By Matthew Williams - October 25, 2018 11:05 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A team of astronomers recently observed Phaeton, a Near-Earth Object (NEO) that behaves like both an asteroid and a comet

Our New Book is Out! Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer

By Fraser Cain - October 25, 2018 05:23 PM UTC | Site News

Binary Stars Orbiting Each Other INSIDE a Planetary Nebula

By Matthew Williams - October 25, 2018 05:13 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of astronomers recently observed an unexpected sight, a binary star system that is set to collide and explode in a nova inside of a nebula.

Being Cassini. Experience What It Was Like to Fly Past Jupiter and Saturn and Their Moons

By Evan Gough - October 25, 2018 03:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Here You Go, It's Official: Space Force. Seriously Though, Why Couldn't they have Called it Star Fleet?

By Evan Gough - October 25, 2018 01:44 PM UTC | Space Policy

Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 24, 2018 - Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder

By Fraser Cain - October 24, 2018 07:47 PM UTC | Physics

Polar Researchers Spot Two Rectangular Icebergs

By Evan Gough - October 24, 2018 05:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

It Could be Possible to Transfer Data Through Gravitational Waves

By Matthew Williams - October 24, 2018 04:32 PM UTC | Physics

A new study by a team of Russian scientists demonstrates how gravitational waves could be encoded to send information, in the same way that radio waves are used now.

Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - October 23, 2018 08:03 PM UTC | Physics

Gas and Dust Seen Swirling Around our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 05:47 PM UTC | Black Holes

A team using ALMA has observed gas and dust cloudlets near the super massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Carnival of Space #583

By susie - October 23, 2018 03:34 PM UTC | Site News

NASA Has Some Cool Space Sounds You Can Use for Ringtones

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 03:17 PM UTC | Site News

This is How NASA Releases Almost Half a Million Gallons of Water in 60 Seconds

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 02:02 PM UTC | Missions

To keep the extremely powerful Space Launch System safe during launch, NASA has developed the IOP/SS (Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression water deluge system. It releases almost half a million gallons of water during launch.

To Find Evidence of Life on Exoplanets, Scientists Should Search for "Purple Earths"

By Matthew Williams - October 22, 2018 06:00 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Astronomy Cast Ep. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely

By susie - October 22, 2018 05:16 PM UTC | Observing

Exos Aerospace Completes Successful Launch Test of Their SARGE Rocket

By Matthew Williams - October 22, 2018 03:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The commercial launch provider Exos aerospace successfully completed its launch test, pushing the company closer to providing greater access to space

How Hubble Unlocked the Universe

By Paul Sutter - October 20, 2018 09:44 AM UTC | Observing

A Red Dwarf Blasts off a Superflare. Any Life on its Planets Would Have a Very Bad Day

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2018 06:33 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomers observed a red dwarf superflare much more powerful than anything our Sun can produce. Bad news for any habitable-zone planets orbiting it.

How Mission Delays Hurt Young Astronomers

By Paul Sutter - October 19, 2018 09:39 AM UTC | Missions

A Star Exploded as a Supernova and Then Collapsed Into a Neutron Star. But Only a Fraction of its Matter was Released

By Matthew Williams - October 18, 2018 04:46 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of scientists recently witnessed the birth of a binary neutron star system, which was indicated by a rather faint and short-lived supernova.