Universe Today (Page 432)

NASA is building up a map of the entire sky seen in X-rays, line by line with its NICER experiment

By Matthew Williams - June 03, 2019 06:42 PM UTC | Missions

Using data from the first 22 months of the NICER instruments mission, NASA has constructed a beautiful image of what the X-ray sky looks like.

Subaru Telescope Sees 1800 Supernovae

By Evan Gough - June 03, 2019 04:56 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Rovers on Mars should be searching for rocks that look like pasta - they're almost certainly created by life

By Matthew Williams - June 03, 2019 03:41 PM UTC | Astrobiology

According to a new study, future NASA missions to Mars should look for "pasta-like" mineral structures, which are an indication of ancient bacteria here on Earth.

Ep. 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia

By Susie Murph - June 03, 2019 03:02 PM UTC | Site News

LEGO's New Apollo 11 Lunar Lander has been Released

By Evan Gough - June 03, 2019 02:30 PM UTC | Site News

Phew! James Webb passes its final thermal vacuum test. Still on track for 2021

By Matthew Williams - May 31, 2019 11:50 PM UTC | Telescopes

The James Webb Space Telescope recently completed vacuum chamber testing, and is good to go for its 2021 launch date!

MOONRISE: Melting lunar regolith with lasers to build structures on the Moon

By Matthew Williams - May 31, 2019 04:38 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A team of German scientists have invented a new laser system that could be used to build a lunar base in the near-future.

The First-Ever Film of a Total Solar Eclipse - in 1900 - was Just Discovered and Restored

By Evan Gough - May 31, 2019 03:18 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Curiosity has Found the Mother Lode of Clay on the Surface of Mars

By Evan Gough - May 31, 2019 01:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Why do Some Hubble Images Have That Chunk Taken Out of the Corner?

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2019 06:40 PM UTC | Observing

A Very Rare Planet Discovered. Less Massive than Neptune, Hotter than Mercury. Very Few Should Exist

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2019 06:25 PM UTC | Exoplanets

This is Where Mars 2020 Rover is Heading. From this Picture, I Think You Can Guess Why

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2019 02:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers are Finding Binary Pairs of Stars Thrown out of Galaxies Together

By Evan Gough - May 29, 2019 06:19 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Different Conditions From Earth Drive the Movement of Sand Dunes on Mars

By Evan Gough - May 29, 2019 03:33 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Weekly Space Hangout: May 29, 2019 - Dr. Molly Peeples of the Space Telescope Science Institute

By Susie Murph - May 29, 2019 08:04 AM UTC | Telescopes

This Strange Feature on Mars was Probably the Result of an Ancient Volcanic Explosion

By Evan Gough - May 28, 2019 04:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Carnival of Space #613

By Susie Murph - May 28, 2019 01:40 PM UTC | Site News

NASA's Long-Term Climate Predictions have Proven to be Very Accurate, Within 1/20th of a Degree Celsius

By Evan Gough - May 27, 2019 05:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New layers of water ice have been found beneath Mars' North Pole

By Matthew Williams - May 27, 2019 05:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study has found evidence of glacier of water ice beneath Mars' north pole, enough to cover the entire planet in an ocean.

18 - Yes, 18 - New Earth-sized Exoplanets have been Found in Kepler's Data

By Evan Gough - May 27, 2019 03:47 PM UTC | Exoplanets