Universe Today (Page 76)

There's a New Supernova in a Familiar Galaxy. You Can See it in a Small Telescope

By Brian Koberlein - May 31, 2023 01:38 PM UTC | Observing

Astronomers discover dozens of supernovae yearly, but seeing one bright and close is rare. If you have a small telescope and camera, you can take pictures of a supernova flaring in the famous Pinwheel Galaxy (M101).

Robots in orbit are becoming even more popular. There are still many technical challenges ahead.

By Andy Tomaswick - May 31, 2023 10:27 AM UTC | Missions

NASA's Mars Helicopter Went Silent for Six Agonizing Days

By Nancy Atkinson - May 31, 2023 10:09 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A Third of Planets Orbiting Red Dwarf Stars Could be in the Habitable Zone

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 31, 2023 09:42 AM UTC | Exoplanets

This is How NASA Wanted to Rescue Space Shuttle Astronauts

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2023 07:42 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A Sign from Space Simulates What it Would be Like to Get a Message from Aliens!

By Matthew Williams - May 30, 2023 07:02 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A Sign in Space project has simulated a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence and has involved the global community in decoding it.

Stratolaunch Buys Virgin Orbit's Rocket-Launching 747

By Nancy Atkinson - May 30, 2023 04:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration

HAKUTO-R's Software Got Confused at the Last Minute, Causing it to Crash into the Moon

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 30, 2023 03:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

How Much Damage Will Lunar Landings Do to Lunar Orbiters?

By Matthew Williams - May 30, 2023 03:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study considers how missions landing and taking off from the lunar surface could cause damage to orbiting spacecraft.

A New Place to Search for Habitable Planets: "The Soot Line."

By Evan Gough - May 30, 2023 03:01 PM UTC | Exoplanets

JWST Spies a Gigantic Water Plume at Enceladus

By Nancy Atkinson - May 30, 2023 01:38 PM UTC | Planetary Science

One Spacecraft Could Visit All of Saturn's Inner Large Moons

By Brian Koberlein - May 30, 2023 01:05 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the best places we could search for life in the Solar System. A new paper proposes a single mission powered by an electric propulsion system that could visit Enceladus and other inner moons.

North Korea May Launch Spy Satellite Soon

By David Dickinson - May 30, 2023 10:38 AM UTC | Space Policy

The enigmatic nation may attempt to put a satellite in orbit, as early as this week.

China is Planning to Have Humans on the Moon by 2030

By Nancy Atkinson - May 30, 2023 09:42 AM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA Seeks Industry Proposals for Next-Generation Lunar Rover

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 29, 2023 11:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Juice is Fully Deployed. It's Now in its Final Form, Ready to Meet Jupiter's Moons in 2031

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 27, 2023 12:17 PM UTC | Missions

China's Rover Found Evidence of an Ancient Ocean on Mars

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 26, 2023 11:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science

When Black Holes Merge, They'll Ring Like a Bell

By Brian Koberlein - May 26, 2023 03:35 PM UTC | Physics

How a merged black hole rings as it settles into a stable form holds clues to a better understanding of gravity.

ESA Has a Playground for Mars Rovers to Learn how to Explore the Red Planet

By Evan Gough - May 26, 2023 01:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Amazing Views From ESA's New MeteoSat Weather Satellite

By David Dickinson - May 26, 2023 11:34 AM UTC | Missions

The European Space Agency's latest third generation Meteosat-I 1 weather satellite shows its stuff, with more to come.

Chandra and JWST Join Forces in a Stunning Series of Images

By Matthew Williams - May 26, 2023 12:57 AM UTC | Observing

NASA scientists have combined data from the James Webb and Chandra observatories to create stunning series of images.

Want to be an asteroid miner? There's a database for that.

By Andy Tomaswick - May 25, 2023 04:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Virgin Galactic's Space Plane Rises Again for Final Flight Test

By Alan Boyle - May 25, 2023 04:25 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA May Have Found Hakuto-R's Crash Site

By Nancy Atkinson - May 25, 2023 09:17 AM UTC | Space Exploration

After Three Years of Upgrades, LIGO is Fully Operational Again

By Nancy Atkinson - May 24, 2023 07:17 PM UTC | Observing

Artificial Gravity Tests on Earth Could Improve Astronaut Health in Space

By Matthew Williams - May 24, 2023 05:29 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The ESA is conducting a new study that measures the effects simulated gravity and exercise have for astronaut health.

There's a Polar Cyclone on Uranus' North Pole

By Nancy Atkinson - May 24, 2023 05:05 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Where Are the Missing Black Holes? The Hubble May Have Helped Find One

By Evan Gough - May 23, 2023 06:50 PM UTC | Black Holes

eROSITA Sees Changes in the Most Powerful Quasar

By Matthew Williams - May 23, 2023 05:25 PM UTC | Extragalactic

An international team of astronomers observed the quasar J1114 in the X-ray band for the first time, revealing things about its inner workings and quasars they shape their host galaxies.

Juno Reveals Volcanoes on Io

By Evan Gough - May 23, 2023 01:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

An Astronaut Will Be Controlling Several Robots on Earth… from Space

By Andy Tomaswick - May 23, 2023 10:11 AM UTC | Space Exploration

SETI Researchers Are Simulating Alien Contact — and You Can Help

By Alan Boyle - May 22, 2023 08:15 PM UTC | Astrobiology

The Tonga Eruption Was So Powerful it Disrupted Satellites Half a World Away

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 22, 2023 07:11 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Heaviest Neutron Stars Could Have Strange Matter Cores

By Andy Tomaswick - May 22, 2023 06:13 PM UTC | Stars

Four Private Astronauts Are Now on the International Space Station

By Nancy Atkinson - May 22, 2023 05:54 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Astronomers Watched a Fast Radio Burst Go Right Through a Star's Atmosphere

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 22, 2023 04:45 PM UTC | Extragalactic

There's So Much Going on in This Star-Forming Nebula

By Brian Koberlein - May 22, 2023 11:38 AM UTC | Stars

Look at this beautiful image of the Lupus 3 star-forming interstellar cloud captured by the Dark Energy Camera.

Remember Those Impossibly Massive Galaxies? They May Be Even More Massive

By Matthew Williams - May 20, 2023 09:16 PM UTC | Extragalactic

A new analysis of those James Webb images showed that the galaxies it observed (deemed "too massive") could be even more massive than we thought!

The Private Axiom-2 Mission is Almost Ready to Fly to the International Space Station

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 20, 2023 09:07 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Not All Type 1a Supernovae are Created Equally

By Brian Koberlein - May 20, 2023 12:36 PM UTC | Stars

New research shows that there are variations in how white dwarfs explode.

Artemis V is Going to the Moon With Blue Origin

By sjohnston - May 20, 2023 12:27 PM UTC | Space Exploration

ESO is Using a New System to Allocate Telescope Time. It's Working Well

By Andy Tomaswick - May 20, 2023 12:21 PM UTC | Site News

New Climate Model Accurately Predicts Millions of Years of Ice Ages

By Matthew Williams - May 19, 2023 09:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research by a team of Japanese climatologists and an astronomer shows how astronomical forces have caused major changes in Earth's climate.

An Astronomical First! A Radiation Belt Seen Outside the Solar System

By Matthew Williams - May 19, 2023 06:30 PM UTC | Exoplanets

For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the radiation belt of an object from beyond the Solar System.

Astronomers Want to Build the Next Generation Arecibo Telescope

By Brian Koberlein - May 19, 2023 01:18 PM UTC | Telescopes

When the Arecibo Telescope collapsed in 2020, astronomers lost one of the world's most powerful radio telescopes. A team of astronomers wants to resurrect the mighty telescope with the Next Generation Arecibo Telescope.

The Largest Explosion Ever Seen in the Universe

By Matthew Williams - May 19, 2023 01:01 PM UTC | Cosmology

Astronomers have witnessed the most powerful supernova on record, which could provide insight into the forces that shape galaxies.