Universe Today (Page 99)

Could Habitable White Dwarf Planets Retain Their Oceans? Maybe.

By Brian Koberlein - January 02, 2025 03:22 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Some white dwarfs have planets, but to be habitable worlds they would need to hold on to their oceans during the star's red giant stage.

Is There a Fundamental Logic to Life?

By Matthew Williams - January 02, 2025 03:12 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Using an Oil Industry Framework to Map Space Resources

By Andy Tomaswick - January 02, 2025 01:30 PM UTC | Space Policy

The Webb Captures Spectra of Trans-Neptunian Objects, and Reveals a History of Our Solar System

By Brian Koberlein - January 02, 2025 10:47 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Trans-Neptunian Objects are the icy remnants of our early solar system. Part of their history can be found in the spectra of molecules and dust on their frozen surfaces.

This Particle Only Has Mass When Moving in One Direction

By mark-thompson - January 02, 2025 06:25 AM UTC | Physics

Crisscrossing Dust Devil Tracks Across the Surface of Mars

By mark-thompson - January 01, 2025 07:21 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A Long-Term Lunar Infrastructure Hub Named After the Object That Created the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - January 01, 2025 01:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New Study of Supernovae Data Suggests That Dark Energy is an Illusion

By Brian Koberlein - January 01, 2025 11:40 AM UTC | Cosmology

Dark energy is central to the standard model of cosmology, but the Timescape model suggests dark matter doesn't exist.

New Glenn Completes a Hotfire Test. Next... Flight?

By sjohnston - January 01, 2025 10:31 AM UTC | Space Exploration

A Young Exoplanet's Atmosphere Doesn't Match its Birthplace

By Matthew Williams - December 31, 2024 06:02 PM UTC | Exoplanets

The Quadrantid Meteors and More Ring in 2025

By David Dickinson - December 31, 2024 10:36 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A New Mission Watches Meteoroids Hit the Far Side of the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - December 31, 2024 09:48 AM UTC | Missions

Even Stars Can Get the Hiccups

By mark-thompson - December 30, 2024 09:10 PM UTC | Stars

Hotter White Dwarfs Get Puffier

By mark-thompson - December 30, 2024 07:54 PM UTC | Stars

NASA to Probe the Secrets of the Lunar Regolith

By mark-thompson - December 30, 2024 05:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NOIRLab Launches Collection of Hi-Res Images of 88 IAU-recognized Constellations

By Matthew Williams - December 30, 2024 04:33 PM UTC | Observing

Saturn's Rings Might Be Really Old After All

By Evan Gough - December 30, 2024 01:51 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Covering an Asteroid With Balls Could Characterize Its Interior

By Andy Tomaswick - December 30, 2024 09:42 AM UTC | Planetary Science

New Image Revealed by NASA of their New Martian Helicopter.

By mark-thompson - December 29, 2024 08:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Makes its Record-Breaking Closest Approach to the Sun

By Matthew Williams - December 29, 2024 02:17 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy