Hubble Spots Two Open Clusters. One is Also an Emission Nebula
Open star clusters are groups of stars in loosely-bound gravitational associations. The stars are further apart than the stars in…
Ground Telescopes can Adapt to Satellite Megaconstellations if They get Accurate Telemetry Data
The growing population of communication satellites such as Starlink and OneWeb is posing challenges for Earth-based astronomy facilities. Since such…
Want to Colonize Space? Unleash the Power of Microbes
If space colonization is in our future, we'll have to use the resources available there. But we won't be able…
By Looking Back Through Hubble Data, Astronomers Have Identified six Massive Stars Before They Exploded as Core-Collapse Supernovae
Using images from the Hubble Snapshot Program and archival data, a team of astronomers has located the progenitor stars of…
Maybe we don’t see Aliens Because They’re Waiting to Hear a Signal From us First
We've had a long-running series here at UT on potential solutions Fermi Paradox - why aren't we able to detect…
NASA Wants to Build Landing Pads on the Moon
NASA has started engaging with commercial partners are some out-there projects. One of the most recent is a six year,…
One of the World's Biggest Radio Telescopes is Hunting for Signals From Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Breakthrough Listen, a privately funded project seeking evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence, has started operations on the MeerKAT radio telescope array…
Scientists Simulate a Wormhole, NASA’s Moon Infrastructure, China’s Space Station Crew
The best images from Artemis so far. More spacecraft are going to the Moon. Researchers have simulated a wormhole. China…
How Do Stars Get Kicked Out of Globular Clusters?
Globular clusters are densely-packed collections of stars bound together gravitationally in roughly-shaped spheres. They contain hundreds of thousands of stars.…
NASA Releases Another Supercut of the Artemis I Mission, Showing the Launch and Flight Past the Moon
NASA has released a second supercut video of the Artemis I mission that captures the mission highlights