Do Ripples on the Surface of the Sun tell us that a Flare is Coming?
Flares from the sun are some of the nastiest things in the solar system. When the sun flares, it belches…
This is a Landslide… on the Moon
Landslides bringing you down? Landslides can be found all across our own planet Earth, on all seven continents plus the…
Astronomers Watch a Star Get Spaghettified by a Black Hole
When a black hole consumes a star, it does so by turning it into spaghetti first. Astronomers have seen it…
An Exoplanet So Hot There Are 7 Different Kinds of Gaseous Metals in its Atmosphere
The search for exoplanets has revealed types of planets that are nothing like the worlds in our own Solar System.…
Comet P1 NEOWISE Makes a Brief Late October Appearance
The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) caught another intriguing object on August 2, 2020 as part of its…
The Search for Superhabitable Planets. Worlds Even More Habitable Than Earth
REMINDER: - Universe Today will be hosting an interview with Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, co-author of the research featured in this…
How to See What’s on the Other Side of a Wormhole Without Actually Traveling Through it
Wormholes are incredibly fascinating objects, but also completely hypothetical. We simply don't know if they can truly exist in our…
Black Holes Make Complex Gravitational-Wave Chirps as They Merge
When black holes collide, they emit chirps of gravitational waves even after they have merged.
The Moon is the Perfect Spot for SETI
A recent white paper submitted to the PSA Decadal Survey 2023-2032 recommends that a lunar observatory be built that can…
Want the Fastest Solar Sail? Drop it Into the Sun First
A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy shows how a "Sun Diver," a light sail that dives…