New observations show that the Universe might not be expanding at the same rate in all directions
When we look at the world around us, we see patterns. The Sun rises and sets. The seasons cycle through…
Seriously, Life Really Does Get Around. It was Found in Rocks Deep Beneath the Seafloor
After a lot of hard work spanning many years, a team of scientists have discovered something surprising. They've found abundant…
Study Finds Bizarre Exoplanet Orbits for Binary Stars
There’s an iconic scene in the original Star Wars movie where Luke Skywalker looks out over the desert landscape of…
WFIRST Will Use Relativity to Find More Exoplanets!
When it deploys in 2025, NASA's WFIRST mission will rely on the gravitational microlensing technique to locate exoplanets near the…
Astronomers Watched a Star System Die
About 570 light years from Earth lies WD 1145+017, a white dwarf star. In many respects it's a typical white…
How the World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Could be Used to Search for Aliens
In the coming years, China's FAST radio telescope could join in the hunt for extraterrestrials thanks to a partnership with…
Decaying Dark Matter Should be Visible Here in the Milky Way as a Halo Around the Galaxy
Astronomers are very sure that dark matter exists, but they're not sure at all what it's made of. The problem…
Weekly Space Hangout: April 8, 2020 – Colonel Mike Mullane, Astronaut
https://youtu.be/QWnyNroTMtQ Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dave Dickinson (www.astroguyz.com / @astroguyz) Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) Veranika Klimovich ( @VeranikaSpace) This week we are…
SpaceX Will be Flying Cargo to the Moon
SpaceX was recently awarded a contract through NASA's Gateway Logistics Services program to provide services to the Lunar Gateway
Astronomers are hoping to see the very first stars and galaxies in the Universe
Sometimes it's easy being an astronomer. When your celestial target is something simple and bright, the game can be pretty…