Conjunction Alert: Jupiter Meets Venus at Dusk
Get ready: The queries are inbound. “Did you see those two bright things in the sky last night?” Says a…
Weekly Space Hangout: November 20, 2019 – Kathryn Bywaters, Research Scientist at the SETI Insitute
https://youtu.be/oHeua_irDJ4 Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) Michael Rodruck…
ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano will be Controlling a Rover From Space
The ESA has begun conducting experiments as part of their Analog project, which will allow human operators to control robotic…
Water Vapor Was Just Found on Europa, More Evidence There’s Liquid Water Beneath All that Ice
What's been long-suspected has now been confirmed: Jupiter's moon Europa has water. As we've learned more about the outer Solar…
The Impact Site of China’s Longjiang-2 Spacecraft has Been Found on the Moon
Thanks to an amateur tracker, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team found the lunar impact site of China's Longjiang-2 satellite.
Carnival of Space #638
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Could Find More of Earth’s Transient Moons
A team of astronomers estimates that the LSST (which will be operational in 2020) will allow us to learn more…
If Astronauts Hibernated on Long Journeys, They’d Need Smaller Spacecraft
There's a disturbing lack of hibernation in our space-faring plans. In movies and books, astronauts pop in and out of…
Scientists Construct a Global Map of Titan’s Geology
Titan's methane-based hydrologic cycle makes it one of the Solar System's most geologically diverse bodies. There are lakes of methane,…
How Large Can A Planet Be?
When it comes to planets, the largest planet in the universe probably isn't the most massive.