Universe Today (Page 114)

"Mechazilla" is Getting its Arms. Now it can Catch Starships!

By Matthew Williams - October 28, 2021 12:59 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The "Mechazilla" Launch Tower at SpaceX's Boca Chica Launch Facility in south Texas just got a pair of "chopstick" arms!

Proposed Centaur Mission Could Catch Comets in the Act of Formation

By David Dickinson - October 28, 2021 09:41 AM UTC | Missions

A recent plan would send a Centaur mission to Jupiter's orbit and follow a comet through formation.

A Mars Colony Could be a Hydrogen Factory, Providing Propellant for the Inner Solar System

By Andy Tomaswick - October 28, 2021 02:54 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Early Earth was Pummeled 10x More Than Previously Estimated

By Andy Tomaswick - October 28, 2021 02:31 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Researchers Use Ancient Literature to Track 3,000 Years of Auroras

By Evan Gough - October 27, 2021 07:07 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri Came From Earth After All

By mcimone - October 27, 2021 05:09 PM UTC | Exoplanets

This is How You Get Moons. An Earth-Sized World Just got Pummeled by Something Huge.

By Evan Gough - October 27, 2021 03:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Apparently, This Nebula Looks Like Godzilla. Do you see it?

By Nancy Atkinson - October 27, 2021 02:31 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Artemis 1 Comes Together as the Orion Capsule is Stacked on Top of the Space Launch System

By Matthew Williams - October 26, 2021 10:31 PM UTC | Missions

The Artemis I rocket has been fully stacked is ready for the final tests before launch!

A new Climate Model Suggests That Venus Never had Oceans

By Matthew Williams - October 25, 2021 11:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study has cast doubt on whether or not Venus ever had oceans, challenging the notion that it was once a potentially-habitable world.

Primordial Gravitational Waves Continue to Elude Astronomers

By Brian Koberlein - October 23, 2021 12:30 PM UTC | Cosmology

New observations put further constraints on primordial gravitational waves, but still haven't found them yet.

The Early Solar System Had a Gap Where the Asteroid Belt is Today

By Evan Gough - October 22, 2021 07:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A map of River Beds on Titan for Dragonfly to Explore

By Andy Tomaswick - October 21, 2021 10:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

I Could Look at James Webb Unboxing Pictures all Day

By Matthew Williams - October 21, 2021 05:21 PM UTC | Telescopes

Crews at the Guyanese Space Center recently "unboxed" the James Webb Space Telescope and are now getting it ready for launch on Dec. 18th!

Uh oh, one of Lucy's Solar Arrays Hasn't Latched Properly

By Andy Tomaswick - October 21, 2021 11:22 AM UTC | Missions

Meteorites Found With Little Pieces of Other Stars

By Andy Tomaswick - October 21, 2021 11:10 AM UTC | Planetary Science

There are 6x10^80 Bits of Information in the Observable Universe

By Matthew Williams - October 20, 2021 07:19 PM UTC | Cosmology

A new study based on Information Theory has produced the first estimate on just how much data is encoded in the cosmos (and it's a lot!)

The Large Magellanic Cloud Stole one of its Globular Clusters

By Evan Gough - October 20, 2021 03:33 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Lucy is off to Visit Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2021 04:57 PM UTC | Missions

Something Really Wants our Attention. One Object Released 1,652 Fast Radio Bursts in 47 Days

By Matthew Williams - October 19, 2021 04:09 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Researchers working with the 500-Meter FAST telescope in China reported 1,652 fast radio bursts in 47 days coming from a single source.

What Are Your Options When you've Only Got Hours or Days to Prevent an Asteroid Impact?

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2021 01:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science

With no Solid Surface, the Atmosphere of Jupiter Behaves Quite Differently Than Earth

By Andy Tomaswick - October 19, 2021 01:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers see a Moon-Forming Disk Around a Super-Jupiter

By Andy Tomaswick - October 19, 2021 11:53 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Gravitational Waves Reveal Surprising Secrets About Neutron Stars

By Andy Tomaswick - October 19, 2021 11:21 AM UTC | Physics

What's Causing the Mysterious Radio Waves Coming From the Center of the Milky Way?

By Evan Gough - October 18, 2021 05:52 PM UTC | Milky Way

A Magnetic Tunnel Surrounds the Earth

By Evan Gough - October 18, 2021 02:57 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Here's the View From Sweden During the Recent Solar Storm

By Nancy Atkinson - October 18, 2021 01:46 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Volcanism on the Moon Ended About 2 Billion Years ago

By Matthew Williams - October 17, 2021 10:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

An international team examined lunar rocks brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission, and determined that volcanism ended on the Moon 2 billion years ago

Why do Uranus and Neptune Have Magnetic Fields? Hot ice

By Andy Tomaswick - October 17, 2021 08:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

This'll be us... in 5 Billion Years

By Andy Tomaswick - October 17, 2021 07:52 PM UTC | Stars

A Spacecraft Could use Gravity to Prevent a Dangerous Asteroid Impact

By Andy Tomaswick - October 17, 2021 07:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Did Titan Give Saturn its Tilt?

By sjohnston - October 17, 2021 05:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

William Shatner Completes his Trip to Space With Blue Origin

By Matthew Williams - October 16, 2021 05:53 PM UTC | Space Exploration

William Shatner and the crew of the Blue Origin NS-18 mission made it back to Earth safe and sound!

Perseverance has Collected its First Sample of Mars and Prepared it for Return to Earth... Eventually

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2021 12:38 PM UTC | Missions

Rocky Planets Might Need to be the Right age to Support Life

By Matthew Williams - October 15, 2021 04:45 PM UTC | Astrobiology

In a new study, a team of Earth scientists shows how scientists could look for signs of a carbon-silicate cycle on exoplanets.