Universe Today (Page 127)

A new Approach Could Tease out the Connection Between Gravity and Quantum Mechanics

By Brian Koberlein - February 19, 2021 12:39 PM UTC | Physics

A proposed experiment using super-cooled atoms could reveal the nature of quantum gravity.

Perseverance has Landed. Here are its First Pictures From the Surface of Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - February 19, 2021 11:13 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Following the Jovian Moons Through 2021 Mutual Eclipse Season

By David Dickinson - February 19, 2021 09:48 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Watch as the Jovian moons perform a spectacular celestial dance in 2021.

We Could Find Extraterrestrial Civilizations by Their Air Pollution

By Evan Gough - February 18, 2021 02:42 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Magnetic Fields Help Shape the Formation of New Planets

By Andy Tomaswick - February 18, 2021 09:25 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Juno Just Saw a Spacerock Crash Into Jupiter

By Andy Tomaswick - February 17, 2021 04:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Largest Crater on the Moon Reveals Secrets About its Early History

By Nancy Atkinson - February 17, 2021 01:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's Perseverance Rover: The Most Ambitious Space Mission Ever?

By Evan Gough - February 17, 2021 11:17 AM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's InSight Will Have Reduced Capability Until a Dust Devil Cleans off its Solar Panels

By sjohnston - February 17, 2021 10:07 AM UTC | Missions

Water Shaped Features on Mars Much Earlier Than Previously Believed

By Matthew Williams - February 16, 2021 04:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new study, the Perseverance rover could find evidence in Jezero that will allow scientists to reconstruct the planet's chronology.

This is What Happens to Spacecraft When They Re-Enter the Earth's Atmosphere

By Nancy Atkinson - February 16, 2021 02:22 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Surprising Discovery of Ceramic Chips Inside Meteorites Means There Were Wild Temperature Variations In the Early Solar System

By Andy Tomaswick - February 16, 2021 08:05 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A Combined Map of Almost 15,000 Dust Storms on Mars

By Andy Tomaswick - February 16, 2021 07:43 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A Cluster of Black Holes Found Inside a Globular Cluster of Stars

By Brian Koberlein - February 15, 2021 01:37 PM UTC | Black Holes

Globular clusters can be home to lots of stellar-mass black holes, rather than a single intermediate mass black hole.

NASA has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Using the Falcon Heavy

By Matthew Williams - February 14, 2021 07:55 PM UTC | Missions

According to a recent statement, NASA has contracted SpaceX to launch the core elements of the Gateway to the Moon with the Falcon Heavy by 2024.

Lunar Spacecraft Gets an Upgrade to Capture New Perspectives of the Moon

By sjohnston - February 14, 2021 12:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science

How Old is the Ice at Mars' North Pole?

By Matthew Williams - February 13, 2021 08:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Using data from the MRO's HiRISE camera, a team of researchers from UC Boulder have provided a starting point for reconstructing the history of Mars' climate.

ESA's Solar Orbiter 'Hides' Behind the Sun

By David Dickinson - February 12, 2021 08:34 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A deep-space mission is about to pull a 'vanishing act,' through mid-February, as the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter (affectionately known as 'SolO' to mission controllers) makes a crucial pass behind the Sun.

Quantum Theory Proposes That Cause and Effect Can Go In Loops

By Andy Tomaswick - February 12, 2021 06:48 AM UTC | Physics

Perseverance Will Make Sure it has a Safe Landing

By Evan Gough - February 11, 2021 06:59 PM UTC | Missions

Possible Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone at Alpha Centauri

By Evan Gough - February 11, 2021 02:48 PM UTC | Exoplanets

It's Starting to Look Like Super-Earths Really are Just Great big Terrestrial Planets

By Brian Koberlein - February 11, 2021 02:28 PM UTC | Exoplanets

New research shows there is a divide between how gas planets and rocky worlds form.

Three Storms Have Dumped Snow on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea

By Nancy Atkinson - February 11, 2021 01:37 PM UTC | Observing

Super-Earth Conditions Simulated in the Lab to Discover if They're Habitable

By Matthew Williams - February 10, 2021 05:30 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Researchers recently simulated what geological conditions would be like on Super-Earths, and found that a few known exoplanets are worth checking out!

InSight is Going to Try and "Hear" Perseverance Land on Mars From 3,452 km Away

By Nancy Atkinson - February 10, 2021 04:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

February 7th Was the Start of a New Year on Mars

By Andy Tomaswick - February 10, 2021 10:26 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Here's the Best Place for Explorers to Harvest Martian Ice

By Andy Tomaswick - February 10, 2021 09:59 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A New Technique to Find Cold Gas Streams That Might Make up the Missing (Normal) Matter in the Universe

By sjohnston - February 09, 2021 05:35 PM UTC | Cosmology

Plasma Thruster Could Dramatically Cut Down Flight Times to the Outer Solar System

By mcimone - February 09, 2021 05:14 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A New Supernova Remnant Found from an Exploding White Dwarf Star

By Evan Gough - February 09, 2021 04:02 PM UTC | Stars

Emirates Mars Mission Arrives at the Red Planet Today!

By Matthew Williams - February 09, 2021 01:37 PM UTC | Missions

The UAE Hope mission arrives at Mars today, kickng off a two year study of the Martian atmosphere. This is the first mission mounted by an Arab nation and offers inspiration for the future!

If Dark Matter is Made of Sterile Neutrinos, a new Survey has Narrowed Down What to Look for

By Brian Koberlein - February 09, 2021 10:34 AM UTC | Cosmology

If dark matter is made of sterile neutrinos, it should emit a distinct signature of x-rays.

Nearby Ancient Dwarf Galaxies Have a Surprising Amount of Dark Matter

By Matthew Williams - February 08, 2021 04:59 PM UTC | Extragalactic

According to new research led from MIT, ancient dwarf galaxies may have had more dark matter than previously thought.

Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids Offer Surprises Even Before NASA's Lucy Mission has a Chance to Visit Them.

By sjohnston - February 08, 2021 04:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science

What's Causing Those Landslides on Mars? Maybe Underground Salt and Melting Ice

By Andy Tomaswick - February 06, 2021 08:42 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Electrons Can Get Accelerated to Nearly the Speed of Light As They Interact With the Earth's Magnetosphere

By Andy Tomaswick - February 06, 2021 08:18 AM UTC | Physics

Astronomers Can Predict When a Galaxy's Star Formation Ends Based on the Shape and Size of its Disk

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2021 02:19 PM UTC | Extragalactic

A New Radar Instrument Will Try To Fill the Void Left By Arecibo

By Andy Tomaswick - February 05, 2021 07:58 AM UTC | Telescopes

What Looked Like Phosphine On Venus Might Actually Just Be Sulfur Dioxide

By Andy Tomaswick - February 04, 2021 11:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Dark Energy Survey Finds Hundreds of New Gravitational Lenses

By Andy Tomaswick - February 04, 2021 10:21 PM UTC | Cosmology

SLS Will be Tested Again in About 3 Weeks

By Matthew Williams - February 04, 2021 05:59 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In three weeks, NASA will be conducting its second hot fire test with the SLS. If all goes well, the fully-integrated system will launch in November!

Astronomers are now Finding Planetary Disks Around the Smallest, Least Massive Stars

By Paul Sutter - February 04, 2021 04:28 PM UTC | Stars

Every Challenge Astronauts Will Face on a Flight to Mars

By Matthew Williams - February 04, 2021 03:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A team of researchers from India conducted a study that considers all the hazards of sending crews to Mars (which was also presented at this year's Space Biology Virtual Workshop)