Universe Today (Page 136)

This Video of Comet Leonard (with Venus and Mercury) will Blow Your Mind

By Nancy Atkinson - December 22, 2021 07:37 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Bottom of Valles Marineris Seems to Have Water Mixed in With the Regolith

By Matthew Williams - December 22, 2021 06:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to data obtained by ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter, it looks like there's plenty of water ice at the bottom of Valles Marineris on Mars.

Life Could Make Habitable Pockets in Venus' Atmosphere

By Scott Johnston - December 22, 2021 05:49 PM UTC | Astrobiology

SpaceX is Hoping to Turn Atmospheric CO2 Into Rocket Fuel

By Matthew Williams - December 21, 2021 08:38 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX may start a carbon capture program as an eco-friendly way of creating propellant.

Webb Telescope Officially Cleared for Launch on December 25

By Nancy Atkinson - December 21, 2021 04:16 PM UTC | Telescopes

Now We Know Why Pluto has These Strange Features on its Surface

By Nancy Atkinson - December 21, 2021 01:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Floating "Aerobats" Could be the Best way to Explore the Cloud Tops of Venus

By Matthew Williams - December 20, 2021 05:30 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Researchers, with support from NASA, are developing software that will allow balloon-based aerial robots to explore Venus' atmosphere.

Japanese Billionaire Finishes Up Space Station Mission With Online Flourishes

By Alan Boyle - December 20, 2021 12:23 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Astronomy Jargon 101: Irregular Galaxies

By Paul Sutter - December 18, 2021 03:37 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Astronomy Jargon 101: Galactic Halo

By Paul Sutter - December 18, 2021 09:34 AM UTC | Milky Way

The Moon is a Barren and Desolate, but Lunar Caves Could Offer Some Shelter From the Harsh Environment

By Matthew Williams - December 17, 2021 05:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research shows that cave and pits on the Moon range considerably in terms of temperature, which is vital knowledge for the creation of future bases.

Astronomy Jargon 101: Giant Molecular Clouds

By Paul Sutter - December 17, 2021 03:36 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomy Jargon 101: Escape Velocity

By Paul Sutter - December 17, 2021 03:32 PM UTC | Physics

Would Mars be More Habitable if it Orbited a Red Dwarf?

By Matthew Williams - December 17, 2021 12:29 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A NASA-supported study by an international multi-disciplinary team has shown what Mars would be like if it orbited a red dwarf star.

With 17 Flights Completed, Ingenuity has Spent 30 Minutes Aloft on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - December 17, 2021 10:34 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomy Jargon 101: Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - December 17, 2021 10:30 AM UTC | Cosmology

NASA has 4 new Earth Science Missions Launching in 2022

By Scott Johnston - December 16, 2021 08:53 PM UTC | Missions

Astronomy Jargon 101: Cosmic Strings

By Paul Sutter - December 16, 2021 03:28 PM UTC | Cosmology

Parker Solar Probe Flies Through the Sun's Outer Atmosphere for the First Time

By Nancy Atkinson - December 16, 2021 02:16 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Astronomy Jargon 101: Cosmic Rays

By Paul Sutter - December 16, 2021 10:26 AM UTC | Physics

Galaxy Found With Twin Supermassive Black Holes

By Andy Tomaswick - December 16, 2021 07:30 AM UTC | Black Holes

A Sun-Like Star Just Blasted out a Flare That Would be Devastating if it Happened Here

By Matthew Williams - December 15, 2021 08:10 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A Sun-like star over 100 light-years away experienced a massive flare and ejection that would be devastating if it happened here.

Astronomy Jargon 101: Chromosphere

By Paul Sutter - December 15, 2021 03:22 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Recent Killer Tornado's Track is Visible From Space

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2021 12:27 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomy Jargon 101: Albedo

By Paul Sutter - December 15, 2021 10:20 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomy Jargon 101: Absolute Magnitude

By Paul Sutter - December 14, 2021 07:34 PM UTC | Stars

Twin Stars Prove Einstein at Least 99.99% Right

By Matthew Williams - December 14, 2021 07:19 PM UTC | Physics

A 16-year study by an international team of astronomers has confirmed Einstein's Theory of General Relativity and witnessed some predicted effects that were never before seen.

Forget That Planet That Orbits Every 16 Hours. That's so Last Week. Now Astronomers Have Found a Metal Planet That Orbits its Star EVERY 8 HOURS

By Brian Koberlein - December 14, 2021 03:03 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Astronomers have found a small, hot planet that might be almost solid iron.

Life on Earth Needed Iron. Will it be the Same on Other Worlds?

By Evan Gough - December 14, 2021 01:26 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Gravitational Waves Could Explain why There's More Matter Than Antimatter in the Universe

By Andy Tomaswick - December 14, 2021 10:30 AM UTC | Cosmology

A Spacecraft Orbiting the Moon Just Captured an Image of Saturn

By Andy Tomaswick - December 14, 2021 10:02 AM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA Gives Axiom Space Another Opening to Fly Private Astronauts to Space Station

By Alan Boyle - December 13, 2021 11:57 PM UTC | Space Policy

One Feature Mars has That we Don't: Polar Megadunes

By Matthew Williams - December 13, 2021 06:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New renderings from Kevin M Gill show a unique feature on Mars: the northern polar Chasma Boreale Megadunes!

Even Really Massive Stars Seem to Have Planets

By Evan Gough - December 13, 2021 04:17 PM UTC | Exoplanets

This Incredible Photo of the Sun is Made up of 150,000 Individual Photographs

By Nancy Atkinson - December 13, 2021 04:13 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

M87's Supermassive Black Hole is Spewing out a Spiraling jet of Material

By Andy Tomaswick - December 13, 2021 08:21 AM UTC | Black Holes

Not Just Water, There Could be Frozen Carbon Dioxide on the Moon too

By Andy Tomaswick - December 12, 2021 09:38 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Parker Solar Probe Hurtles Past the Sun, Making its Closest Approach so far

By Andy Tomaswick - December 12, 2021 09:08 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Constellation Fornax

By Tammy Plotner - December 10, 2021 05:30 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Galaxies Have Been Found With no Dark Matter at all

By Matthew Williams - December 10, 2021 04:51 PM UTC | Extragalactic

According to new research led by Dutch astronomers, there may be lots of galaxies in the Universe that have no Dark Matter.

After 10 Days of Dangerous, Careful Work, James Webb has Been Fully Fueled up

By Matthew Williams - December 10, 2021 02:01 PM UTC | Missions

After many MANY delays, the James Webb Space Telescope is fully-fueled and ready for the final stage of preparations before launch (still on for Dec. 22nd)!