Universe Today (Page 149)

Blue Origin's Latest New Shepard Flight is a Success, With Passengers Climbing on Board (and Getting off Again Before it Flew)

By Matthew Williams - April 21, 2021 03:53 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Blue Origin is once again feeling momentum after the latest successful flight of their New Shepard launch vehicle.

New Horizons is Now 50 Astronomical Units Away From the Sun

By Nancy Atkinson - April 21, 2021 02:43 PM UTC | Missions

Catch Comet R4 ATLAS as it Nears Earth

By David Dickinson - April 21, 2021 09:45 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Time to catch comet C/2020 R4 ATLAS… while you can.

What if Starship Didn't Do a Landing Burn at All?

By Matthew Williams - April 20, 2021 05:06 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Another 3D graphic artist has a proposal for Musk: to "catch" the Starship using a special launch tower, kind of like they want to do with the Super Heavy.

One Idea to Explain Dark Matter - Ultralight Bosons - Fails the Test

By Brian Koberlein - April 20, 2021 02:04 PM UTC | Physics

A study of rotating black holes show that some spin so quickly because dark matter particles haven't slowed them down.

Meteorites Hold Early Atmospheres From Across the Solar System

By Andy Tomaswick - April 19, 2021 09:42 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Astronauts on the Moon!

By Matthew Williams - April 19, 2021 04:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA has selected SpaceX to develop the Human Landing System (HLS) that will bring the "first woman and next man" to the Moon in 2024!

This Is a Collapsed Pit on Mars, Not a Pimple

By Ralph Crewe - April 19, 2021 02:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

"You Wouldn't Believe What I Just Saw:" Ingenuity Helicopter Flies Successfully on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - April 19, 2021 10:35 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Roman Space Telescope Will Also Find Rogue Black Holes

By Andy Tomaswick - April 18, 2021 11:57 PM UTC | Black Holes

How Does Water go From Interstellar Clouds to Habitable Worlds?

By Andy Tomaswick - April 18, 2021 10:13 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Fermilab's Muon g-2 Experiment Finally Gives Particle Physicists a Hint of What Lies Beyond the Standard Model

By Matthew Williams - April 18, 2021 03:20 PM UTC | Physics

The results of the first run of the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab indicate that there could be physics beyond the Standard Model that we simply haven't seen yet!

SpaceX has Given up Trying to Catch Rocket Fairings. Fishing Them out of the Ocean is Fine

By Andy Tomaswick - April 17, 2021 11:40 PM UTC | Space Exploration

When Stars Get Too Close to Each Other, They Cast Out Interstellar Comets and Asteroids

By Scott Johnston - April 17, 2021 08:59 PM UTC | Stars

You Thought Black Hole Event Horizons Looked Strange. Check out Binary Black Hole Event Horizons

By Brian Koberlein - April 17, 2021 01:48 PM UTC | Black Holes

Binary black holes lens light so strongly it's difficult to simulate how they would appear. A new simulation shows us how strange and complex it can get.

Astronauts Will Soon be Getting a Space Fridge, Keeping Everything Cold in Zero-G

By Andy Tomaswick - April 16, 2021 08:49 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Citizen Scientists Discover a new Feature in Star Formation: "Yellowballs"

By Andy Tomaswick - April 16, 2021 06:56 PM UTC | Stars

Ground-Based Lasers Could Push Space Debris off Collision-Course Orbits

By Scott Johnston - April 15, 2021 05:34 PM UTC | Space Policy

If you Want to Move an Asteroid, you Need the Right Kind of Nuclear Explosion

By Matthew Williams - April 14, 2021 04:27 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new collaborative study has shown that nuclear explosions could be used to deflect asteroids, protecting Earth from cataclysmic impacts.

Finding Oxygen on an Alien World Doesn't Always Mean There's Life There

By Brian Koberlein - April 14, 2021 12:18 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Oxygen could indicate presence of life on another world, but for red dwarf planets finding oxygen isn't enough.

100-meter Asteroid Created a Strange Impact Event in Antarctica 430,000 Years Ago

By Nancy Atkinson - April 14, 2021 11:39 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Galileo Sunspot Sketches Versus Modern 'Deep Learning' AI

By David Dickinson - April 14, 2021 10:36 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A new study turns modern 'deep learning' techniques on Galileo's early sketches of the Sun.

Earth Gains 5,200 Tons of Dust From Space Every Year

By Nancy Atkinson - April 13, 2021 11:45 AM UTC | Planetary Science

The Same Technology Could Search for Microbes in Mars Rocks or Under the ice on Europa

By Matthew Williams - April 12, 2021 10:08 PM UTC | Astrobiology

NASA's SHERLOC and WATSON, two spectrometers designed to look for biosignatures, could answer if there's life on Mars on inside the Solar System's icy moons.