Universe Today (Page 159)

Why Does the Moon's Ryder Crater Look This Way?

By Nancy Atkinson - October 29, 2020 11:23 AM UTC | Planetary Science

ISS Crew Return Safely to Earth

By Matthew Williams - October 28, 2020 06:32 PM UTC | Space Exploration

After 196 days in space, some record spacewalks, several experiments, and patching an air leak, the crew of Expedition 63 made it home safely!

What Martian Settlers Need to Know About Soil Can Teach us How to Grow Better on Earth

By Matthew Williams - October 28, 2020 05:37 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Soil Health in Space experiment is now being conducted on the ISS, which could lead to sustainable farming on the Moon, Mars, and also Earth!

This is What Perseverance's Landing Site Looked Like Billions of Years Ago. See Why it's Such a Compelling Target?

By Evan Gough - October 27, 2020 06:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Boo! A Halloween Blue Moon

By David Dickinson - October 27, 2020 12:52 PM UTC | Observing

The final 'Blue Moon' of the decade rounds out October 2020.

OSIRIS-REx Collected So Much Material, the Sample Capsule Overflowed. Time to Bring it All Home.

By Nancy Atkinson - October 27, 2020 12:44 PM UTC | Missions

Astronomers are ready and waiting to detect the neutrino blast from a nearby supernova explosion like Betelgeuse

By Paul Sutter - October 27, 2020 12:43 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomers Map Out the Raw Material for New Star Formation in the Milky Way

By Evan Gough - October 26, 2020 02:38 PM UTC | Milky Way

There's a new record for the shortest time measurement: how long it takes light to cross a hydrogen molecule

By Paul Sutter - October 26, 2020 11:53 AM UTC | Physics

SpaceX Starship Passes Static Fire Test With Three Raptor Engines, Finally Gets Nose Cone!

By Matthew Williams - October 25, 2020 08:18 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Starship is coming together, literally and figuratively! With its three Raptor engines test fired, and nosecones and fins attached, the vessel is ready for its highest hop test yet!

The Color of Habitable Worlds

By Matthew Cimone - October 25, 2020 03:14 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Mixing Science and Art, One Painting at a Time

By Nancy Atkinson - October 25, 2020 10:36 AM UTC | Site News

About 3% of Starlinks Have Failed So Far

By Matthew Williams - October 24, 2020 08:40 PM UTC | Space Policy

A new analysis indicates that 3% of Starlink satellites have failed since they were launched to orbit, which could mean an increased risk of collisions down the road.

New Receiver Will Boost Interplanetary Communication

By Brian Koberlein - October 24, 2020 05:58 PM UTC | Space Exploration

As we explore the solar system, we'll need an interplanetary communication network that can keep up. A new receiver might be up for the job.

Geologists Have Found the Earth's Missing Tectonic Plate

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2020 05:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Find the Hollowed-Out Shell of a Dwarf Galaxy that Collided With the Milky Way Billions of Years Ago

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2020 03:23 PM UTC | Milky Way

Astronomers Challenge Recent Findings About Venus. "No Statistically Significant Detection of Phosphine"

By Evan Gough - October 22, 2020 07:52 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Scientists Think They Know What Caused the Deadliest Mass Extinction in the History of the Earth

By Evan Gough - October 22, 2020 05:42 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Weekly Space Hangout: October 21, 2020, Dr. Jill Tarter and the Search for Technosignatures

By Nancy Graziano - October 22, 2020 03:53 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Tales of Two Fall Comets: 88P Howell and M3 ATLAS

By David Dickinson - October 22, 2020 01:18 PM UTC | Observing

Two more comets worth scouting the sky for into November 2020.

What Would a Realistic Space Battle Look Like?

By Evan Gough - October 21, 2020 06:30 PM UTC | Space Policy

The Crew of the ISS has Found the Source of the Station's Air Leak

By Matthew Williams - October 21, 2020 05:14 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The ISS crew has found the source of the elusive leak using (wait for it!) tea leaves! The hole is now patched, but a permanent fix is still needed.

We use the Transit Method to Find other Planets. Which Extraterrestrial Civilizations Could use the Transit Method to Find Earth?

By Brian Koberlein - October 21, 2020 04:38 PM UTC | Exoplanets

We have found more than 4,000 planets orbiting other stars. Life on distant worlds could find us in the same way.

The Oxygen Supply has Failed in the Russian Zvezda Module of the ISS. Don't Worry, the Astronauts aren't in Danger, but the Station is Showing its Age

By Matthew Williams - October 20, 2020 10:20 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Crews aboard the ISS are working to repair the leak, which posed no significant risk. Unfortunately, it shows that the ISS is getting on in years!

Success! OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu to Collect Samples

By Nancy Atkinson - October 20, 2020 09:37 PM UTC | Missions

Wow, Betelgeuse Might Be 25% Closer than Previously Believed

By Evan Gough - October 20, 2020 04:17 PM UTC | Stars

It's still possible to detect the site of the 2017 kilonova explosion

By Paul Sutter - October 20, 2020 03:37 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Watch "Live" as NASA's OSIRIS-REx Nabs an Asteroid Sample

By Nancy Atkinson - October 20, 2020 02:27 PM UTC | Missions

You'll Experience 200 Times More Radiation Standing on the Moon than Standing on the Earth

By Ralph Crewe - October 19, 2020 08:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA and Seven Countries Sign the Artemis Accords for the Exploration of the Moon. Russia Declined to Participate

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2020 05:44 PM UTC | Space Policy

What's Happening with Betelgeuse? Astronomers Propose a Specialized Telescope to Watch the Star Every Night

By Matthew Williams - October 19, 2020 04:59 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of astronomers recommends creating "Betelgeuse Scope" to monitor this mysterious star find out why it has been acting so strangely of late!

The galaxy with 99.99% dark matter isn't so mysterious any more

By Paul Sutter - October 19, 2020 03:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic

NASA Announces 14 New "Tipping Point" Technologies for its Lunar Exploration

By Matthew Williams - October 18, 2020 09:24 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA recently awarded contracts to fourteen companies to develop technologies that will help them return to the Moon, and stay there!

We actually don't know how fast the Milky Way's supermassive black hole is spinning but there might be a way to find out

By Brian Koberlein - October 17, 2020 02:35 PM UTC | Black Holes

The stars at the center of our galaxy could tell us just how fast our closest supermassive black hole is spinning.

Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half of its Coral Over the Last 25 Years

By Nancy Atkinson - October 17, 2020 11:36 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Impatient? A Spacecraft Could Get to Titan in Only 2 Years Using a Direct Fusion Drive

By Andy Tomaswick - October 16, 2020 11:30 PM UTC | Space Exploration

InSight's 'Mole' is Now Completely buried!

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2020 07:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Operating a Rover in Real-time From a Distance

By Andy Tomaswick - October 16, 2020 03:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Pluto has Snowcapped Mountains, But Why?

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2020 03:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Summer is Dust Devil Time on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - October 16, 2020 12:26 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Elon Musk Shares a View of Starship With Three Raptor Engines Installed

By Matthew Williams - October 15, 2020 09:13 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The SN8 Starship prototype just got its three Raptor engines, and is now preparing to test fire them. After that, it's smooth sailing towards the 15 km (50,000 ft) hop test!

Weekly Space Hangout: October 14, 2020, Drs. Jane Huang & Jonathan Williams, Protoplanetary Disks

By Nancy Graziano - October 15, 2020 05:17 PM UTC | Stars

This week we are joined by Dr. Jane Huang and Dr. Jonathan Willams from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA). Dr. Huang, Dr. Williams, and their team recently discovered some surprising information about the size and shape of some protoplanetary disks.

Astronomers Report They've Detected the Amino Acid Glycine in the Atmosphere of Venus

By Evan Gough - October 15, 2020 03:53 PM UTC | Astrobiology

China's Mars-bound Tianwen-1 Takes a Selfie

By Evan Gough - October 14, 2020 06:19 PM UTC | Missions

Starman Just Made his Closest Approach to Mars

By Matthew Williams - October 14, 2020 06:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In a interesting bit of SpaceX news, Starman and his cherry Tesla Roadster made their first flyby of Mars, and will be passing by Earth in less than a month!