Universe Today (Page 190)

Astronomers Have a New Way to Measure the Expansion of the Universe

By Brian Koberlein - May 17, 2023 10:39 AM UTC | Cosmology

A new method of measuring cosmic expansion uses multiple observations of a supernova in a lensed galaxy.

An Innovative Heat Shield That Doesn't Need to Be Replaced Between Missions

By Andy Tomaswick - May 17, 2023 09:43 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Astronomers Want Your Help to Identify Risky Asteroids

By Alan Boyle - May 16, 2023 10:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

It's Time to Figure Out How to Land Large Spacecraft Safely on Other Worlds

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 16, 2023 08:42 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Seismic Waves Help Map the Core of Mars for the First Time

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 16, 2023 05:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Moon has a Solid Core Like the Earth

By Matthew Williams - May 16, 2023 05:11 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study by a team of French researchers has confirmed that the Moon has a solid inner core.

Astronomers Find a "Red Nova": A Main-Sequence Star Just Eating its Planet

By Paul Sutter - May 16, 2023 04:52 PM UTC | Stars

Galactic Black Hole Winds Blow Up to a Third the Speed of Light. The Impact on Their Galaxies is Impressive.

By Matthew Williams - May 16, 2023 01:46 PM UTC | Extragalactic

A new study by the SUper massive Black hole Winds in the x-rAYS (SUBWAYS) project explores the role of "space winds" in shaping galaxies.

New Clues to the Formation of Globular Clusters: Their Ultramassive Stars

By Brian Koberlein - May 16, 2023 12:34 PM UTC | Stars

New images from JWST have revealed the light from a globular cluster in this earliest epoch, showing that it contains large amounts of nitrogen produced by the explosions from early stars.

NASA Shuts Down the Lunar Flashlight Mission After it Fails to Go into Orbit

By Andy Tomaswick - May 16, 2023 10:54 AM UTC | Missions

NASA Tests a Robotic Snake That Could Explore Other Worlds

By Nancy Atkinson - May 16, 2023 10:18 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Hurray! Juice Deploys its Stuck Antenna

By Nancy Atkinson - May 16, 2023 08:39 AM UTC | Missions

<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-creates-in-space-servicing-assembly-manufacturing-consortium">NASA is Getting Serious About Building and Assembling Future Missions... in Space</a>

By Andy Tomaswick - May 15, 2023 09:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration

What Cassini's "Grand Finale" Taught Us About Saturn's Interior

By Paul Sutter - May 15, 2023 04:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

62 New Moons Found for Saturn

By Evan Gough - May 15, 2023 03:18 PM UTC | Planetary Science

ESA Wants Your Ideas for Living off the Land… on the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - May 15, 2023 03:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Two Super-Earths Found Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star at the Edge of the Habitable Zone

By Brian Koberlein - May 15, 2023 02:01 PM UTC | Exoplanets

NASA's TESS mission has turned up hundreds of planets and planetary candidates, and here are two more.

The Moon Occults Jupiter Wednesday Morning for North America

By David Dickinson - May 15, 2023 11:29 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Be sure to set your alarm for early Wednesday morning, for one of the best occultations of 2023.

Confirmed. Ultra-Luminous X-Ray Sources are Really That Bright

By Andy Tomaswick - May 15, 2023 10:53 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Black Holes Might be Defects in Spacetime

By Paul Sutter - May 14, 2023 01:09 PM UTC | Black Holes