Universe Today (Page 237)

For the First Time, Astronomers Spot Stars in Galaxies that Existed Just 1 Billion Years After the Big Bang

By Matthew Williams - December 20, 2022 03:22 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Using data from the JWST, an international team of astronomers have made the first observations of stars in quasars that existed 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

We Could Spread Life to the Milky Way With Comets. But Should We?

By Evan Gough - December 20, 2022 01:37 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Find a Pair of Waterworld Exoplanets

By Matthew Williams - December 19, 2022 07:14 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Using data from Hubble and Spitzer, an international team has discovered two new waterworlds in one system.

Giant Exoplanet is Spiraling Inward to its Doom

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 19, 2022 05:57 PM UTC | Exoplanets

JWST Sees Furious Star Formation in a Stellar Nursery

By Evan Gough - December 19, 2022 02:10 PM UTC | Stars

Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Search for Warp Drive Signatures

By Matthew Williams - December 19, 2022 12:01 PM UTC | Physics

A new study shows how gravitational wave observatories could be used to search for technosignatures throughout the galaxy

Could Space-based Satellites Power Remote Mines?

By Andy Tomaswick - December 18, 2022 05:49 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Accident on the ISS, JWST Deep Field, Space Habitat Goes BANG!

By kuingul-gmail - December 17, 2022 12:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Aztecs Used an Extremely Accurate Solar Observatory to Manage Their Farming

By Matthew Williams - December 16, 2022 05:51 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A new study demonstrates how the Mexico (Aztecs) kept track of solar cycles to guide their agricultural practices

Are Planets Tidally Locked to Red Dwarfs Habitable? It's Complicated

By Evan Gough - December 16, 2022 05:13 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Juno has Been Touring Jupiter's Moons on its Extended Mission. Next Stop: Volcanic Io

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 16, 2022 04:19 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Avatars Return to the Movies — and Find a Real-Life Foothold

By Alan Boyle - December 15, 2022 10:06 PM UTC | Site News

NOAA's New Weather Satellite is Operational, and its Pictures of Earth are Gorgeous

By Evan Gough - December 15, 2022 06:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Earth's Water is 4.5 Billion Years Old

By Evan Gough - December 15, 2022 05:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A Soyuz Capsule on ISS is Leaking Coolant Into Space

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 15, 2022 03:26 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Here's a new Image of the Carina Nebula From Hubble

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2022 03:20 PM UTC | Stars

Where are the Best Places to Land Humans on Mars?

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 15, 2022 02:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Watch a NASA Supercut of the Entire Artemis I Mission, From Launch to Landing

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2022 01:56 PM UTC | Missions

Birds use Dynamic Soaring to Pick Up Velocity. We Could Use a Similar Trick to Go Interstellar

By Matthew Williams - December 15, 2022 01:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new proposal for an interstellar mission shows how a solar sail could use the same technique birds do to pick up speed.

Sierra Space Inflated a Habitat to Destruction, Testing its Limits Before Going to Orbit

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2022 11:27 AM UTC | Space Exploration