Universe Today (Page 277)

Mars' Carbon Dioxide Glaciers are on the Move

By Matthew Williams - May 10, 2022 05:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research has shown that the southern polar glaciers on Mars are migrating, and have been for a very long time!

What's the Best Way to Build Landing Pads on the Moon?

By Matthew Williams - May 10, 2022 01:48 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study considers the most cost-effective way to build landing pads on the Moon, which is essential to establishing a sustainable human presence there.

Astronaut Jessica Watkins Floats Above the Earth in the Space Station's Cupola

By Nancy Atkinson - May 10, 2022 09:08 AM UTC | Space Exploration

If There are Dyson Spheres Around White Dwarfs, We Should be Able to Detect Them

By Andy Tomaswick - May 09, 2022 10:24 PM UTC | Exoplanets

China Announces Its New Flagship Space Telescope Mission

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 09, 2022 08:07 PM UTC | Missions

Webb is Almost Ready. There's One Last Thing To Do

By Nancy Atkinson - May 09, 2022 06:50 PM UTC | Telescopes

Russia Says it'll Quit the International Space Station Over Sanctions. Also, Russia Says a lot of Stuff That Doesn't Happen

By Evan Gough - May 09, 2022 05:00 PM UTC | Space Policy

Canada's Criminal Laws now Extend to Earth Orbit and the Moon

By Matthew Williams - May 09, 2022 02:55 PM UTC | Space Policy

In anticipation of Artemis, the Canadian government just passed an amendment to extend its Criminal Code to the Moon!

Extended Trips to Space Alter the Brains of Astronauts

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 09, 2022 01:35 PM UTC | Space Exploration

We can Probably Find Supernovae Enhanced by Gravitational Lensing, We Just Need to Look

By Paul Sutter - May 09, 2022 10:02 AM UTC | Stars

Even Stars Doomed to Die as Supernovae can Have Planets

By sjohnston - May 08, 2022 08:32 PM UTC | Exoplanets

This Crater on Mars is Just a Couple of Years Old

By Nancy Atkinson - May 08, 2022 01:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A Supermassive Black Hole Just Flipped its Entire Magnetic Field

By Brian Koberlein - May 08, 2022 11:01 AM UTC | Black Holes

Astronomers may have seen the magnetic field of a black hole undergo a magnetic reversal.

Volcanoes May Have Killed Venus with a Runaway Greenhouse, and Almost the Earth Too

By Paul Sutter - May 08, 2022 10:01 AM UTC | Planetary Science

This is a Dust Avalanche on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - May 07, 2022 11:09 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Traveling the Solar System with Pulsar Navigation

By Allen Versfeld - May 07, 2022 10:22 AM UTC | Space Exploration

What Does Micrometeoroid Damage do to Gossamer Structures Like Webb's Sunshield?

By Paul Sutter - May 07, 2022 09:59 AM UTC | Telescopes

A Giant Galaxy has been Unwinding its Neighbor for 400 Million Years

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 07, 2022 08:00 AM UTC | Extragalactic

Lunar Samples Have Been in the Deep Freeze for 50 Years. NASA Finally has the Right Technology to Study Them Properly

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 06, 2022 10:02 PM UTC | Planetary Science

InSight Senses its two Biggest Marsquakes so far, Coming From the Opposite Side of the Planet

By Matthew Williams - May 06, 2022 01:40 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's Mars InSight lander just detected the two most powerful "marsquakes" to date, which are already revealing things about Mars' geology.