Universe Today (Page 381)

High Energy Neutrinos Are Coming From Supermassive Black Holes

By Brian Koberlein - May 15, 2020 02:54 PM UTC | Black Holes

Some neutrinos are so energetic we don't know how they are produced. But a clue lies in the heart of distant quasars.

James Webb is Fully Stowed Into its Launch Configuration

By Evan Gough - May 15, 2020 02:23 PM UTC | Telescopes

China's New Crew Capsule Just Landed, and so Did Parts of their New Rocket!

By Matthew Williams - May 15, 2020 02:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration

China's next-generation crewed spacecraft recently returned to Earth after a successful test flight. The Long March 5B rocket that sent it up did as well (parts of it, anyway!)

Astronomers Continue to Analyze Pluto's Atmosphere

By Evan Gough - May 14, 2020 06:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Even More Evidence that Europa has Geysers

By Nancy Atkinson - May 14, 2020 06:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Space Force is About to Launch its Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane Again

By Matthew Williams - May 14, 2020 03:07 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The X-37B will be going to space again this Saturday to test a number of experiments, many of which are military in nature and classified!

Finally! InSight's Mole is Making Slow and Steady Progress

By Evan Gough - May 13, 2020 08:03 PM UTC | Missions

Weekly Space Hangout: May 13, 2020 – Dr. Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute

By Nancy Graziano - May 13, 2020 05:45 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Sediments on Mars, Created By Blowing Wind or Flowing Water

By Evan Gough - May 13, 2020 05:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Another Starship Success! Raptor Engine Fires for 4 Seconds and Nothing Explodes

By Matthew Williams - May 13, 2020 03:43 PM UTC | Space Exploration

SpaceX has passed another milestone with their Starship prototype after the successful completion of a static fire test

This "All Terminator" Image of the Moon isn't Actually Possible to See. But it Sure is Beautiful

By Evan Gough - May 13, 2020 03:05 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Time Travel Into The Future Is Totally Possible

By Paul Sutter - May 13, 2020 02:56 PM UTC | Physics

Better Tires to Drive on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - May 13, 2020 01:42 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA is Going to Try Manufacturing a Telescope Mirror in Space

By Matthew Williams - May 12, 2020 06:52 PM UTC | Telescopes

A process developed by NASA, which could be very useful for building telescopes in space, will soon be tested with an orbital launch.

Perseverance Rover is Getting Tucked Into its Launch Fairing

By Evan Gough - May 12, 2020 05:52 PM UTC | Missions

One Step Closer to Interstellar Travel. A Successful Microgravity Test of a Graphene Light Sail

By Brian Koberlein - May 12, 2020 04:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

If we want to travel to the stars, we're going to have to be creative. The answer might be light sails made of sheets of graphene.

Spacecraft and Ground Telescopes Work Together to Give us Stunning New Pictures of Jupiter

By Evan Gough - May 12, 2020 01:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Lunar Gateway Could be Built With the Falcon Heavy

By Matthew Williams - May 11, 2020 07:58 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA has announced that the Lunar Gateway could be launched in the coming years using the Falcon Heavy or another commercial provider.

Newly Reprocessed Images of Europa Make This World Even More Interesting and Mysterious

By Evan Gough - May 11, 2020 05:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Closest Black Hole Found, Just 1,000 Light-Years From Earth

By Matthew Williams - May 10, 2020 06:58 PM UTC | Black Holes

Scientists with the ESO have detected a triple system with a black hole roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth - making it the closest ever observed.