Universe Today (Page 418)

Catching Asteroid 3 Juno at Its Best

By David Dickinson - November 14, 2018 04:35 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Not all oppositions are created equal. This week's target offers a good case in point, as asteroid 3 Juno reaches its most favorable viewing position for the decade.

Direct Observations of a Planet Orbiting a Star 63 Light-Years Away

By Matthew Williams - November 13, 2018 03:24 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Using the Very Large Telescope, a team of ESO astronomers directly observed Beta Pictoris b over the course of four years and created a time-lapse video of its orbit.

Weekly Space Hangout: Nov 14, 2018: Paul Sutter's "Your Place in The Universe"

By Fraser Cain - November 13, 2018 02:35 PM UTC | Site News

Messier 71 - the NGC 6838 Globular Cluster

By tammy-plotner - November 12, 2018 03:00 PM UTC | Stars

Carnival of Space #586

By susie - November 12, 2018 02:33 PM UTC | Site News

Astronomy Cast Ep. 505: Seismology

By susie - November 12, 2018 02:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Not all the Earth's Water Came From Comets

By Evan Gough - November 09, 2018 05:11 PM UTC | Planetary Science

SpaceX is going to build a mini-BFR to launch on a Falcon 9

By Matthew Williams - November 09, 2018 03:44 PM UTC | Space Exploration

According to Musk's latest update, SpaceX will be conducting a test flight of their BFR system next year using a miniature version of the spacecraft.

Ancient Star Found that's Only Slightly Younger than the Universe Itself

By Matthew Williams - November 09, 2018 01:48 PM UTC | Stars

Thanks to a team from John Hopkins University, a star was recently discovered that is 13.5 billion years old, almost as old as the Universe itself!

Mars InSight Lands on November 26th. Here's where it's going to touch down

By Matthew Williams - November 07, 2018 06:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

After careful consideration, NASA has selected the location where the InSight lander will set down and begin surveying the interior of Mars

That Rectangular Iceberg Took a Long, Hazardous Journey

By Evan Gough - November 07, 2018 04:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Carnival of Space #585

By susie - November 07, 2018 04:02 PM UTC | Site News

Weekly Space Hangout: Nov 7, 2018 - Colin Stuart 's "How to Live in Space"

By Fraser Cain - November 07, 2018 03:32 PM UTC | Space Exploration

We Could Build a Powerful Laser and Let Any Civilizations Within 20,000 Light-Years Know We're Here. Although... Should We?

By Evan Gough - November 07, 2018 02:49 PM UTC | Astrobiology

This Star Killed its Companion and is now Escaping the Milky Way

By Paul Sutter - November 07, 2018 08:11 AM UTC | Milky Way

Astronomers Get as Close as They Can to Seeing the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - November 06, 2018 10:42 PM UTC | Milky Way

Thanks to the GRAVITY collaboration, astronomers have made the most detailed observations of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way to date.

Planetary Scientists Have Chosen a Few Landing Sites for the Mars 2020 Rover

By Matthew Williams - November 05, 2018 06:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science

At the fourth Landing Site Workshop in October, NASA held a vote on where the Mars 2020 rover will land once it reaches the Red Planet

Exoplanets Will Need Both Continents and Oceans to Form Complex Life

By Matthew Williams - November 05, 2018 01:49 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that exoplanets with too much water or too much landmass may not be a good place to look for life.

Astronomy Cast Ep. 504: Radar, Lidar, and Sonar

By susie - November 05, 2018 09:07 AM UTC | Physics

An Extremely Large Hole has Been Dug for the Extremely Large Telescope

By Matthew Williams - November 02, 2018 04:02 PM UTC | Telescopes

The ESO has broken ground on the Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world's largest and most-advanced telescope once it is complete in 2024.