Universe Today (Page 443)

Gas and Dust Seen Swirling Around our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 05:47 PM UTC | Black Holes

A team using ALMA has observed gas and dust cloudlets near the super massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Carnival of Space #583

By Susie Murph - October 23, 2018 03:34 PM UTC | Site News

NASA Has Some Cool Space Sounds You Can Use for Ringtones

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 03:17 PM UTC | Site News

This is How NASA Releases Almost Half a Million Gallons of Water in 60 Seconds

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2018 02:02 PM UTC | Missions

To keep the extremely powerful Space Launch System safe during launch, NASA has developed the IOP/SS (Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression water deluge system. It releases almost half a million gallons of water during launch.

To Find Evidence of Life on Exoplanets, Scientists Should Search for "Purple Earths"

By Matthew Williams - October 22, 2018 06:00 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Astronomy Cast Ep. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely

By Susie Murph - October 22, 2018 05:16 PM UTC | Observing

Exos Aerospace Completes Successful Launch Test of Their SARGE Rocket

By Matthew Williams - October 22, 2018 03:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The commercial launch provider Exos aerospace successfully completed its launch test, pushing the company closer to providing greater access to space

How Hubble Unlocked the Universe

By Paul Sutter - October 20, 2018 09:44 AM UTC | Observing

A Red Dwarf Blasts off a Superflare. Any Life on its Planets Would Have a Very Bad Day

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2018 06:33 PM UTC | Stars

Astronomers observed a red dwarf superflare much more powerful than anything our Sun can produce. Bad news for any habitable-zone planets orbiting it.

How Mission Delays Hurt Young Astronomers

By Paul Sutter - October 19, 2018 09:39 AM UTC | Missions

A Star Exploded as a Supernova and Then Collapsed Into a Neutron Star. But Only a Fraction of its Matter was Released

By Matthew Williams - October 18, 2018 04:46 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of scientists recently witnessed the birth of a binary neutron star system, which was indicated by a rather faint and short-lived supernova.

Review: The Most Unknown

By David Dickinson - October 18, 2018 11:37 AM UTC | Site News

We recently came across a fascinating documentary that not only looks at some of the big questions today in multi-interdisciplinary science. We're talking about The Most Unknown, directed by Peabody-award winning filmmaker Ian Cheney

Australian astronomers have been able to double the number of mysterious fast radio bursts discovered so far

By Matthew Williams - October 17, 2018 04:34 PM UTC | Cosmology

Using the Australia Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder in western Australia, a team of researchers almost doubled the number of FRBs observed in our Universe

Surprising Discovery. Four Giant Planets Found Around a Very Young Star

By Evan Gough - October 17, 2018 02:58 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 17, 2018 - Paul Geithner, Deputy Project Manager, JWST

By Fraser Cain - October 17, 2018 01:10 PM UTC | Missions

Here's What the First Images from the Event Horizon Might Look Like

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2018 07:47 PM UTC | Black Holes

The Event Horizon Telescope has completed its observations. Now scientists are crunching the data and hope to soon have the very first picture of a black hole's event horizon.

You've Got to Watch this Stunning NASA Video of Arctic Sea Ice. Now at its Lowest Levels

By Evan Gough - October 16, 2018 04:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

In the 60 years that NASA has been keeping track, the arctic seasonal sea ice is the thinnest and youngest it's ever been. It also covers a much smaller area.

Astronomers Get Ready, Another Artificial Star to Ruin Your Data is Coming. Artist is Planning to Launch a Giant, Unfolding Structure That'll be Bright in the Sky For a Few Months

By Matthew Williams - October 16, 2018 03:06 PM UTC | Observing

In collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art and some private aerospace companies, artists Trevor Paglen plans to launch the world's first satellite that has a strictly artistic purpose.

Plans for a Modular Martian Base that Would Provide its own Radiation Shielding

By Matthew Williams - October 16, 2018 02:03 PM UTC | Space Exploration

At this year's AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, engineer Marco Peroni presented his proposal for a modular Martian base that would provide its own radiation shielding.

The Path that MASCOT Took Across Asteroid Ryugu During its 17 Hours of Life

By Evan Gough - October 15, 2018 06:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The tiny robot lander MASCOT did a fine job on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, and its zigzag path allowed it to gather important data on this ancient piece of rock.