Universe Today (Page 78)

JWST Tries to Untangle the Signals of Water. Is it Coming From the Planet or the Star?

By Matthew Williams - May 03, 2023 12:27 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Using Webb, a team of scientists may have detected water vapor in a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere (though the signal may have come from the star).

Even if There's Life on TRAPPIST-1, We Probably Can't Detect it

By Brian Koberlein - May 03, 2023 10:08 AM UTC | Astrobiology

ESA Can't Deploy JUICE's Radar Antenna. It Needs It to Scan Under the Ice at Callisto, Europa, and Ganymede

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 02, 2023 11:02 PM UTC | Missions

Gaze at a Nearby Actively Feeding Supermassive Black Hole

By Nancy Atkinson - May 02, 2023 08:59 PM UTC | Black Holes

Airbus Designs a Space Station With Artificial Gravity

By Matthew Williams - May 02, 2023 04:34 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Airbus just shard its design for the Airbus LOOP, a Multi-Purpose Orbital Module that could be used in future space stations and long-duration spacecraft.

We Can Now See Into the Permanently Shadowed Craters on the Moon

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 01, 2023 11:57 PM UTC | Planetary Science

China Finally Tells us What's Going on With its Mars Rover

By sjohnston - May 01, 2023 06:19 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Each Planetary Nebula is Unique. Why Do They Look So Different?

By Evan Gough - May 01, 2023 03:49 PM UTC | Stars

Aliens Could Map Earth From its Mobile Phone Towers

By Brian Koberlein - May 01, 2023 01:15 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Be Grateful the Sun Can't Produce Flares Like This

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - April 30, 2023 01:29 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Bizarre Exoplanet Breaks All the Orbital Rules

By Brian Koberlein - April 30, 2023 11:24 AM UTC | Exoplanets

A fluffy hot jupiter has an orbit that doesn't line up with the rotation of its star.

A Black Hole Tore a Star to Pieces. The Closest We've Ever Seen.

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - April 30, 2023 07:20 AM UTC | Black Holes

European Satellite Measures Exactly How Much Ice Has Been Lost from Glaciers

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - April 29, 2023 11:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

SpaceX Starship Effectively Grounded by FAA After in-Flight Explosion

By Matthew Williams - April 29, 2023 03:31 PM UTC | Space Policy

After the Starship's orbital flight test ended in an explosion, SpaceX is grounded while the FAA performs an assessment.

These Stars are Already Merging, but Their Future Will Be Catastrophic

By Brian Koberlein - April 29, 2023 11:01 AM UTC | Stars

Two stars are in the process of merging, but they will become black holes before they do.

Ingenuity Snaps Another Shot of Perseverance on the Move

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - April 28, 2023 06:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

JWST's MIRI Instrument is Having Problems Again

By Nancy Atkinson - April 28, 2023 03:50 PM UTC | Missions

You Don't Want to Be Within 160 Light-Years of a Supernova

By Brian Koberlein - April 28, 2023 03:30 PM UTC | Stars

When it comes to supernovae, what is the minimum safe distance for habitable planets? Larger than we thought.

China is Planning to Land Humans on the Moon by 2030 as Part of its Ambitious Lunar Agenda

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 28, 2023 01:44 AM UTC | Space Exploration

One Day Astronauts Will Be Breathing Oxygen Made From Rocks

By Nancy Atkinson - April 27, 2023 05:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A Supermassive Black Hole and its Jet, All in a Single Picture

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - April 27, 2023 05:26 PM UTC | Black Holes

NASA Seeks Greater Diversity in Research Collaborations

By Matthew Williams - April 27, 2023 05:23 PM UTC | Space Policy

Through the MUREP Partnership Learning Annual Notification, NASA is looking for input from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) for its "Moon to Mars" mission architecture.

What a Mess. A Black Hole's Stellar Meal is Brighter and Longer Lasting Than Ever Seen Before

By Brian Koberlein - April 27, 2023 03:15 PM UTC | Black Holes

A black hole munching on a star may have caused one of the brightest transients every observed.

Gravitational Waves From Pulsars Could Be Used to Probe the Interior of the Sun

By Brian Koberlein - April 27, 2023 09:15 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Gravitational waves from known pulsars might be used to probe the interior of the Sun.

China's New Solar Observatory is Almost Ready for its Trials

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - April 26, 2023 06:39 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Next Generation of Telescopes Will Tell Us About the Weather on Other Worlds

By Matthew Williams - April 26, 2023 06:12 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A study shows how next-generation Extremely Large Telescopes are going to let astronomers get a glimpse of what's going on in distant atmospheres!

Is This a Black Hole or a New Type of Star?

By Brian Koberlein - April 26, 2023 01:48 PM UTC | Black Holes

A new model argues that strange, star-like objects might appear similar to black holes.

JWST Sees a Galaxy Cluster Coming Together in the Early Universe

By Nancy Atkinson - April 26, 2023 01:23 PM UTC | Extragalactic

New High-Resolution Photos of Deimos From the Hope Mission

By Nancy Atkinson - April 26, 2023 11:24 AM UTC | Planetary Science

The United Arab Emirates Hope orbital mission to Mars sent home new beautiful high-resolution images of the Red Planet's moon Deimos when it flew within 100 km of the moon last month.

TESS Reaches Fifth Anniversary of Extraordinary Mission, but its Work is Far from Over

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 25, 2023 10:28 PM UTC | Missions

Japanese Company's Moon Lander Is Presumed Lost After Going Silent

By Alan Boyle - April 25, 2023 03:45 PM UTC | Space Exploration

JWST Sees Merging Galaxies Releasing the Light of a Trillion Suns

By Evan Gough - April 25, 2023 11:28 AM UTC | Extragalactic

If a Star Has Less Metals, it Might Have a Better Chance to Spark Life

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - April 24, 2023 04:17 PM UTC | Astrobiology

NASA Wants New Ideas for Launching Lunar Payloads and Unlocking Climate Science!

By Matthew Williams - April 24, 2023 03:33 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The NASA Entrepreneur Challenge is seeking new ideas for delivering lunar payloads and advancing climate science.

Here's How NASA is Planning to Protect Earth From Asteroids and Comets

By Nancy Atkinson - April 24, 2023 01:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Hakuto-R Spacecraft Just Captured its Own Stunning Version of 'Earthrise'

By Nancy Atkinson - April 24, 2023 12:06 PM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA is Sending Humans Back to the Moon, But it Won't Stop There. Next Comes Mars

By Matthew Williams - April 24, 2023 12:37 AM UTC | Space Exploration

NASA has released its Architecture Concept Review, which outlines the elements needed to accomplish it's "Moon to Mars" objectives.

The Milky Way has Trapped the Large Magellanic Cloud With its Gravity. What Comes Next?

By sjohnston - April 23, 2023 05:36 PM UTC | Milky Way

UFO Office Fails to Find Anything That Defies the Laws of Physics

By Nancy Atkinson - April 22, 2023 11:05 AM UTC | Site News

We Could Soon See Landslides on Europa and Ganymede

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 21, 2023 11:40 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Views of This Week's Amazing Hybrid Solar Eclipse

By David Dickinson - April 21, 2023 09:23 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Amazing views from Earth and space of this week's rare hybrid annular total eclipse.

Juice Looks Back at Earth During Its Space Odyssey to Jupiter's Moons

By Alan Boyle - April 18, 2023 06:00 PM UTC | Missions

The Crab Nebula Looks Completely Different in X-Rays, Revealing its Magnetic Fields

By Matthew Williams - April 18, 2023 05:25 PM UTC | Stars

An international team of astronomers has created the most accurate map to date of the Crab Nebula's magnetic field, revealing new things about this iconic object.