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Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter A new study shows that the surface of Ganymede was once a very tectonically active place, with evidence of slip-faulting similar to the San Andreas Fault. The post Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first time that so many massive planets have been detected in such a young system. The system has also set a new record for the most extreme range of orbits yet observed: the outermost planet is more than a thousand times further from the star than the innermost one, which raises interesting questions about how such a system might have formed. Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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Meticulous analysis of hundreds of photographic plates from the star J1407 between 1890 and 2007 show no stellar eclipses. Robin Mentel, a Master’s student at Leiden University, could not detect eclipses of the star J1407 by a planet hypothesized to have giant rings, called J1407b. However, an eclipse may have been missed since the measurement series contains gaps. Mentel’s research has been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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Next Generation Telescopes Could Use “Teleportation” to Take Better Images According to a new study by an international team of scientists, quantum mechanics may allow for some truly-cutting edge astronomy in the near future. The post Next Generation Telescopes Could Use “Teleportation” to Take Better Images appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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What Neil Armstrong’s Sons Really Think About the Movie “First Man” Like millions of other people around the world, on July 20, 1969, Rick and Mark Armstrong watched Apollo 11’s moon landing on the television set in their living room. But for those two boys – aged 12 and 6 at the time – it was their Dad who was taking humanity’s first steps on another … Continue reading “What Neil Armstrong’s Sons Really Think About the Movie “First Man”” The post What Neil Armstrong’s Sons Really Think About the Movie “First Man” appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered byRead More →

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Soyuz Launch Carrying Two Astronauts is Forced to Abort, Landing Safely Back on Earth A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two crew members to the ISS has experienced a booster failure. The craft executed an emergency landing and both crew are safe. The post Soyuz Launch Carrying Two Astronauts is Forced to Abort, Landing Safely Back on Earth appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past According to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute, Ceres poles reoriented sometime in the past, which bolsters the case for it having an interior ocean. The post Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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Carnegie’s Anthony Piro was part of a Caltech-led team of astronomers who observed the peculiar death of a massive star that exploded in a surprisingly faint and rapidly fading supernova, possibly creating a compact neutron star binary system. Piro’s theoretical work provided crucial context for the discovery. Their findings are published by Science. Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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An international team of scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated “pulsar in a box” are gaining a more detailed understanding of the complex, high-energy environment around spinning neutron stars, also called pulsars. The model traces the paths of charged particles in magnetic and electric fields near the neutron star, revealing behaviors that may help explain how pulsars emit gamma-ray and radio pulses with ultraprecise timing. Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 – Sean Carroll Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Dr. Sean Carroll is a blogger, author, and theoretical physicist at Caltech where he investigates dark matter/dark energy, modified gravity, and multiple other topics in cosmology, field … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 – Sean Carroll” The post Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 – Sean Carroll appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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348 Years Ago, a French Astronomer Monk Might have Witnessed the Collision Between a White and Brown Dwarf Star A collision between a white dwarf and a brown dwarf created the object we call CK Vulpeculae. It was first observed 348 years ago by French Monk Astronomer Per Dom Anthelme. The post 348 Years Ago, a French Astronomer Monk Might have Witnessed the Collision Between a White and Brown Dwarf Star appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited We’re not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and Enceladus. Good news, there are hundreds, if not thousands of times more of them than worlds like Earth. Bad news, they’re locked in ice. What have we learned about water worlds and their potential for … Continue reading “Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited” The post Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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Europa is Going to be Tough to Land on, it Could Have Towering Walls of Ice Spikes Across its Surface According to a new NASA-backed study, Europa’s surface may be covered in towering icy spikes, which could make a landed mission there difficult. The post Europa is Going to be Tough to Land on, it Could Have Towering Walls of Ice Spikes Across its Surface appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

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In theoretical research that could explain everything from planet formation to outflows from stars, to even the settling of volcanic ash, Caltech researchers have discovered a new mechanism to explain how the act of dust moving through gas leads to clumps of dust. While dust clumps were already known to play a role in seeding new planets and many other systems in space and on Earth, how the clumps formed was unknown until now. Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →