Breakthrough Listen Releases its one-of-Everything “Exotica” Catalog Breakthrough Listen, the largest SETI effort ever mounted, just released a list of over 700 objects that could be of interest to people looking for aliens! The post Breakthrough Listen Releases its one-of-Everything “Exotica” Catalog appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
One of the Best Pictures Ever Taken of ISS from the Ground. You Can Even See the Canadarm2 Astrophotographer Thierry Legault is renowned for his amazing shots of spacecraft transiting the Sun. He’s now outdone even himself. On June 24 and 25, 2020, Legault captured the International Space Station passing in front of the Sun […]
Help NASA Develop a Better Space Toilet HeroX is one again hosting a NASA challenge, this time to develop a space toilet that will facilitate lunar exploration. The post Help NASA Develop a Better Space Toilet appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
Astronomers Might Have Seen a Star Just Disappear. Turning Straight to a Black Hole Without a Supernova A brilliant blue star has disappeared from view, which could mean it became a black hole in a novel way. The post Astronomers Might Have Seen a Star Just Disappear. Turning Straight to a Black Hole Without a […]
Take a Flight Over Korolev Crater on Mars We love flyover videos from other worlds. These stunning videos, created from imagery gathered by orbiting spacecraft, can give us a sense of what it would be like to fly in an airplane on another planet. This latest flyover video from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express […]
Behold! The Martian Menu, Courtesy of Mars City Design! Every year since 2012, Mars City Design hosts the Mars Feast Gala, where talented chefs create tantalizing entrees based on what future generations could grow on Mars. The post Behold! The Martian Menu, Courtesy of Mars City Design! appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go […]
It Was Almost Certainly an Asteroid Impact that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs. In Fact, Volcanoes Might Have Helped Life Recover It seems almost certain that an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs. But only almost. Another competing theory won’t completely go away: the extinction-by-volcano theory. A new study from the UK piles more evidence on […]
Weekly Space Hangout: July 1, 2020 — Dr. Andrew Siemion, Director of Berkeley SETI Research Center This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Siemion, Director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center, to the WSH. As an astrophysicist, Andrew’s research interests include high energy time-variable celestial phenomena, astronomical instrumentation and the search for extraterrestrial […]
This Weekend’s Challenging Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Rounds Out the Summer Season The July 4th Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Ends a Rare Triple Eclipse Season The post This Weekend’s Challenging Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Rounds Out the Summer Season appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
Complete and Total Mayhem in a Distant Galaxy Collision A cluster of galaxies is nothing trivial. The shocks, the turbulence, the energy, as all of that matter and energy merges and interacts. And we can watch all the chaos and mayhem as it happens. A team of astronomers are looking at the galaxy cluster Abell […]
Here’s How Perseverance’s Helicopter Sidekick Will Deploy on Mars When NASA’s new Perseverance Martian rover launches in a little over a month it will have a small robotic stow-away on board. Ingenuity is a small helicopter, with a fuselage about the size of a softball and two extending rotors that measure about 4 feet across. […]
It might just be possible to see a light flash too when black holes merge Black hole merger events are some of the most energetic, fearsomely energetic events in all the cosmos. When black holes merge, they’re entirely invisible, the only evidence of the cataclysm some faint whisper of gravitational waves. Until now. LIGO, the […]
Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search for Life We all know how exploration by rover works. The rover is directed to a location and told to take a sample. Then it subjects that sample to analysis and sends home the results. It’s been remarkably effective. But it’s expensive […]
Comet F3 NEOWISE May Perform in July Watch for comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE at dusk in late July… if it survives perihelion. The post Comet F3 NEOWISE May Perform in July appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
A brand new magnetar found, it’s only 240 years old Magnetars are some of the most ridiculous objects in the universe. Composed of the densest material possible spinning faster than your kitchen blender, they generate the absolute most powerful magnetic fields the cosmos has ever seen – and astronomers have recently spotted a newborn. Neutron […]
Do Hot Jupiters Form Close in, or Do They Migrate? A Newly-Discovered Planet Might Help Answer This The recent discovery of a very young gas giant could offer clues about how “Hot Jupiters” form and whether or not they migrate over time. The post Do Hot Jupiters Form Close in, or Do They Migrate? A […]
Deep Down in Ocean Worlds, it’s Difficult to Tell Where the Oceans End and the Rock Begins We all know what water is. And what rock is. The difference is crystal clear. Well, here on Earth it is. But on other worlds? The difference might not be so clear. Among the hundreds of billions of […]
More Evidence that Europa’s Oceans Could be Habitable At first glance, Jupiter’s moon Europa doesn’t seem much like Earth. It’s a moon, not a planet, and it’s covered in ice. But it does have one important thing in common with Earth: a warm, salty ocean. Now there’s even more evidence that Europa’s sub-surface ocean is […]
Astronaut Drops a Mirror During a Spacewalk. Now There’s Another Piece of Space Junk Oops. Dropping a mirror on Earth is only minor cause for concern, perhaps about the potential of some upcoming bad luck. Dropping a mirror while on a spacewalk means creating a potentially dangerous new piece of space junk, all while thousands […]
The Bare Minimum Number of Martian Settlers? 110 So you want to colonize Mars, huh? Well Mars is a long ways away, and in order for a colony to function that far from Earthly support, things have to be thought out very carefully. Including how many people are needed to make it work. A new […]
