A New Idea to Harness Energy From Black Holes A new study by an international team shows how the physics of a black hole’s event horizon could allow us to harness limitless energy from them someday. The post A New Idea to Harness Energy From Black Holes appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go […]
Starships Will be Launching From These Oil Drilling Platforms Bought by SpaceX SpaceX has just acquired two former oil drilling rigs off the coast of Texas, which it is converting into launch facilities called Phobos and Deimos The post Starships Will be Launching From These Oil Drilling Platforms Bought by SpaceX appeared first on Universe […]
3-D Printing on the Moon. From Regolith to Paste to Useful Objects and Structures In the academic literature, review papers are widespread, and can help ground discussion on a specific topic by bringing new researchers up to speed as well as allowing experienced hands to catch up on some topics they might have otherwise missed. […]
Massive Binary Stars Huddle Up Surprisingly Quickly Dancing is a favorite pastime of many couples. Swinging around a dance floor, using the laws of physics to twirl at just the right moment, and hopefully not step on any toes, is an art unto itself. The same laws of physics that govern couples on a dance […]
The Largest Sea On Titan Could Be Over 300 Meters Deep The Earth’s oceans are notoriously unexplored, and stand as a monument to the difficult of exploring underwater. But they aren’t the only unexplored seas in the solar system. Titan’s vast collection of liquid methane lakes are another challenge facing future solar system explorers. A […]
You Can Actually See the Milky Way’s Wave When You Map Its Stars Spiral galaxies are one of the most commonly known types of galaxy. Most people think of them as large round disks, and know that our Milky Way is counted among their number. What most people don’t realize is that many spiral galaxies […]
In Theory, Supermassive Black Holes Could get Even More Supermassive A new study proposes that the upper mass limit for black holes could be a million times larger than we thought. The post In Theory, Supermassive Black Holes Could get Even More Supermassive appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
The Universe in Formation. Hubble Sees 6 Examples of Merging Galaxies Audio narration by the author is available above 10 billion years ago, galaxies of the Universe were ablaze with the light of newly forming stars. This epic phase of history is known as “Cosmic Noon” – the height of all star creation. Galaxies like […]
Virgin Orbit Successfully Launches a Batch of Satellites From an Airplane Virgin Orbit has successfully tested its new air-launch system (LauncherOne) that will deliver small satellites to orbit in the near future. The post Virgin Orbit Successfully Launches a Batch of Satellites From an Airplane appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
The “Happy Face Crater” on Mars Has Been Changing Right Before Our Eyes Who has an even bigger grin than ten years ago? This goofy-looking crater on Mars. These two images were taken by the HiRISE camera (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and shows how Mars’ surface is changing […]
Only 31 Magnetars Have Ever Been Discovered. This one is Extra Strange. It’s Also a Pulsar Some of the most stunningly powerful objects in the sky aren’t necessarily the prettiest to look at. But their secrets can allow humanity to glimpse some of the more intricate details of the universe that are exposed in their […]
The One Place on the Space Station Astronauts Aren’t Supposed to Clean While most of us are now more fastidious about keeping our homes and workplaces clean, on board the International Space Station, cleanliness is imperative. Of high importance is anti-bacterial measures, since bacteria tends to build up in the constantly-recycled air inside the ISS. […]
Strange Green Star is the Result of a Merger Between two White Dwarfs Chandrasekhar found there is an upper limit for the mass of a white dwarf, but some white dwarfs can break that limit for a time. The post Strange Green Star is the Result of a Merger Between two White Dwarfs appeared first […]
Mars has Been Through Many Ice Ages in the Last Billion Years Like Earth, Mars has experienced periods of extreme glaciation or ice sheet coverage, which are known as ice ages. As these ice ages come and go, glaciers expand and contract along the planet’s surface, grinding huge boulders down to smaller rocks. By examining […]
A Habitat at Ceres Could be the Gateway to the Outer Solar System A new proposal from the inventor of the E-sail shows how we could create an Earth-like space habitat around Ceres, which could be a gateway to the rest of the Solar System The post A Habitat at Ceres Could be the Gateway […]
New Drones for Exploring Mars are Getting Tested in Iceland It’s looking more and more like the future of space exploration could involve drones in a big way. We’ve already seen it here on Earth, where all kinds of flying drones are used by all kinds of people for all kinds of things. Drones are […]
Astronomers Confirm That Darksat is About Half as Bright as an Unpainted Starlink Space-based internet service is poised to revolutionize the internet and bring high-speed connectivity to countless communities worldwide. Programs like SpaceX’s Starlink paint a picture of a bright future for the citizens of the world. Like many revolutionary technological advances, there is a […]
This is a Simulation of the Interstellar Medium Flowing Like Smoke Throughout the Milky Way How do stars form? We know they form from massive structures called molecular clouds, which themselves form from the Interstellar Medium (ISM). But how and why do certain types of stars form? Why, in some situations, does a star like […]
What Happens to Their Supermassive Black Holes When Galaxies Collide? What’s better than two gigantic galaxies swirling into one another until they collide? How about three galaxies swirling into one another until they collide – and they all have supermassive black holes at their core to boot! Recently, a team led by Dr. Adi Foord […]
The Solar Wind is More Attracted to the Earth’s North Pole Than the South. Why? Likely the most well-known result of the Earth’s magnetic field are the Aurora Borealis and Australis (Northern and Southern Lights). When chargers particles from the solar wind run into the Earth’s magnetic field, they can occasionally elicit spectacular light displays. […]
