This Powerful Ion Engine Will Be Flying on NASA’s DART Mission to Try and Redirect an Asteroid Despite humanity’s current struggle against the novel coronavirus, and despite it taking up most of our attention, other threats still exist. The very real threat of a possible asteroid strike on Earth in the future is taking a […]
Following Comet Y1 ATLAS: the ‘Lost Comet’ of Spring Got clear skies? If you’re like us, you’ve been putting the recent pandemic-induced exile to productive use, and got out under the nighttime sky. And though 2020 has yet to offer up a good bright ‘Comet of the Century’ to keep us entertained, there have been […]
Weekly Space Hangout: March 25, 2020 – Amy Shira Teitel’s Fighting for Space Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Allen Versfeld (https://www.urban-astronomer.com/ / @uastronomer) Carolyn Collins Petersen (TheSpaceWriter.com / @spacewriter) Alex Teachey (alexteachey.com /@alexteachey We are pleased to once again welcome our good friend Amy Shira Teitel back to the WSH to chat about her most recent labor of love, […]
Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden has Passed Away The world recently lost another luminary, NASA astronaut Al Worden, who was part of the Apollo program and piloted the Endeavor around the Moon The post Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden has Passed Away appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
How Researchers Produce Sharp Images of a Black Hole A new study by members of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has shown how new images of black holes can be used to identify the substructure of these mysterious objects The post How Researchers Produce Sharp Images of a Black Hole appeared first on […]
The three-body problem shows us why we can’t accurately calculate the past Our universe is driven by cause and effect. What happens now leads directly to what happens later. Because of this, many things in the universe are predictable. We can predict when a solar eclipse will occur, or how to launch a rocket that […]
NASA Chooses 4 New Astronomy Space Missions for Additional Study NASA recently selected four new missions for development that will study gravitational waves, supernovae, relativistic jets, and exoplanet habitability. The post NASA Chooses 4 New Astronomy Space Missions for Additional Study appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
Another Incredible Picture of Mars, This Time From a Region Just Outside Valles Marineris An image taken by the MROs HiRISE camera showcases the types of terrain around part of Mars’ Valles Marineris canyon system. The post Another Incredible Picture of Mars, This Time From a Region Just Outside Valles Marineris appeared first on Universe […]
This is Foam, Made in Space Say hello to Space Foam. The ESA has a science lab on the International Space Station called Columbus. Inside that lab is the Fluid Science Laboratory, dedicated to studying the behaviour of fluids in microgravity. Currently, that lab is being used to study a substance most of us probably […]
Elon Musk says that SpaceX Has no Plans to Spin Off Starlink At the recent Satellite 2020 Conference & Exhibition, Elon Musk declared that Starlink will not become its own company in the foreseeable future. The post Elon Musk says that SpaceX Has no Plans to Spin Off Starlink appeared first on Universe Today. Universe […]
Blazar Found Blazing When the Universe was Only a Billion Years Old A team of European scientists have observed the most distant “blazar” to date, an active galaxy that was around when the Universe was less than 1 billion years old. The post Blazar Found Blazing When the Universe was Only a Billion Years Old […]
The Lunar Gateway is No Longer a Required Part of the Artemis Mission to Return to the Moon by 2024 As anticipated, NASA has announced that the Lunar Gateway will no longer be part of their “return to the Moon” with Project Artemis. The post The Lunar Gateway is No Longer a Required Part of […]
Weekly Space Hangout: March 18, 2020 – Dr. Meng Jin and Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) Moiya McTier (https://www.moiyamctier.com/ / @GoAstroMo) Dr. Brian Koberlein (BrianKoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein) This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Meng Jin, Research Scientist at the SETI Institute, to the Weekly Space Hangout. Meng uses numerical modeling […]
NASA tells Boeing to Make 61 Corrective Actions to Starliner Before the Program can Continue An independent review has found 61 issues that need to be fixed before Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner can take to space again. The post NASA tells Boeing to Make 61 Corrective Actions to Starliner Before the Program can Continue appeared first […]
Dawn Patrol: Following this Month’s ‘March of the Planets’ Are you hanging out at home this week, and looking to observe some naked eye planets? As we mentioned last week, while Venus is shining bright in the dusk sky, all of the other four naked eye planets of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury are skulking […]
New Study Shows the Earth and Moon are not so Similar After All A new study shows that Earth and the Moon are not as similar as we thought, which helps resolve a major issue with the predominant theory of how the Moon formed. The post New Study Shows the Earth and Moon are not […]
The Intense Heat from the Sun Helps Ice Form on Mercury. Wait… What? While the scorching planet Mercury might not be the first place you’d think to look for ice, the MESSENGER mission confirmed in 2012 that the planet closest to the Sun does indeed hold water ice in the permanently-shadowed craters around the Mercury’s […]
Good News! The New Strategy of Using InSight’s Arm to Push the Mole Seems to be Making Progress. There’s at least one small bit of good news in these challenging Covid-19 times. And it’s playing out on the surface of Mars. In a brief Tweet, NASA says that using InSight’s robotic arm to push the […]
As Temperatures Increase, Forests are Having More Trouble Soaking up Carbon A new study by an international team from over 100 universities and organizations has shown that tropical rainforests will not slow global warming for much longer. The post As Temperatures Increase, Forests are Having More Trouble Soaking up Carbon appeared first on Universe Today. […]
Greenland and Antarctica are Losing Their Ice 6 Times Faster than in the 1990s Is anybody listening? Smart people tell us that when it comes to conveying the reality of climate change, and the threat it poses, people don’t respond to facts. We respond to stories and narratives. We’re a narrative-driven species. But at Universe […]
