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Astronaut Pee Will Help Build Bases on the Moon In a strange development, a new ESA-supported study has shown that urine could actually help astronauts build bases on the Moon The post Astronaut Pee Will Help Build Bases on the Moon appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
SpaceX Almost Ready to Start Testing its Third Starship Prototype. Let’s Hope it Doesn’t Explode Musk recently posted photos of the latest Starship prototype, which were recently assembled and shipped to Boca Chica to begin testing. The post SpaceX Almost Ready to Start Testing its Third Starship Prototype. Let’s Hope it Doesn’t Explode appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
This Galaxy is the Very Definition of “Flocculent” I know you’re Googling “flocculent” right now, unless you happen to be a chemist, or maybe a home brewer. You could spend each day of your life staring at a different galaxy, and you’d never even come remotely close to seeing even a tiny percentage of all the galaxies in the Universe. Of course, nobody … Continue reading “This Galaxy is the Very Definition of “Flocculent”” The post This Galaxy is the Very Definition of “Flocculent” appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Weekly Space Hangout: April 1, 2020 – Dr. Robert B. Hayes and Radiation Shielding in Space Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Pam Hoffman (EverydaySpacer.com / @EverydaySpacer) Michael Rodruck (@michaelrodruck) Announcements: This week we are airing Fraser’s prerecorded interview with Dr. Robert B. Hayes, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University. Dr. Hayes is co-author of a recent paper published January 7. 2020, in … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: April 1, 2020 – Dr. Robert B. Hayes and Radiation Shielding in Space” The post Weekly Space Hangout: April 1, 2020 – Dr. Robert B. Hayes and RadiationRead More →
How were Supermassive Black Holes Already Forming and Releasing Powerful Jets Shortly After the Big Bang? A series of studies has shown that the seeds of supermassive black holes and relativistic jets existed much sooner than expected The post How were Supermassive Black Holes Already Forming and Releasing Powerful Jets Shortly After the Big Bang? appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Are the Gaps in These Disks Caused by Planets? Astronomers like observing distant young stars as they form. Stars are born out of a molecular cloud, and once enough of the matter in that cloud clumps together, fusion ignites and a star begins its life. The leftover material from the formation of the star is called a circumstellar disk. As the material in the … Continue reading “Are the Gaps in These Disks Caused by Planets?” The post Are the Gaps in These Disks Caused by Planets? appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
How Will Clouds Obscure the View of Exoplanet Surfaces? A new study shows how the presence of a cloud layer could make it harder for the James Webb Space Telescope to detect water on exoplanets. The post How Will Clouds Obscure the View of Exoplanet Surfaces? appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
The heliosphere looks a lot weirder than we originally thought Every second of every day, our sun spits out a stream of tiny high-energy particles, known as the solar wind. This wind blows throughout the solar system, extending far beyond the orbits of the planets and out into interstellar space. But the farther from the sun the wind gets, the more slowly it streams, changing … Continue reading “The heliosphere looks a lot weirder than we originally thought” The post The heliosphere looks a lot weirder than we originally thought appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Highest Resolution Mosaic Image of the Surface of Bennu NASA and the University of Arizona have released a stunning new global map of asteroid Bennu. At 2 inches (5 cm) per pixel, this is the highest-resolution global map of any planetary body. This hi-res map will help guide the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to the surface of the asteroid to collect a sample, currently scheduled for … Continue reading “Highest Resolution Mosaic Image of the Surface of Bennu” The post Highest Resolution Mosaic Image of the Surface of Bennu appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Even More Repeating Fast Radio Bursts Discovered The CHIME radio telescope array has detected nine new fast radio bursts on repeat, which are revealing things about this strange phenomenon The post Even More Repeating Fast Radio Bursts Discovered appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
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 backseat for now, but it’s still there. Though an asteroid strike seems kind of ephemeral right now, … Continue reading “This Powerful Ion Engine Will Be Flying on NASA’s DART Mission to Try and Redirect an Asteroid” The post This Powerful Ion Engine Will Be Flying on NASA’s DART MissionRead More →
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 a steady stream of good binocular comets for northern hemisphere viewers, including C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS and C/2019 Y4 ATLAS. This week, I’d like to turn your attention to another good binocular comet that is currently at its peak: the ‘other’ comet ATLAS, C/2019 Y1 ATLAS. The post Following Comet Y1Read More →
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, her new book Fighting for Space which tells the story of female pilots … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: March 25, 2020 – Amy Shira Teitel’s Fighting for Space” The post Weekly Space Hangout: March 25, 2020 – Amy Shira Teitel’s Fighting for Space appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
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 SourceRead More →
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 Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
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 will take a spacecraft to Mars. This also works in reverse. By … Continue reading “The three-body problem shows us why we can’t accurately calculate the past” The post The three-body problem shows us why we can’t accurately calculate the past appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go toRead More →
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 SourceRead More →
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 Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
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 don’t spend much time thinking about: … Continue reading “This is Foam, Made in Space” The post This is Foam, Made in Space appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
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 Today Go to SourceRead More →
