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SpaceX is going to build a mini-BFR to launch on a Falcon 9 According to Musk’s latest update, SpaceX will be conducting a test flight of their BFR system next year using a miniature version of the spacecraft. The post SpaceX is going to build a mini-BFR to launch on a Falcon 9 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Ancient Star Found that’s Only Slightly Younger than the Universe Itself Thanks to a team from John Hopkins University, a star was recently discovered that is 13.5 billion years old, almost as old as the Universe itself! The post Ancient Star Found that’s Only Slightly Younger than the Universe Itself appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Mars InSight Lands on November 26th. Here’s where it’s going to touch down After careful consideration, NASA has selected the location where the InSight lander will set down and begin surveying the interior of Mars The post Mars InSight Lands on November 26th. Here’s where it’s going to touch down appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
That Rectangular Iceberg Took a Long, Hazardous Journey That stunning rectangular iceberg that was photographed in mid-October by NASA scientist Jeremy Harbeck had a much more harrowing journey than we thought. Scientists looked back through satellite images to retrace the ‘berg’s journey. They found that it calved from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in November 2017. In Universe Today’s original article on the … Continue reading “That Rectangular Iceberg Took a Long, Hazardous Journey” The post That Rectangular Iceberg Took a Long, Hazardous Journey appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Carnival of Space #585 This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #580 And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space. If you’ve got a space-related blog, you should really join the carnival. Just email an entry … Continue reading “Carnival of Space #585” The post Carnival of Space #585 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Weekly Space Hangout: Nov 7, 2018 – Colin Stuart ‘s “How to Live in Space” 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) “Tonight Fraser interviews Colin Stuart, author of How to Live in Space, which is available now. Visit https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/580109/how-to-live-in-space-by-colin-stuart/9781588346384/ for information about buying your own copy. Colin is … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: Nov 7, 2018 – Colin Stuart ‘s “How to Live in Space”” The post Weekly Space Hangout: Nov 7, 2018 – Colin Stuart ‘s “How to Live in Space”Read More →
We Could Build a Powerful Laser and Let Any Civilizations Within 20,000 Light-Years Know We’re Here. Although… Should We? A powerful laser is just the thing to announce our presence as a technological species in this arm of the galaxy. Engineers would line up to work on that project. But is it a good idea to let any mysterious galactic neighbours know we’re here? A pair of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology … Continue reading “We Could Build a Powerful Laser and Let Any Civilizations Within 20,000 Light-Years Know We’re Here. Although… Should We?” The post We Could Build a Powerful Laser andRead More →
This Star Killed its Companion and is now Escaping the Milky Way Our universe is capable of some truly frightening scenarios, and in this case we have an apparent tragedy: two stars, lifelong companions, decide to move away from the Milky Way galaxy together. But after millions of years of adventure into intergalactic space, one star murders and consumes the other. It now continues its journey through … Continue reading “This Star Killed its Companion and is now Escaping the Milky Way” The post This Star Killed its Companion and is now Escaping the Milky Way appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go toRead More →
Astronomers Get as Close as They Can to Seeing the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way Thanks to the GRAVITY collaboration, astronomers have made the most detailed observations of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way to date. The post Astronomers Get as Close as They Can to Seeing the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Planetary Scientists Have Chosen a Few Landing Sites for the Mars 2020 Rover At the fourth Landing Site Workshop in October, NASA held a vote on where the Mars 2020 rover will land once it reaches the Red Planet The post Planetary Scientists Have Chosen a Few Landing Sites for the Mars 2020 Rover appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Exoplanets Will Need Both Continents and Oceans to Form Complex Life A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that exoplanets with too much water or too much landmass may not be a good place to look for life. The post Exoplanets Will Need Both Continents and Oceans to Form Complex Life appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Astronomy Cast Ep. 504: Radar, Lidar, and Sonar To really study something, you want to reach out and touch it. But what can you do if you’re separated by a huge distance? You reach out with electromagnetic or sound waves and watch how they bounce back. Thanks to radar, sonar and lidar. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EST … Continue reading “Astronomy Cast Ep. 504: Radar, Lidar, and Sonar” The post Astronomy Cast Ep. 504: Radar, Lidar, and Sonar appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
An Extremely Large Hole has Been Dug for the Extremely Large Telescope The ESO has broken ground on the Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world’s largest and most-advanced telescope once it is complete in 2024. The post An Extremely Large Hole has Been Dug for the Extremely Large Telescope appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Timelapse Shows the Glowing Wreckage from Supernova 1987a Expanding Outward Over 30 Years Supernovae are the granddaddies of all cosmic light shows, and Supernova 1987a is one of the most studied objects in the history of astronomy. As its name makes clear, it was first observed in 1987, and it’s the closest supernova observed since the telescope was invented. The ‘a’ was added to its name because it … Continue reading “Timelapse Shows the Glowing Wreckage from Supernova 1987a Expanding Outward Over 30 Years” The post Timelapse Shows the Glowing Wreckage from Supernova 1987a Expanding Outward Over 30 Years appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
Scary Giant Blue Stars May Unlock Mysteries of Stellar Evolution Imagine a single star more luminous than a million suns, erupting every few decades in a massive flare that shines as bright as a supernova. But the blast, as ferocious as it is, does not obliterate the tumultuous star. It remains, its surface roiling with violence as spasms rock its inner layers. Soon enough the … Continue reading “Scary Giant Blue Stars May Unlock Mysteries of Stellar Evolution” The post Scary Giant Blue Stars May Unlock Mysteries of Stellar Evolution appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Virgin Orbit Shows off its “Launcher One”, a Rocket Carried by an Airplane The commercial space sector is about to get a little more crowded. SpaceX and Blue Origin have created headlines with their ongoing development of reusable launch vehicles. Now Virgin Orbit‘s “Launcher One” is carving out its own niche in the commercial space market, as an efficient, flexible launcher of small satellites. Launcher One is Virgin … Continue reading “Virgin Orbit Shows off its “Launcher One”, a Rocket Carried by an Airplane” The post Virgin Orbit Shows off its “Launcher One”, a Rocket Carried by an Airplane appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
What is Direct Imaging? A highly effective (but very difficult) method of exoplanet detection involves capturing direct images of bodies orbiting distant stars from their reflected light or heat signatures. The post What is Direct Imaging? appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Messier 70 – the NGC 6681 Globular Cluster Located in the “tea pot” of the Sagittarius constellation, some 29,300 light years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 70 The post Messier 70 – the NGC 6681 Globular Cluster appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
How Science Journalism Helped Me Become a Better Sci-Fi Writer My work with Universe Today has helped fashion me into a better science fiction writer and led to the publication of my first books! The post How Science Journalism Helped Me Become a Better Sci-Fi Writer appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Whoa. That’s the Milky Way, Bouncing off the Moon in Radio Waves The universe wasn’t always such a well-lit place. It had its own Dark Ages, back in the days before stars and galaxies formed. One of the big questions in astronomy concerns how stars and galaxies shaped the very early days of the Universe. The problem is, there’s no visible light travelling through the Universe from … Continue reading “Whoa. That’s the Milky Way, Bouncing off the Moon in Radio Waves” The post Whoa. That’s the Milky Way, Bouncing off the Moon in Radio Waves appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go toRead More →
