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SLS Rocket Promises To Do Better The SLS rocket found its future launch manifest severely curtailed in a new budget request. This leaves the long overdue rocket with uncertain long term prospects. The post SLS Rocket Promises To Do Better appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Progress for the Skylon. Europe agrees to continue working on the air-breathing SABRE engine The ESA and Reaction Engines recently took another step towards the realization of the hypersonic SABRE engine. The post Progress for the Skylon. Europe agrees to continue working on the air-breathing SABRE engine appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Do You See the “Cosmic Bat” in NGC 1788? 2,000 light years away, in the Orion constellation, lurks an eerie looking creature, made of glowing gas lit up by young stars: the Cosmic Bat. It’s real name is NGC 1788. It’s a reflection nebula, meaning the light of nearby stars is strong enough to light it up, but not strong enough to ionize the … Continue reading “Do You See the “Cosmic Bat” in NGC 1788?” The post Do You See the “Cosmic Bat” in NGC 1788? appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
This Star has been Kicked Out of the Milky Way. It Knows What It Did. Every once in a while, the Milky Way ejects a star. The evicted star is typically ejected from the chaotic area at the center of the galaxy, where our Super Massive Black Hole (SMBH) lives. But at least one of them was ejected from the comparatively calm galactic disk, a discovery that has astronomers rethinking … Continue reading “This Star has been Kicked Out of the Milky Way. It Knows What It Did.” The post This Star has been Kicked Out of the Milky Way. It Knows What It Did.Read More →
The Iridium Flare Era is About to End Fast-forward to 2019, and the age of the predictable Iridium flare may be coming to an end. Already, scrolling through Heavens-Above reveals very few Iridium flares for the coming months, and these familiar nighttime flashes may become a thing of the past come 2020. The post The Iridium Flare Era is About to End appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
New Ring of Dust Discovered in the Inner Solar System Discovering new things in space is a regular occurrence. Astronomers keep finding more distant objects in the outer reaches of the Solar System. Worlds like ‘The Goblin,’ ‘FarOut,’ and ‘FarFarOut‘ are stretching the limits of what our Solar System actually is. But finding new things in the inner Solar System is rare. “It’s not every … Continue reading “New Ring of Dust Discovered in the Inner Solar System” The post New Ring of Dust Discovered in the Inner Solar System appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
This is the Final Photograph from Opportunity Sad. But beautiful. NASA has shared Opportunity’s final photograph from the surface of Mars. The rover’s final resting place is in Endeavour Crater, and barring any statistically unlikely event, it will sit there for centuries, millennia, or even longer. And instead of a tombstone, we have this final image. The image is a panorama, captured … Continue reading “This is the Final Photograph from Opportunity” The post This is the Final Photograph from Opportunity appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Weekly Space Hangout: Mar 13, 2019 – Dr. Luisa Rebull, Spitzer, and Star Formation 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) Dr. Luisa Rebull is an astronomer studying the properties of young stars, specifically evolution of rotation rates, disks, accretion rates, and Li abundances. She is an Associate … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: Mar 13, 2019 – Dr. Luisa Rebull, Spitzer, and Star Formation” The post Weekly Space Hangout: Mar 13, 2019 – Dr. Luisa Rebull, Spitzer, and Star Formation appeared first onRead More →
This is What It’ll Look Like When the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Collide Billions of Years from Now What happens when two galaxies collide? The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are on a collision course, and in about 4.5 billion years, they will meet. Now astronomers using the Hubble have provided some visual insight into what that collision might look like. When two galaxies collide, it’s highly unlikely that any stars will … Continue reading “This is What It’ll Look Like When the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Collide Billions of Years from Now” The post This is What It’ll Look Like WhenRead More →
China’s Lunar Rover Wakes Up and Gets to Work for its 3rd Lunar Day The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released some new photos and updated the world on their lunar rover mission. The Yutu-2 rover is working its way into the history books on the lunar far side, exploring the Von Karman crater. It’s third lunar day is now in the record books. As of March 4th, … Continue reading “China’s Lunar Rover Wakes Up and Gets to Work for its 3rd Lunar Day” The post China’s Lunar Rover Wakes Up and Gets to Work for its 3rd Lunar Day appeared first onRead More →
Using Black Holes to Conquer Space: The Halo Drive! According to a new study, black holes could be used as a gravitational slingshot, allowing for interstellar space exploration. The post Using Black Holes to Conquer Space: The Halo Drive! appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Jupiter or Earth? Which One’s Which, and Why Do They Look so Similar? Jupiter: a massive, lifeless gas giant out there on the other side of the asteroid belt. It’s a behemoth, containing 2.5 times as much mass as all the other planets combined. To top it off, it’s named after the Roman God of War. Earth: a tiny rocky world, almost too close to the Sun, where … Continue reading “Jupiter or Earth? Which One’s Which, and Why Do They Look so Similar?” The post Jupiter or Earth? Which One’s Which, and Why Do They Look so Similar? appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
Now You Can See MU69 in Thrilling 3D The New Horizons team has released new images that take advantage of the “binocular effect” to create 3D impressions of Ultima Thule. The post Now You Can See MU69 in Thrilling 3D appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
A Newer, More Accurate Measurement Sets the Mass of the Milky Way at 1.5 Trillion Solar Masses Astronomers keep trying to measure the mass of the Milky Way and they keep coming up with different numbers. But it’s not that they’re bad at math. Measuring the mass of something as enormous as the Milky Way is confounding. Plus, we’re embedded in it; it takes some very clever maneuvering to constrain its mass. … Continue reading “A Newer, More Accurate Measurement Sets the Mass of the Milky Way at 1.5 Trillion Solar Masses” The post A Newer, More Accurate Measurement Sets the Mass of the MilkyRead More →
Messier 80 – the NGC 6093 Globular Cluster Located in the Scorpius constellation, roughly 32,600 light years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 80. The post Messier 80 – the NGC 6093 Globular Cluster appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Massive Photons Could Explain Dark Matter, But Don’t I’ll be the first to admit that we don’t understand dark matter. We do know for sure that something funny is going on at large scales in the universe (“large” here meaning at least as big as galaxies). In short, the numbers just aren’t adding up. For example, when we look at a galaxy and … Continue reading “Massive Photons Could Explain Dark Matter, But Don’t” The post Massive Photons Could Explain Dark Matter, But Don’t appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Pluto and Charon Don’t Have Enough Small Craters The New Horizons team just shared new findings about the lack of small craters on Pluto and Charon’s surface, which reveal things about the Kuiper Belt. The post Pluto and Charon Don’t Have Enough Small Craters appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
It Took 10 Years to Confirm the First Planet Ever Found by Kepler Even though astronomy people are fond of touting the number of exoplanets found by the Kepler spacecraft, those planets aren’t actually confirmed. They’re more correctly called candidate exoplanets, because the signals that show something’s out there, orbiting a distant star, can be caused by something other than exoplanets. It can actually take a long time … Continue reading “It Took 10 Years to Confirm the First Planet Ever Found by Kepler” The post It Took 10 Years to Confirm the First Planet Ever Found by Kepler appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
Ho-Hum. More Boring Success for SpaceX as Crew Dragon Splashes Down A few hours ago, the SpaceX Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 miles off the coast of Florida. The splashdown is the last act in what has been a successful first flight for the Crew Dragon. The flight, called Demo-1, was launched on March 2nd and spent five days at the … Continue reading “Ho-Hum. More Boring Success for SpaceX as Crew Dragon Splashes Down” The post Ho-Hum. More Boring Success for SpaceX as Crew Dragon Splashes Down appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
This is an Actual Photograph of the Shock Waves from Supersonic Jets Interacting with Each Other After more than 10 years of hard work, NASA has reached another milestone. We’re accustomed to NASA reaching milestones, but this one’s a little different. This one’s all about a type of photography that captures images of the flow of fluids. It’s called Schlieren Photography, and schlieren is German for “streaks.” It was first developed … Continue reading “This is an Actual Photograph of the Shock Waves from Supersonic Jets Interacting with Each Other” The post This is an Actual Photograph of the Shock Waves from Supersonic Jets InteractingRead More →
