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SpaceX just launched 60 satellites for its Starlink Constellation. Internet service providers should be very worried. SpaceX just launched the first 60 satellites that will make up their Starlink broadband internet service provider. The post SpaceX just launched 60 satellites for its Starlink Constellation. Internet service providers should be very worried. appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

An Insulating Layer of Gas Could Keep a Liquid Ocean Inside Pluto A new study led by Japanese researchers indicates that Pluto could have a subsurface ocean, provided there is an “insulating layer” beneath the ice. The post An Insulating Layer of Gas Could Keep a Liquid Ocean Inside Pluto appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

The Collision that Created the Moon Might Have Also Brought Water to the Early Earth Scientists at the University of Munster have discovered that Earth got its water from a collision with Theia. Theia was the ancient body that collided with Earth and formed the Moon. Their discovery shows that Earth’s water is much more ancient than previously thought. The standing theory for the formation of the Moon involves an … Continue reading “The Collision that Created the Moon Might Have Also Brought Water to the Early Earth” The post The Collision that Created the Moon Might Have Also Brought Water to the Early EarthRead More →

Bizarre Star Could be the Result of Two White Dwarfs Merging Together Stars live and die on epic time scales. Tens of millions of years, hundreds of millions of years, even billions of years or longer. Maybe the only thing that surpasses that epicness is when two dead stars join together and come back to life. Astronomers at the University of Bonn in Germany, along with colleagues … Continue reading “Bizarre Star Could be the Result of Two White Dwarfs Merging Together” The post Bizarre Star Could be the Result of Two White Dwarfs Merging Together appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go toRead More →

Weekly Space Hangout: May 22, 2019 – Dr. Susan Bailey of the NASA TWINS Study Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Brian Koberlein (briankoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein) Dr. Susan Bailey is a Professor and Radiation Cancer Biologist in the Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences (ERHS) at … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: May 22, 2019 – Dr. Susan Bailey of the NASA TWINS Study” The post Weekly Space Hangout: May 22, 2019 – Dr. Susan Bailey of the NASA TWINS StudyRead More →

NASA has Picked the Companies That’ll Help Build its Lunar Landers NASA has chosen 11 American companies to help them build the next lunar landers that will carry humans to the surface of the Moon. The 11 companies will conduct studies and work on prototype landers in the coming years. It’s all part of NASA’s Artemis mission, and the mission’s 2024 date with the surface of … Continue reading “NASA has Picked the Companies That’ll Help Build its Lunar Landers” The post NASA has Picked the Companies That’ll Help Build its Lunar Landers appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Don’t Forget, Curiosity’s Sister Rover is Flying to Mars in 2020 The Mars 2020 mission is getting ever closer to the day when it will be launched to the Red Planet. The post Don’t Forget, Curiosity’s Sister Rover is Flying to Mars in 2020 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Planetary Society’s Light Sail 2 is Set to Launch on a Falcon Heavy Rocket Next Month The Planetary Society is going to launch their LightSail 2 CubeSat next month. LightSail 2 is a test mission designed to study the feasibility of using sunlight for propulsion. The small satellite will use the pressure of sunlight on its solar sails to propel its way to a higher orbit. The launch is scheduled for … Continue reading “Planetary Society’s Light Sail 2 is Set to Launch on a Falcon Heavy Rocket Next Month” The post Planetary Society’s Light Sail 2 is Set to Launch on a Falcon HeavyRead More →

Interview with Dennis E. Taylor, Author of the Bobiverse Trilogy This week I had a fantastic opportunity to interview one of my favorite authors, Dennis E. Taylor, the author of We Are Legion (We Are Bob), and the rest of the Bobiverse Trilogy. We had a great conversation about the challenges in writing science fiction during a time when science has come so far, what … Continue reading “Interview with Dennis E. Taylor, Author of the Bobiverse Trilogy” The post Interview with Dennis E. Taylor, Author of the Bobiverse Trilogy appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Chang’e-4 Lander and its Rover Have Turned up new Mysteries on the Moon’s far side. The Moon’s Mantle Blasted Onto the Surface? China’s Chang’e-4 lunar mission recently gathered data that suggests that the impact that created the largest impact crater on the Moon could have blasted some of its mantle material onto the surface. The post Chang’e-4 Lander and its Rover Have Turned up new Mysteries on the Moon’s far side. The Moon’s Mantle Blasted Onto the Surface? appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Mars Odyssey Reveals Phobos Using THEMIS NASA’s aging 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter recently snapped some unique views of the twin moons Phobos and Deimos, in an effort to better understand their texture and surface composition. The post Mars Odyssey Reveals Phobos Using THEMIS appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Messier 86 – the NGC 4406 Elliptical Galaxy Located in the constellation Virgo, about 54 million light years from Earth, is the elliptical galaxy known as Messier 86. The post Messier 86 – the NGC 4406 Elliptical Galaxy appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Most of the Solar System Should be a Protected Wilderness. One-Eighth Left for Mining and Resource Exploitation A new study by an astrophysicist and a professor of ethics takes a look at the future of humanity in space, and recommends we set aside most of the Solar System aside as protected wilderness. The post Most of the Solar System Should be a Protected Wilderness. One-Eighth Left for Mining and Resource Exploitation appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Carnival of Space #612 Welcome to the 612th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit their best work each week for your benefit. We have a fantastic roundup today so now, on to this week’s worth of stories! Universe Today: A Supercomputer has been Designed to run the … Continue reading “Carnival of Space #612” The post Carnival of Space #612 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Can You Spot a Planetary Nebula from a Few Blurry Pixels? Astronomers Can – Here’s How A planetary nebula is one of the most beautiful objects in the universe. Formed from the decaying remnants of a mid-sized star like a sun, no two are alike. Cosmically ephemeral, they last for only about 10,000 years – a blink of a cosmic eye. And yet they are vitally important, as their processed elements … Continue reading “Can You Spot a Planetary Nebula from a Few Blurry Pixels? Astronomers Can – Here’s How” The post Can You Spot a Planetary Nebula from a Few Blurry Pixels? Astronomers CanRead More →

Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes In the ongoing search for intelligent life, a new study recommends that we look for signs of an advanced civilization harnessing the power of neutrinos to create a beacon. The post Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Small, Tough Planets can Survive the Death of Their Star Sad fact of the Universe is that all stars will die, eventually. And when they do, what happens to their babies? Usually, the prognosis for the planets around a dying star is not good, but a new study says some might in fact survive. A group of astronomers have taken a closer look at what … Continue reading “Small, Tough Planets can Survive the Death of Their Star” The post Small, Tough Planets can Survive the Death of Their Star appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Is Dark Matter Made of Axions? Black Holes May Reveal the Answer What is dark matter made of? It’s one of the most perplexing questions of modern astronomy. We know that dark matter is out there, since we can see its obvious gravitational influence on everything from galaxies to the evolution of the entire universe, but we don’t know what it is. Our best guess is that … Continue reading “Is Dark Matter Made of Axions? Black Holes May Reveal the Answer” The post Is Dark Matter Made of Axions? Black Holes May Reveal the Answer appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go toRead More →

Here’s Where Beresheet Crashed into the Moon The Beresheet lander came oh-so-close to touching down on the surface of the Moon, but something went wrong and it didn’t make it. Now, thanks to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the exact point of impact can be seen. The images were captured 11 days after Beresheet crashed into the Moon. Beresheet would’ve been the first … Continue reading “Here’s Where Beresheet Crashed into the Moon” The post Here’s Where Beresheet Crashed into the Moon appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Today is the Highest Concentration of Atmospheric CO2 in Human History. 415 Parts Per Million. Last Time it Was This High, There Were Trees at the South Pole Think about this for a minute: We humans and our emissions are helping turn back the climatological clock by 2 or 3 million years, possibly more. Not since that time, called the Pliocene Epoch, has the CO2 ppm risen above 400. Way back then, the CO2 helped keep the Earth’s temperature 2 to 3 degrees … Continue reading “Today is the Highest Concentration of Atmospheric CO2 in Human History. 415 Parts Per Million. Last Time it WasRead More →