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As Expected, the Newly Upgraded LIGO is Finding a Black Hole Merger Every Week The LIGO detector is back online after months of upgrades, and has made two new detections already! The post As Expected, the Newly Upgraded LIGO is Finding a Black Hole Merger Every Week appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Astronomers Catch a Superflare From a Puny Star Astronomers recently spied a massive flare on a tiny diminutive star, a powerful, radiation spewing event that you wouldn’t want to witness up close. The post Astronomers Catch a Superflare From a Puny Star appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Weekly Space Hangout: Apr 24, 2019 – Nathaniel Putzig and Gareth Morgan of the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) Sounder Team on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) 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. Nathaniel Putzig (Than) is a Senior Scientist with the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), and he serves as the US Team Leader for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: Apr 24, 2019 – Nathaniel Putzig and Gareth Morgan of the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) Sounder Team on the MarsRead More →
Astronomers Think a Meteor Came from Outside the Solar System When ‘Oumuamua was first detected on October 19th, 2017, astronomers were understandably confused about the nature of this strange object. Initially thought to be an interstellar comet, it was then designated as an interstellar asteroid. But when it picked up velocity as it departed our Solar System (a very comet-like thing to do), scientists could … Continue reading “Astronomers Think a Meteor Came from Outside the Solar System” The post Astronomers Think a Meteor Came from Outside the Solar System appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Barfing Neutron Stars Reveal Their Inner Guts We don’t really understand neutron stars. Oh, we know that they are – they’re the leftover remnants of some of the most massive stars in the universe – but revealing their inner workings is a little bit tricky, because the physics keeping them alive is only poorly understood. But every once in a while two … Continue reading “Barfing Neutron Stars Reveal Their Inner Guts” The post Barfing Neutron Stars Reveal Their Inner Guts appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
You Could Travel Through a Wormhole, but it’s Slower Than Going Through Space A new study reveals that traveling through a wormhole may actually be possible, but don’t count on it saving you any time! The post You Could Travel Through a Wormhole, but it’s Slower Than Going Through Space appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Ep. 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest Ancient peoples had no light pollution, and they knew the night skies very well. In fact, they depends on them to know when to plant and when to harvest. Today Pamela talks about the archeoastronomical sites of the American Southwest. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EST / 12:00 pm PST … Continue reading “Ep. 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest” The post Ep. 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Carnival of Space #608 It’s that time again! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #608. 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. … Continue reading “Carnival of Space #608” The post Carnival of Space #608 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
What Will the James Webb Space Telescope See? A Whole Bunch of Dust, That’s What When it comes to the first galaxies, the James Webb Space Telescope will attempt to understand the formation of those galaxies and their link to the underlying dark matter. In case you didn’t know, most of the matter in our universe is invisible (a.k.a. “dark”), but its gravity binds everything together, including galaxies. So by … Continue reading “What Will the James Webb Space Telescope See? A Whole Bunch of Dust, That’s What” The post What Will the James Webb Space Telescope See? A Whole Bunch of Dust, That’s WhatRead More →
The First Molecule that was Possible in the Universe has been Seen in Space It takes a rich and diverse set of complex molecules for things like stars, galaxies, planets and lifeforms like us to exist. But before humans and all the complex molecules we’re made of could exist, there had to be that first primordial molecule that started a long chain of chemical events that led to everything … Continue reading “The First Molecule that was Possible in the Universe has been Seen in Space” The post The First Molecule that was Possible in the Universe has been Seen in Space appeared first onRead More →
The World’s Biggest Aircraft – the Rocket-Launching Stratolaunch – Completes its First Test Flight Stratolaunch recently conducted the first test flight of its air-carrier plane, the largest and heaviest aircraft in the world. The post The World’s Biggest Aircraft – the Rocket-Launching Stratolaunch – Completes its First Test Flight appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Methane-Filled Lakes on Titan are “Surprisingly Deep” The Cassini mission to Saturn and its moons wrapped up in 2017, when the spacecraft was sent plunging into the gas giant to meet its end. But there’s still a lot of data from the mission to keep scientists busy. A team of scientists working with Cassini data have made a surprising discovery: Titan’s methane-filled … Continue reading “Methane-Filled Lakes on Titan are “Surprisingly Deep”” The post Methane-Filled Lakes on Titan are “Surprisingly Deep” appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
TESS Just Found its First Earth-Sized World NASA’s new planet-hunting telescope, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), just found its first Earth-sized world. Though the Earth-sized planet, and its hot sub-Neptune companion, were first observed by TESS in January 2019, it’s taken until now to confirm their status with ground-based follow-up observations. The discovery is published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. When TESS … Continue reading “TESS Just Found its First Earth-Sized World” The post TESS Just Found its First Earth-Sized World appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Astronomers Find a Chunk of a Comet Inside a Meteorite The early days of the Solar System are hard to piece together from our vantage point, billions of years after it happened. Now a team of scientists have found a tiny chunk of an ancient comet inside an ancient meteorite. They say it sheds light on the early days of the Solar System when planets … Continue reading “Astronomers Find a Chunk of a Comet Inside a Meteorite” The post Astronomers Find a Chunk of a Comet Inside a Meteorite appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Astro-Challenge: Spotting Slender Moons Up for a challenge? Some of the toughest targets for a backyard observer involve little or no equipment at all. Northern hemisphere Spring brings with it one of our favorite astronomical pursuits: the first sighting of the extremely thin, waxing crescent Moon. This unique feat of visual athletics may be fairly straight forward… but it’s tougher than you think. The angle of the evening ecliptic in the Spring is still fairly high for mid-northern latitudes, taking the Moon up and out of the weeds as a waxing crescent. The post Astro-Challenge: Spotting Slender Moons appeared first on Universe Today. Universe TodayRead More →
SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation Construction Begins. 2,200 Satellites Will go up Over the Next 5 years Musk recently announced that SpaceX will begin deploying the first batch of its internet satellites next year and continuing until 2024. The post SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation Construction Begins. 2,200 Satellites Will go up Over the Next 5 years appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Despite the Crash, SpaceIL is Going Back to the Moon with Beresheet 2 Beresheet, the unlikely lander built with donations to a non-profit group, crashed into the Moon. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a historic accomplishment in its own way. Now SpaceIL, the non-profit behind Beresheet, wants to send another lander to the Moon. The Beresheet lander crashed into the Moon last week, on its final descent. … Continue reading “Despite the Crash, SpaceIL is Going Back to the Moon with Beresheet 2” The post Despite the Crash, SpaceIL is Going Back to the Moon with Beresheet 2 appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
Curiosity has Finally Sampled a Clay-Rich Region on Mars It’s hard to believe that MSL Curiosity has been on Mars for almost seven years. But it has, and during that time, the rover has explored Gale Crater and Mt. Sharp, the central peak inside the crater. And while it has used its drill multiple times to take rock samples, this is the first sample … Continue reading “Curiosity has Finally Sampled a Clay-Rich Region on Mars” The post Curiosity has Finally Sampled a Clay-Rich Region on Mars appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
NASA Wants to Send a Low-Cost Mission to Explore Neptune’s Moon Triton A team of researchers from NASA and the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) recently proposed a low-cost mission to explore Neptune’s largest moon, Triton. The post NASA Wants to Send a Low-Cost Mission to Explore Neptune’s Moon Triton appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Weekly Space Hangout: Apr 17, 2019 – Dr. Dorothy Oehler Talks “No Methane on Mars?” Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Dr. Dorothy Z. Oehler is a planetary geologist and Precambrian paleontologist. She is interested in using martian geomorphology to better understand the history of the planet and identify regions where accumulations of organic materials … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: Apr 17, 2019 – Dr. Dorothy Oehler Talks “No Methane on Mars?”” The post Weekly Space Hangout: Apr 17, 2019 – Dr. Dorothy Oehler Talks “No Methane on Mars?”Read More →
