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Australian astronomers have been able to double the number of mysterious fast radio bursts discovered so far Using the Australia Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder in western Australia, a team of researchers almost doubled the number of FRBs observed in our Universe The post Australian astronomers have been able to double the number of mysterious fast radio bursts discovered so far appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Surprising Discovery. Four Giant Planets Found Around a Very Young Star What exactly is a “normal” solar system? If we thought we had some idea in the past, we definitely don’t now. And a new study led by astronomers at Cambridge University has reinforced this fact. The new study found four gas giant planets, similar to our own Jupiter and Saturn, orbiting a very young star … Continue reading “Surprising Discovery. Four Giant Planets Found Around a Very Young Star” The post Surprising Discovery. Four Giant Planets Found Around a Very Young Star appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered byRead More →

Here’s What the First Images from the Event Horizon Might Look Like The Event Horizon Telescope has completed its observations. Now scientists are crunching the data and hope to soon have the very first picture of a black hole’s event horizon. The post Here’s What the First Images from the Event Horizon Might Look Like appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

You’ve Got to Watch this Stunning NASA Video of Arctic Sea Ice. Now at its Lowest Levels In the 60 years that NASA has been keeping track, the arctic seasonal sea ice is the thinnest and youngest it’s ever been. It also covers a much smaller area. The post You’ve Got to Watch this Stunning NASA Video of Arctic Sea Ice. Now at its Lowest Levels appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Astronomers Get Ready, Another Artificial Star to Ruin Your Data is Coming. Artist is Planning to Launch a Giant, Unfolding Structure That’ll be Bright in the Sky For a Few Months In collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art and some private aerospace companies, artists Trevor Paglen plans to launch the world’s first satellite that has a strictly artistic purpose. The post Astronomers Get Ready, Another Artificial Star to Ruin Your Data is Coming. Artist is Planning to Launch a Giant, Unfolding Structure That’ll be Bright in the Sky For a Few Months appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered byRead More →

Plans for a Modular Martian Base on that Would Provide its own Radiation Shielding At this year’s AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, engineer Marco Peroni presented his proposal for a modular Martian base that would provide its own radiation shielding. The post Plans for a Modular Martian Base on that Would Provide its own Radiation Shielding appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

The Path that MASCOT Took Across Asteroid Ryugu During its 17 Hours of Life The tiny robot lander MASCOT did a fine job on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, and its zigzag path allowed it to gather important data on this ancient piece of rock. The post The Path that MASCOT Took Across Asteroid Ryugu During its 17 Hours of Life appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Carnival of Space #582 This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #582. 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 #582” The post Carnival of Space #582 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter A new study shows that the surface of Ganymede was once a very tectonically active place, with evidence of slip-faulting similar to the San Andreas Fault. The post Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

The Milky Way Could Be Spreading Life From Star to Star A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics addresses the possibility of panspermia on a galactic (and intergalactic) scale The post The Milky Way Could Be Spreading Life From Star to Star appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Next Generation Telescopes Could Use “Teleportation” to Take Better Images According to a new study by an international team of scientists, quantum mechanics may allow for some truly-cutting edge astronomy in the near future. The post Next Generation Telescopes Could Use “Teleportation” to Take Better Images appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

What Neil Armstrong’s Sons Really Think About the Movie “First Man” Like millions of other people around the world, on July 20, 1969, Rick and Mark Armstrong watched Apollo 11’s moon landing on the television set in their living room. But for those two boys – aged 12 and 6 at the time – it was their Dad who was taking humanity’s first steps on another … Continue reading “What Neil Armstrong’s Sons Really Think About the Movie “First Man”” The post What Neil Armstrong’s Sons Really Think About the Movie “First Man” appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered byRead More →

Soyuz Launch Carrying Two Astronauts is Forced to Abort, Landing Safely Back on Earth A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two crew members to the ISS has experienced a booster failure. The craft executed an emergency landing and both crew are safe. The post Soyuz Launch Carrying Two Astronauts is Forced to Abort, Landing Safely Back on Earth appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past According to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute, Ceres poles reoriented sometime in the past, which bolsters the case for it having an interior ocean. The post Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 – Sean Carroll 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. Sean Carroll is a blogger, author, and theoretical physicist at Caltech where he investigates dark matter/dark energy, modified gravity, and multiple other topics in cosmology, field … Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 – Sean Carroll” The post Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 – Sean Carroll appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

348 Years Ago, a French Astronomer Monk Might have Witnessed the Collision Between a White and Brown Dwarf Star A collision between a white dwarf and a brown dwarf created the object we call CK Vulpeculae. It was first observed 348 years ago by French Monk Astronomer Per Dom Anthelme. The post 348 Years Ago, a French Astronomer Monk Might have Witnessed the Collision Between a White and Brown Dwarf Star appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited We’re not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and Enceladus. Good news, there are hundreds, if not thousands of times more of them than worlds like Earth. Bad news, they’re locked in ice. What have we learned about water worlds and their potential for … Continue reading “Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited” The post Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Europa is Going to be Tough to Land on, it Could Have Towering Walls of Ice Spikes Across its Surface According to a new NASA-backed study, Europa’s surface may be covered in towering icy spikes, which could make a landed mission there difficult. The post Europa is Going to be Tough to Land on, it Could Have Towering Walls of Ice Spikes Across its Surface appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

New Image Shows the Rugged Landscape of Comet 67P Thanks to an amateur astronomer, the latest image to come from the Rosetta mission provides of glimpse of the surface of Comet 67P and reminds us of the mission’s accomplishments. The post New Image Shows the Rugged Landscape of Comet 67P appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →

Microsoft and Partners Hope to Create a Time Capsule… On the Moon! Microsoft has teamed up with researchers to create a time capsule using synthetic DNA, which will be sent to the Moon in 2020. The post Microsoft and Partners Hope to Create a Time Capsule… On the Moon! appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →