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There Might be Enough Oxygen Below the Surface of Mars to Support Life According to new study supported by NASA, a team of researchers found that Mars may have enough oxygen in subsurface environments to support life. The post There Might be Enough Oxygen Below the Surface of Mars to Support Life appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Asteroid Phaethon breaks all the rules. It acts like a comet, it supplies particles to a meteor shower. Oh, and it’s blue A team of astronomers recently observed Phaeton, a Near-Earth Object (NEO) that behaves like both an asteroid and a comet The post Asteroid Phaethon breaks all the rules. It acts like a comet, it supplies particles to a meteor shower. Oh, and it’s blue appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Our New Book is Out! Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer It seems really surreal to say, but after about a year of work, our book is finally out. It’s called The Universe Today Ultimate Guide to Viewing the Cosmos: Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer. It was written by our own David Dickinson, who provides the majority of amateur astronomy news … Continue reading “Our New Book is Out! Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer” The post Our New Book is Out! Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur AstronomerRead More →
Binary Stars Orbiting Each Other INSIDE a Planetary Nebula An international team of astronomers recently observed an unexpected sight, a binary star system that is set to collide and explode in a nova inside of a nebula. The post Binary Stars Orbiting Each Other INSIDE a Planetary Nebula appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Being Cassini. Experience What It Was Like to Fly Past Jupiter and Saturn and Their Moons What would it be like to be onboard the Cassini orbiter as it made its way around Jupiter and Saturn and their moons? Pretty cool. Now a new video made from Cassini images pieces together parts of that stately journey. Kevin M. Gill, software and self-described data wrangler at NASA-JPL, put together a video that … Continue reading “Being Cassini. Experience What It Was Like to Fly Past Jupiter and Saturn and Their Moons” The post Being Cassini. Experience What It Was Like to Fly Past Jupiter and SaturnRead More →
Here You Go, It’s Official: Space Force. Seriously Though, Why Couldn’t they have Called it Star Fleet? Space Force is here. For real. The President said he was going to create it, and now the White House has released some details on this new branch of the US armed forces. The US Space Force will be the 6th branch of the armed forces, after the Navy, Air Force, Army, Marines and the … Continue reading “Here You Go, It’s Official: Space Force. Seriously Though, Why Couldn’t they have Called it Star Fleet?” The post Here You Go, It’s Official: Space Force. Seriously Though, Why Couldn’tRead More →
Polar Researchers Spot Two Rectangular Icebergs Some see the hand of God, some see the law of large numbers, and some just see cool looking icebergs. Whichever way you lean, these rectangular icebergs grab your attention. NASA scientist Jeremy Harbeck spotted the rectangular icebergs while working on Operation IceBridge. IceBridge is an ongoing NASA mission that uses a fleet of aircraft … Continue reading “Polar Researchers Spot Two Rectangular Icebergs” The post Polar Researchers Spot Two Rectangular Icebergs appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
It Could be Possible to Transfer Data Through Gravitational Waves A new study by a team of Russian scientists demonstrates how gravitational waves could be encoded to send information, in the same way that radio waves are used now. The post It Could be Possible to Transfer Data Through Gravitational Waves appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter Exotic dark matter theories. Gravitational waves. Observatories in space. Giant black holes. Colliding galaxies. Lasers. If you’re a fan of all the awesomest stuff in the universe, then this article is for you. Dark Matter and the Dwarf Galaxy Most of the contents of our universe are of a form completely unknown to physics. That’s … Continue reading “Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter” The post Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Gas and Dust Seen Swirling Around our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole A team using ALMA has observed gas and dust cloudlets near the super massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The post Gas and Dust Seen Swirling Around our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Carnival of Space #583 Welcome to the 583rd 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! The Hill How humans could explore the hellscape on Venus … Continue reading “Carnival of Space #583” The post Carnival of Space #583 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
NASA Has Some Cool Space Sounds You Can Use for Ringtones Have you always wanted some cool space sounds for your phone? Maybe a ringtone that says “Houston, Tranquility Base, here. The Eagle has landed.” Or maybe the iconic and historic Neil Armstrong utterance, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Well, now you can have them. NASA has delighted space … Continue reading “NASA Has Some Cool Space Sounds You Can Use for Ringtones” The post NASA Has Some Cool Space Sounds You Can Use for Ringtones appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered byRead More →
This is How NASA Releases Almost Half a Million Gallons of Water in 60 Seconds To keep the extremely powerful Space Launch System safe during launch, NASA has developed the IOP/SS (Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression water deluge system. It releases almost half a million gallons of water during launch. The post This is How NASA Releases Almost Half a Million Gallons of Water in 60 Seconds appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
To Find Evidence of Life on Exoplanets, Scientists Should Search for “Purple Earths” Finding potentially habitable planets beyond our Solar System is no easy task. While the number of confirmed extra-solar planets has grown by leaps and bounds in recent decades (3791 and counting!), the vast majority have been detected using indirect methods. This means that characterizing the atmospheres and surface conditions of these planets has been a … Continue reading “To Find Evidence of Life on Exoplanets, Scientists Should Search for “Purple Earths”” The post To Find Evidence of Life on Exoplanets, Scientists Should Search for “Purple Earths” appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
Astronomy Cast Ep. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely 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. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely” The post Astronomy Cast Ep. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered byRead More →
How the Hubble Unlocked the Universe As engineers and technicians work diligently to diagnose and develop a solution (at best) or work around (at worst) the recent gyroscope issues in the Hubble Space Telescope, it gives us a moment to check in and reflect on some of its greatest feats of science. Don’t worry, that great observatory in the sky isn’t … Continue reading “How the Hubble Unlocked the Universe” The post How the Hubble Unlocked the Universe appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
A Red Dwarf Blasts off a Superflare. Any Life on its Planets Would Have a Very Bad Day Astronomers observed a red dwarf superflare much more powerful than anything our Sun can produce. Bad news for any habitable-zone planets orbiting it. The post A Red Dwarf Blasts off a Superflare. Any Life on its Planets Would Have a Very Bad Day appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
How Mission Delays Hurt Young Astronomers Back in Ye Olden Times, the job of astronomer was a pretty exclusive club. Either you needed to be so rich and so bored that you could design, build, and operate your own private observatory, or you needed to have a rich and bored friend who could finance your cosmic curiosity for you. By contrast, … Continue reading “How Mission Delays Hurt Young Astronomers” The post How Mission Delays Hurt Young Astronomers appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
A Star Exploded as a Supernova and Then Collapsed Into a Neutron Star. But Only a Fraction of its Matter was Released An international team of scientists recently witnessed the birth of a binary neutron star system, which was indicated by a rather faint and short-lived supernova. The post A Star Exploded as a Supernova and Then Collapsed Into a Neutron Star. But Only a Fraction of its Matter was Released appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
Review: The Most Unknown We recently came across a fascinating documentary that not only looks at some of the big questions today in multi-interdisciplinary science. We’re talking about The Most Unknown, directed by Peabody-award winning filmmaker Ian Cheney The post Review: The Most Unknown appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source Powered by WPeMaticoRead More →
