As NASA explores the unknown in air and space, a new mission to survey ultraviolet light across the entire sky will provide the agency with more insight into how galaxies…
Category: Astronomy
Earth to be Exhibit A for Lunar Exoplanet Research
When Jake Turner was a kid in rural Colorado, he had pictures of all the Apollo lunar missions thumbtacked to his bedroom walls, along with Neil Armstrong’s words, “One small…
NASA Telescopes Find New Clues About Mysterious Deep Space Signals
Using two of the agency’s X-ray telescopes, researchers zoomed in on a dead star’s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief burst of radio waves. In an ejection that…
Sun’s surprising activity surge in Solar Orbiter snapshot
See how the Sun changed between February 2021 and October 2023. As the Sun approaches the maximum in its magnetic activity cycle, we see more brilliant explosions, dark sunspots, loops of…
Ready, set, go! Euclid begins its dark Universe survey
The problem was that a tiny amount of unwanted sunlight reached Euclid’s visible instrument (VIS) at specific angles, even with the spacecraft’s sunshield (its back) turned towards the Sun. Artist…
XMM-Newton Spots a Black Hole Throwing a Tantrum
Black holes are like temperamental toddlers. They spill food all the time, but ESA’s XMM-Newton has caught a black hole in the act of ‘flipping over the table’ during an…
Once a Spy Satellite, Now a Telescope With an Eye on the Cosmos
NASA is gearing up for the highly anticipated May 2027 launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and the astronomy and cosmology community is already buzzing with excitement. Dubbed…
Astronomers Make Rare Exoplanet Discovery – and a Giant Leap in Detecting Earth-like Bodies
Astronomers have made the rare discovery of a small, cold exoplanet and its massive outer companion – shedding light on the formation of planets like Earth. Exoplanet – illustrative photo.…
Experts to explore Eclipse at a planetarium panel discussion
UTA experts to explore eclipse at Planetarium panel discussion ‘Exploring the Eclipse’ talk at UTA Planetarium sponsored by The Dallas Morning News Image credit: UTA The Dallas Morning News and…
Confirmation of Ancient Lake on Mars Builds Excitement for Perseverance Rover’s Samples
Ground-penetrating radar reveals eons of environmental changes on Mars, offers hope that soil samples hold traces of life. If life ever existed on Mars, the Perseverance rover’s verification of lake…
