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Universe Today
22 Jun 2020, 15:36 UTC
Several moons in our Solar System are “ocean worlds”, believed to have abundant liquid water in their interiors. What about in other planetary systems: how common are these ocean worlds in our galaxy?
Planets With Large Oceans are Probably Common in the Milky Way
22 Jun 2020, 15:36 UTC
Several moons in our Solar System are “ocean worlds”, believed to have abundant liquid water in their interiors. What about in other planetary systems: how common are these ocean worlds in our galaxy?
Bad Astronomy
19 Jun 2020, 15:06 UTC
Hubble has captured stunning images of two planetary nebulae: the gaseous and dusty winds blown into space when a Sun-like star dies. These wondrous shapes can reveal more information about the star they came from.
Hubble sees the spectacular deaths of stars like the Sun
19 Jun 2020, 15:06 UTC
Hubble has captured stunning images of two planetary nebulae: the gaseous and dusty winds blown into space when a Sun-like star dies. These wondrous shapes can reveal more information about the star they came from.
Astrobiology Magazine
18 Jun 2020, 15:32 UTC
There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky way Galaxy, according to new estimates by University of British Columbia astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler mission.
As many as six billion Earth-like planets may be in our galaxy
18 Jun 2020, 15:32 UTC
There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky way Galaxy, according to new estimates by University of British Columbia astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler mission.
SciTech Daily
18 Jun 2020, 10:30 UTC
A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light years away.
Origins Unknown: Astronomers Detect Regular Rhythm of Radio Waves From Outside Our Galaxy
18 Jun 2020, 10:30 UTC
A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light years away.
Centauri Dreams
17 Jun 2020, 16:28 UTC
38 K, which translates to -235 Celsius or -390 Fahrenheit, is cold enough to allow atmospheric nitrogen to condense as surface frost, which appears to be what is happening on Neptune’s large moon Triton. This is an intriguing place, with pinkish deposits at the enormous south polar cap that are thought to contain methane ice — the color would derive from reactions with sunlight to form a variety of pink or red compounds. Moreover, there are geyser-like plumes here that leave dark streaks over the ices, some of them active when Voyager 2 flew past.
Trident: Keeping an Eye on the Triton Flyby
17 Jun 2020, 16:28 UTC
38 K, which translates to -235 Celsius or -390 Fahrenheit, is cold enough to allow atmospheric nitrogen to condense as surface frost, which appears to be what is happening on Neptune’s large moon Triton. This is an intriguing place, with pinkish deposits at the enormous south polar cap that are thought to contain methane ice — the color would derive from reactions with sunlight to form a variety of pink or red compounds. Moreover, there are geyser-like plumes here that leave dark streaks over the ices, some of them active when Voyager 2 flew past.
