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Planetary Sciences Mar 25, 2024

Geomagnetic storm from a solar flare could disrupt radio communications and create a striking aurora

Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday, saying an ouburst of plasma from a solar flare could interfere with radio transmissions on Earth. It could also make for great aurora viewing.

Ecology Mar 24, 2024

Nevada's first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change

In what will be a tiny big-game hunt for some of the largest animals in North America, Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunting season this fall.

Astronomy Mar 23, 2024

'Dark stars': Dark matter may form exploding stars, and observing the damage could help reveal what it's made of

Dark matter is a ghostly substance that astronomers have failed to detect for decades, yet which we know has an enormous influence on normal matter in the universe, such as stars and galaxies. Through the massive gravitational ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 22, 2024

April's total solar eclipse promises to be the best yet for experiments

April's total solar eclipse promises to be a scientific bonanza, thanks to new spacecraft and telescopes—and cosmic chance.

Astronomy Mar 21, 2024

Secrets of the Van Allen belt revealed in new study

A challenge to space scientists to better understand our hazardous near-Earth space environment has been set in a new study led by the University of Birmingham.

Astronomy Mar 21, 2024

How a balloon-borne experiment can do the job of the Hubble space telescope

An astronomical telescope designed to complement the aging Hubble Space Telescope lifted off from New Zealand's south island on April 16 2023. But as a sphere the size of a football stadium rose silently and slowly over the ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 19, 2024

NASA study: Asteroid's orbit, shape changed after DART impact

After NASA's historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk.

Space Exploration Mar 18, 2024

Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He was 93.

Astronomy Mar 18, 2024

The cosmic neutrino background would tell us plenty about the universe, says researcher

Readers of Universe Today are probably already familiar with the concept of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Its serendipitous discovery by a pair of radio astronomers at Bell Labs is the stuff of astronomical legend. ...

Space Exploration Mar 15, 2024

Flying first on Ariane 6

With Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket now at its spaceport in French Guiana, the passengers it will launch to space are getting ready to be added to the top of the tall new rocket. Ariane 6 will launch several satellites, deployers ...

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