We Could Detect Extraterrestrial Satellite Megaconstellations Within a few Hundred Light-Years

   16 hours ago  |  Universe Today

If an alien civilization has a Starlink-like constellation of satellites, we might be able to find them.
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New All-Sky Map of the Milky Way?s Galactic Halo

   07 May 00:00:05  |  Universe Today

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SpaceX?s SN15 Starship Prototype Nails It!

   07 May 00:00:05  |  Universe Today

On the fifth attempt, SpaceX nailed the high-altitude flight test with a Starship prototype! Onward and upward we go!
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Dune Fields in Gale Crater Tell the Story of Mars? Shifting Climate Over Eons

   06 May 00:00:05  |  Universe Today

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Dark Matter Could Change the Temperature of Exoplanets, Allowing us to Detect it

   06 May 00:00:05  |  Universe Today

If dark matter exists, it could make Jupiter-like exoplanets warmer than we expect.
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Ain?t like Dusting Crops!? How We?ll Actually Navigate Interstellar Space

   05 May 00:00:14  |  Universe Today

May the 4th be With You! Blasting out of Mos Eisley Space Port, the Millennium Falcon carries our adventurers off Tatooine bringing Luke Skywalker across the threshold into space. With Imperial Star Destroyers closing, Luke bemoans Han Solo’s delay in jumping to Hyperspace. It takes time to make these calculations through the Falcon’s ?Navicomputer.? Han …
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How Long is a Day on Venus? We Finally Know the Exact Answer

   05 May 00:00:14  |  Universe Today

Using the radio-echo timing technique, a team of researchers have precisely measured the length of a day on Venus
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Instead of Betelgeuse, Keep Your eye on AG Carinae, Another Star That?s About to go Supernova

   04 May 00:00:06  |  Universe Today

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Astronomers are Watching a gas Giant Grow, Right in Front of Their Eyes

   04 May 00:00:06  |  Universe Today

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