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Insight Mission to Mars

LIGO Just Got a Big Upgrade, Will Begin Searching for Gravitational Waves Again on April 1st March 20, 2019

After undergoing upgrades, the LIGO observatory will be going back online this April, with "almost daily" detections of gravitational wave events expected. The post LIGO Just Got a Big Upgrade, Will Begin Searching for Gravitational Waves Again on April 1st appeared first on Universe Today.

Matt Williams

Weekly Space Hangout: March 20, 2019 – Dr. Michael Zemcov of NASA’s SPHEREx Mission March 20, 2019

Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Dr. Michael Zemcov is a research professor at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Detectors and the School of Physics and Astronomy. Dr. Zemcov’s primary focus is […]

Susie Murph

Six People Have Begun a 122-Day Simulated Mission on the Moon March 19, 2019

The SIRIUS-19 experiment recently kicked off, with six cosmonauts entering a simulated lunar environment (where they will spend the next 122 days conducting experiments). The post Six People Have Begun a 122-Day Simulated Mission on the Moon appeared first on Universe Today.

Matt Williams

Almost 13,000 Years Ago, a Comet Impact Set Everything on Fire March 19, 2019

A new discovery in South America has added further weight to the Young Dryas Impact theory, which states that a sudden shift in its climate 12,800 years ago was due to a comet hitting Earth. The post Almost 13,000 Years Ago, a Comet Impact Set Everything on Fire appeared first on Universe Today.

Matt Williams

SpaceX Tests the Starship’s Hexagonal Heatshield. Starhopper Tests Could Come as Early as This Week March 19, 2019

The milestones just keep coming for SpaceX. After the recent successful test flight of the Crew Dragon capsule, another of SpaceX’s ventures is about to meet its own milestone. The SpaceX Starhopper could have its first test flight as soon as this week. SpaceX hasn’t exactly come right out and announced that they will test […]

Evan Gough