The Night is Disappearing and We're All Paying the Price
Reported by Universe Today
Step outside on a clear night almost anywhere in Britain and look up. Chances are you won't see much. An orange coloured washed out glow hangs over every town and city, drowning the stars in a tide of misdirected light. Now the Royal Astronomical Society i...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 13 May 2026 09:24 +0000
What Your Kitchen Sink Has in Common With Venus
Reported by Universe Today
Turn on your kitchen tap and watch the water hit the sink. That split second where fast, shallow water suddenly slows and spreads is known as a hydraulic jump. Now imagine the same thing happening in the atmosphere of Venus, but stretched across 6,000 kilo...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 13 May 2026 08:04 +0000
Four People in a Pixel
Reported by Universe Today
When NASA's Artemis II spacecraft carried four astronauts around the Moon earlier this year, the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope was quietly watching from a quiet valley in West Virginia. The Green Bank Telescope tracked the Orion capsule a...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 13 May 2026 07:53 +0000
America’s Emerald Isle
Reported by NASA
Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 13 May 2026 04:00 +0000
Were Martian Tides Strong Enough to Shape its Ancient Landscape?
Reported by Universe Today
You’re an anaerobic microbe sunbathing on a Martian beach billions of years ago listening to the small waves hit the shoreline as you take in the perchlorates in the Martian regolith. This is because while Mars is warm and wet, it still lacks sufficient ...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Wed, 13 May 2026 00:53 +0000
Before and After the 2025 Tsunami in Alaska
Reported by Universe Today
In 2025, a retreating glacier in Alaska caused a landslide into a fjord named Tracy Arm. The landslide triggered a tsunami that swept down the fjord into the ocean. The tsunami reached a height of more than 480 meters, the second highest tsunami ever recor...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Tue, 12 May 2026 22:19 +0000