Universe Today
3,600 Years ago, a 50-Meter-Wide Meteor Exploded in the Sky and Destroyed a City Near the Dead Sea
A Particle Physics Experiment Might Have Directly Observed Dark Energy
In a new study, a team of researchers proposed that Dark Matter detectors could also search for the elusive force that is causing our Universe to expand (Dark Energy)!
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NASA has a Ballistic air gun to Hurl Rocks at Space Suits to Test Their Micrometeorite Protection
Using Quasars as a New Standard Candle to Define Distance
A new study shows a way to gauge distance in the early Universe.
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By Using Dashcams and Security Cameras, Astronomers Were Able to Track Down the Location of a Meteorite
A LEGO® Version of the Very Large Telescope. It Even has a Laser Interferometer
NASA's VIPER Rover Will Hunt for Water Near Nobile Crater at Moon's South Pole
How Could we Light our Cities and Still See the Night Sky?
Accurately Forecasting the Weather on Mars and Titan
The Moon was Pummeled Even Harder by Asteroids Than it Looks
Astronomers See Carbon-Rich Nebulae Where Planets are Forming
ExoMars Will be Drilling 1.7 Meters to Pull its Samples From Below the Surface of Mars
The ESA just finished testing the drill that will allow the Rosalind Franklin rover to search for signs of life beneath the surface of Mars!
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Finally an Answer to why Gamma Rays are Coming From Seemingly Empty Space
A galaxy survey has shown us the origin of gamma rays from empty space.
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Astronaut Blood and Urine Could Help Build Structures on the Moon
Perseverance has Already Detected Over 300 Dust Devils and Vortices on Mars
Astronauts Have Used Bacteria to Extract Useful Metals out of Rocks
If Aliens Are Out There, We'll Meet Them in a Few Hundred Million Years
A new study indicates that aliens are probably out there, occupying half of the Universe, and we'll likely meet them in 200 million or to 2 billion years.
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Something big Just hit Jupiter!
A remnant of an asteroid or comet just hit Jupiter, and it was seen by amateur and professional astronomers all around the world!
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SpaceX Launches Four Civilians to Space with Inspiration4!
The Inspiration4 mission, the first all-civilian spaceflight in history, has launched to space and raised millions of dollars for cancer research.
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Cosmic Rays Erode Away All But the Largest Interstellar Objects
Here's How to Watch Inspiration4 Blast off on Wednesday.
The Inspiration4 mission is a "go" and the crew is ready to make the first all-civilian spaceflight in history!
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A 6-Year Search of the Outer Solar System Turns up 461 new Objects (but no Planet 9)
After six years of observing the cosmos, the Dark Energy Survey has announced that it is also responsible for discovering hundreds of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs)
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Why is James Webb Traveling to the Launch Site by Boat and not an Airplane?
Cosmic Dawn Holds the Answers to Many of Astronomy's Greatest Questions
A new study takes a look at what astronomers will be able to see when the Cosmic Dawn becomes observable in the near future.
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Here's What it Would Be Like to Fly Low Over Jupiter's Cloudtops
We Knew Black Holes Have a Temperature. It Turns out They Also Have a Pressure
Black holes have a pressure as well as a temperature, thanks to the thermodynamics of quantum gravity.
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Here's Our Best View Yet of Asteroid Kleopatra
The European Southern Observatory returns stunning views of an enigmatic asteroid.
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A New Way to Search for Exomoons
There's Now a Gas Station... In Space!
A new startup has created the world's first gas station in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which will extend the lives of all of the satellites that will be going to space very soon!
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The Milky Way Hasn't Been Evenly Mixed
Researchers Create the Most Powerful Magnet Ever Made on Earth: 20 Teslas
Researchers Generate an Entire Virtual Universe and Make it Available for Download (if you Have 100 Terabytes of Free Hard Drive Space)
You could fit an entire simulated universe in your pocket, if you have $40,000 to spare.
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In Addition to Gravitational Waves, is There any way to Detect Merging Black Holes
ALMA's new Receivers Will let it see Longer Wavelengths, Peering Closer to the Beginning of the Universe
Why are Rubble Pile Asteroids Shaped Like Diamonds?
There Should be More Material Left Over From Bombardment Eras. Maybe the Sun Blew it all Away?
Astronomers Create 3D Printed Nebulae
Perseverance Drills Another Hole, and This Time the Sample is Intact
After failing in its first try, the Perseverance rover just successfully obtained a rock sample from the Martian surface that will someday be brought back to Earth.
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White Dwarfs can Continue Burning Hydrogen, Even After They're Dead
Protoplanetary Disks Throw Out More Material Than Gets Turned Into Planets
Space Continues to be Hard. Firefly's Alpha Rocket Detonates Shortly After Launch
Ground-Based Observatories Could use Starshades to see Planets too
This is a 3D-Printed Steel Floor Prototype for a Lunar Habitat
The ESA's has unveiled a key piece of their proposed lunar habitat, a 3D-printed steel floor frame.
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NASA has too Many Spacecraft to Communicate With. Time to Build More Dishes
Pencil December 18th (tentatively) into your calendar. That's when James Webb probably launches
What Formed the Strange Troughs on Vesta?
A Flurry of Fall Binocular Comets
Fall 2021 offers up an all-night parade of challenging telescopic comets.
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There are Natural Features on Mars That Could Serve as Radiation Shelters
A Black Hole or Neutron Star Fell Into Another Star and Triggered a Supernova
Here's Lake Mead's Record Low Water Levels Seen From Space
