Universe Today
Europe Launches its new Robotic arm, Which Will Crawl Around the International Space Station Like an Inchworm
Perseverance is About to Collect the First Sample on Mars That Could Eventually be Returned to Earth
Mission controllers at NASA are making final preparations for the Perseverance rover to obtain its first sample of Martian rock, which will be returned to Earth for analysis.
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When the Sun Dies, Earth's Magnetosphere won't Provide Protection any More
Zhurong Finds its Own Parachute on the Surface of Mars
A Gravitational Wave Observatory on the Moon Could "Hear" 70% of the Observable Universe
A gravitational-wave telescope on the Moon could span the gap between Earth-based and space-based observations.
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Incredible! Astronomers see a Moon-Forming Disk Around a Newly Forming Planet
Observing the Night Side of Venus is Actually Pretty Tricky
Russia Just Launched a New Science Module to the Space Station
A new Balloon-Based Observatory Could Produce Images as Fine as Hubble
The Moon has Been Mildly Preventing Coastal Erosion, in the 2030s, That Protection Ends
According to a new study, the Moon will be entering an orbital phase by the mid-2030s, which will drastically affect sea level rises.
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Scientists Have a new way to Predict the Most Damaging Solar Storms
Micrometeorites Churn up the Surface of Europa. If you Want to Find Life, You'll Need to dig Down a Meter or So
According to new research, impact craters caused by micrometeorites are the best place to look for evidence that life exists beneath Europa's icy shell.
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Neutron Stars Have Mountains, They're Just a Fraction of a Millimeter High
Here are the First New Pictures From the Fully Operational Hubble
Ions Surf Through Jupiter's Magnetic Field, Triggering its Auroras
This is the View From Juno During its Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
What's Next for Blue Origin After Today's Successful Flight?
At a post-flight press conference, Jeff Bezos made several announcements and spoke about the next steps Blue Origin will take.
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Blue Origin Successfully Launches the Oldest and Youngest Person to Ever go to Space (oh, and Jeff Bezos too)
Good News! NASA Announces that they have Fixed Hubble!
NASA has announced that after more than a month of troubleshooting, the Hubble Space Telescope is operational once more!
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Volcanic Activity on Venus Could Explain Phosphine
Where can we find a fifth force of nature?
We Need to Fix Space Junk Before It's Too Late
Fantastic Visualization Shows What Would Happen if you Dropped a Ball Across the Solar System
New Images of Mars From China's Rover
China has released a new series of images that shows the progress their Zhurong rover has made on the Martian surface.
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WIMPS vs. Axions: What is dark matter?
Is the Universe a Fractal?
Ingenuity is now Mapping the Terrain Around Perseverance
Don't Be Surprised if EmDrive Experiments Never Work
Shanghai is About to Open the World's Largest Astronomy Museum
The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, the largest museum in the world dedicated solely to the study of the cosmos, will open its door to the public next week.
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Here’s SpaceX’s new Drone Ship: “A Shortfall of Gravitas”
How did Supermassive Black Holes Form? Collapsing Dark Matter Halos can Explain Them
From the way These Stars Look, a Supernova is Inevitable
According to Elon, Starship Could Chomp up Space Junk
Elon Musk recently suggested that the Starship could be configured to "chomp up" orbital debris.
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Exploding Material From a Gamma-ray Burst Scrambled Nearby Magnetic Fields
Report Suggests That Astronauts Shouldn't get More Than 600 Millisieverts of Radiation Exposure During Their Career. We get 2-3 a Year Down Here on Earth
The Sun is Mellow Yellow Today. Billions of Years Ago? Not So Much
A Nearby White Dwarf Might be About to Collapse Into a Neutron Star
A white dwarf star has been found that's more massive than our Sun, but about the same size as our Moon. It's already revolutionizing what we know about these mysterious stellar objects.
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Using Saturn's Rings to Figure out What's Inside the Planet
The Milky Way's Central bar Spin-Rate is Slowing Down Thanks to Dark Matter
Venus' Surface Tectonics is More Like Pack ice on Earth
Richard Branson and Friends Reach the Edge of Space, and Lived to Tell About it!
Richard Branson just returned form the edge of space to announce that a new era of space exploration is upon us!
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Does Mercury Have a big Iron Core Because it's so Close to the Sun's Magnetic Field?
Richard Branson will fly on SpaceShipTwo this weekend. Welcome to the New (Edge of) Space Race!
On Sunday, July 11th (weather permitting), Richard Branson will become the first billionaire to go to space, beating Jeff Bezos there by nine days!
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Satellite Images Can Help Predict When Underwater Volcanos are About to Erupt
The Earth's Atmosphere is Storing Energy Twice as Quickly as it did 15 Years ago
After British Columbia's Record-Breaking Heatwave, Here Come the Wildfires
NASA just released a series of satellite images that show the wildfires currently raging in British Columbia's interior.
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Wally Funk From the Mercury 13 Will be Joining Jeff Bezos on his Flight to the Edge of Space
Wally Funk, a pioneer in the field of aerospace and a member of the Mercury 13 program, will be accompanying Jeff Bezos to space this month!
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We Might Know why There's so Little Antimatter in the Universe
Chinese Astronauts Take Their First Spacewalk Outside the new Station
There are Probably Many More Earth-Sized Worlds Than Previously Believed
