Universe Today
Don't Panic Over the Risk of an Asteroid Smashup in 2046
A Distant Galaxy Ate All of its Friends. Now It's All Alone
An international team of astronomers discovered a "fossil galaxy" that consume its neighbors, the farthest observed to date!
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Researchers Build a Telescope with a Flat Lens
A Human Migration to Space is NOT so Inevitable, says New Research
A new study looks at what it takes to survive beyond Earth, raising serious questions about whether or not human migrations to space is "Inevitable."
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Christiaan Huygens' Telescope Lenses Tell Us He Was Nearsighted
China's Giant Rocket, Dark Big Bang, Next Bright Comet
Water's Epic Journey to Earth Began Before the Sun Formed
Mars Has Bizarre "Swiss Cheese" Terrain. You can Thank Water, Carbon Dioxide and 500,000 years of Climate History for That
Astronauts Could Clear Lunar Dust Away with Nitrogen Spray
Want Artemis to Succeed? Virtual Reality Can Help
Look out, Starship! China is Building a Massive Reusable Rocket!
China just showed off the massive storage tank that will be part of the super-heavy launch vehicle, the Long March 9.
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NASA Restores a Spacecraft by Turning it Off and Then On Again
Strange Green Lines Above Hawaii was Probably a Chinese Satellite
A Helicopter is Going to Titan. Could an Airplane be Next?
What Time is It on the Moon? It May Get its Own Timezone
Curiosity Sees Spectacular Crepuscular Rays in Martian Clouds
China's Rover Used Radar to Look Deep Beneath the Surface of Mars. What Did it Find?
2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: a Bright Comet for the End of 2024?
New Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may put on a show at the end of next year.
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TESS Shows That Even Small Stars Can Host Giant Planets
A Tadpole-Shaped Cloud of Gas is Whirling Around a Black Hole
A team of astronomers from Japan have found a strange "Tadpole" shaped dust cloud near the center of our galaxy, and concluded that it orbits a intermediate-mass black hole.
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