Universe Today
Lightweight Picogram-Scale Probes Could be the Best way to Explore Other Star Systems
The Universe is Brighter Than we Thought
At the edge of the Solar System, New Horizons has taken new light measurements of the cosmos to get a sense of its total population.
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Is the Milky Way... Normal?
Anti-Helium Generated in the Large Hadron Collider can Help in the Search for Dark Matter
Researchers from CERN's ALICE Collaboration have come up with a new way to search for Dark Matter: look for anti-helium-3 particles!
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Webb's New Image Reveals a Galaxy Awash in Star Formation
Scientists Investigate Potential Regolith Origin on Uranus' Moon, Miranda
A Star Came too Close to a Black Hole. It Didn't End Well
Perseverance Places its First Sample on the Surface of Mars. One Day This Will be in the Hands of Scientists on Earth
NASA Just Tested a new Engine That Will Launch Artemis V and Beyond
NASA just conducted a hot fire test of the refurbished RS-25 engines that will take astronauts back to the Moon!
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This Will Probably Be InSight's Last Picture Before it Runs Out of Power Forever
Webb Stares Deeply Into the Universe, Showing How Galaxies Assemble
Astronomers Scanned 12 Planets for Alien Signals While They Were in Front of Their Stars
New research by the SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen scanned twelve planets for signs of radio signals when they passed in front of their stars.
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What Kind of an Impact did DART Have on Dimorphos? The Science Results are Here
NASA has released the preliminary analysis of the DART mission's impact (literally) on Dimorphos!
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Comet Impacts Could Have Brought the Raw Ingredients for Life to Europa's Ocean
For the First Time, Astronomers Spot Stars in Galaxies that Existed Just 1 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Using data from the JWST, an international team of astronomers have made the first observations of stars in quasars that existed 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
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We Could Spread Life to the Milky Way With Comets. But Should We?
Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Find a Pair of Waterworld Exoplanets
Using data from Hubble and Spitzer, an international team has discovered two new waterworlds in one system.
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Giant Exoplanet is Spiraling Inward to its Doom
JWST Sees Furious Star Formation in a Stellar Nursery
Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Search for Warp Drive Signatures
A new study shows how gravitational wave observatories could be used to search for technosignatures throughout the galaxy
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