Universe Today
LightSail 2 Has Now Been in Space for 2 Years, and Should Last Even Longer Before Re-Entering the Atmosphere
Gravitational-Wave Detector Could Sense Merging Primordial Black Holes With the Mass of a Planet, Millions of Light-Years Away
A new idea for detecting gravitational waves might allow us to discover planet-mass primordial black holes.
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The First Chinese Crew is Busy on their New Space Station
In the past week, the first three Chinese astronauts to go the Tiangong space station prepared for all the operations they will conduct during their 30-day stay.
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Virgin Galactic Wins FAA's OK to Fly Space Passengers: Which Billionaire Will Go First?
Long-Awaited UFO Report Opens the Door Wider to Sharing Strange Aerial Sightings
Aliens in 2,034 Nearby Star Systems Could use the Transit Method to see Earth
New research shows that a handful of nearby stars that are known to have planets could have been watching Earth for a long time, or will be able to in the future!
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There's a Problem With Hubble, and NASA Hasn't Been Able to fix it yet
After thirty years of faithful service, the venerable Hubble is experiencing a technical issue that NASA is still trying to fix
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Could Life Exist in the Atmosphere of a sub-Neptune Planet?
Life could thrive in the atmosphere of warm gas planets, but only if they are seeded by asteroids.
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A Newly-Discovered (Almost) Dwarf Planet Will Come Surprisingly Close in 2031
This is why Martian Colonists are Going to Wish They had an Atmosphere Above Them
Space Perspective Puts Tickets for Stratospheric Balloon Tours on Sale
Betelgeuse's Mysterious Dimming Solved. It was... Dust
Astronomers have solved the mystery of dim Betelgeuse, and discovered how stardust can form.
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NASA is Finally Sending a Lunar Lander to the Moon's far Side
China and Russia Announce their Future Plans for the Moon, Including a Human Base
China and Russia have released a Guide that details their plans for a lunar base that will rival NASA's, and they are looking for countries to join them!
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Astrobiologists Detect a Signature of Life Remotely. Don't get too Excited, Though, it was With a Helicopter Here on Earth
Teeny Tiny Space Telescope has Taken Thousands of Pictures of Both Earth and Space
Space Telescopes Could Provide Next-Level Images of Black Hole Event Horizons
Supermassive Black Hole Winds Were Already Blowing Less Than a Billion Years After the Big Bang
New evidence shows that black holes and galaxies have a significant effect on each other in young galaxies.
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Juno Captured This Image of Earth on its Way Out to Jupiter Back in 2013
Astronomers saw the Same Supernova Three Times Thanks to Gravitational Lensing. And in Twenty Years They Think They'll see it one More Time
