Universe Today
Once New Horizons was out Beyond Pluto, it Could Finally Measure the Brightness of the Milky Way
South Korea Launches its First Rocket. The Third Stage cut off Short.
If Alien Probes are Already in the Solar System, Maybe we Could Detect Them Calling Home
According to a new study, alien probes may permeate the galaxy, and could be detected in the Solar System when they try to "phone home."
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Is That a Fossil on Mars? Non-Biological Deposits can Mimic Organic Structures
You can Watch Ingenuity's Flight on Mars, Captured by Perseverance
We're Constantly Battling Invasive Species Here on Earth. What Does That Teach us About Infecting Other Worlds With Earth Life?
There's Enough Oxygen in the Lunar Regolith to Support Billions of People on the Moon
In recent article, soil scientist John Grant discusses the ways in which we could harvest abundant amounts of oxygen directly from the lunar environment.
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There's So Much Pressure at the Earth's Core, it Makes Iron Behave in a Strange Way
An Absolutely Bonkers Plan to Give Mars an Artificial Magnetosphere
To terraform Mars, we will need to give it a protective magnetic field. Here's how we might do it.
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SpinLaunch Hurls a Test Vehicle Kilometers Into the air. Eventually, it'll Throw Them Almost all the way to Orbit
The commercial space company SpinLaunch just conducted its first successful launch test from their facility at Spaceport America.
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Eggshell Planets Have a Thin Brittle Crust and No Mountains or Tectonics
LightSail 2 has Been Flying for 30 Months now, Paving the way for Future Solar Sail Missions
Orbital Launch in January? Elon Musk Updates His Vision for SpaceX's Starship
Maybe There's No Way to Tell if Habitable Planets Orbit Proxima Centauri... Yet!
In a new study, a team of astronomers come to the conclusion that Proxima b will ever be detected making transits in front of Proxima Centauri, which will make it harder to characterize.
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The Next Generation Very Large Array Would be 263 Radio Telescopes Spread Across North America
New Hubble Image Shows Dark Cocoons Where New Stars are Forming
This was Juno's View on its 37th Flight Past Jupiter
Astronomy Jargon 101: Wolf-Rayet Stars
"Irresponsible" Russian Anti-Satellite Test Creates Orbital Debris Field, Endangering the Space Station and Crew
Astronomy Jargon 101: Electromagnetism
