Universe Today
Astronomers are now Finding Planetary Disks Around the Smallest, Least Massive Stars
Every Challenge Astronauts Will Face on a Flight to Mars
A team of researchers from India conducted a study that considers all the hazards of sending crews to Mars (which was also presented at this year's Space Biology Virtual Workshop)
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Narrowing Down the Mass of Dark Matter
It Looks Like Iceberg A-68A is Coming Apart
BluShift Aerospace Launches Stardust 1.0 Rocket
Maine-based BluShift Aerospace takes its first step, with the launch of a unique rocket.
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Is There An Apollo 14 Moon Tree Near You?
The Earth's Magnetosphere Might be Creating Water on the Moon
By Measuring Light From Individual Stars Between Galaxy Clusters, Astronomers Find Clues About Dark Matter
Black Holes Simulated in a Tank of Water Reveals "Backreaction" for the First Time
Water simulations that small gravitational waves near a black hole can significantly change the black hole's behavior.
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A new Class of Exoplanets can Shrink, From Subneptunes Into Superearths
Physicists Figure out how to Make Gravitational Wave Detectors "Hear" 6x More Universe
What Could We Learn From a Mission to Phobos?
According to new research that looks at MAVEN data, Mars' larger moon (Phobos) could contain a record of how Mars' underwent significant climate change.
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SN9 Tests Ends With a Boom. You're Up SN10
SpaceX just conducted their second high-altitude flight tests, which once again ended in an explosion. On to SN10!
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When Galaxies Collide, Black Holes Don't Always Get the Feast They Were Hoping for
MESSENGER Saw a Meteoroid Strike Mercury
Astronomers are Starting to Understand the Quasar Lifecycle
Galaxy Mergers can Boost Star Formation, and it can Also Shut it Down
A Sunlike Star Found With Four (No, Five!) Exoplanets Orbiting It
Thanks to an international team astronomers led from MIT, a nearby Sun-like star has been spotted with a system of five exoplanets, making it the perfect target for observations with the James Webb Space Telescope.
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A Crater on Venus Indicates the Planet Hasn't Been Volcanic for a Long Time
Neutrinos Have a Newly Discovered Method of Interacting With Matter, Opening up Ways to Find Them
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently conducted another neutrino experiment that could lead to the discovery of new physics.
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