Universe Today
Scientists Think They Know What Caused the Deadliest Mass Extinction in the History of the Earth
Weekly Space Hangout: October 21, 2020, Dr. Jill Tarter and the Search for Technosignatures
Tales of Two Fall Comets: 88P Howell and M3 ATLAS
Two more comets worth scouting the sky for into November 2020.
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What Would a Realistic Space Battle Look Like?
The Crew of the ISS has Found the Source of the Station's Air Leak
The ISS crew has found the source of the elusive leak using (wait for it!) tea leaves! The hole is now patched, but a permanent fix is still needed.
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We use the Transit Method to Find other Planets. Which Extraterrestrial Civilizations Could use the Transit Method to Find Earth?
We have found more than 4,000 planets orbiting other stars. Life on distant worlds could find us in the same way.
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The Oxygen Supply has Failed in the Russian Zvezda Module of the ISS. Don't Worry, the Astronauts aren't in Danger, but the Station is Showing its Age
Crews aboard the ISS are working to repair the leak, which posed no significant risk. Unfortunately, it shows that the ISS is getting on in years!
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Success! OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu to Collect Samples
Wow, Betelgeuse Might Be 25% Closer than Previously Believed
It's still possible to detect the site of the 2017 kilonova explosion
Watch "Live" as NASA's OSIRIS-REx Nabs an Asteroid Sample
You'll Experience 200 Times More Radiation Standing on the Moon than Standing on the Earth
NASA and Seven Countries Sign the Artemis Accords for the Exploration of the Moon. Russia Declined to Participate
What's Happening with Betelgeuse? Astronomers Propose a Specialized Telescope to Watch the Star Every Night
An international team of astronomers recommends creating "Betelgeuse Scope" to monitor this mysterious star find out why it has been acting so strangely of late!
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The galaxy with 99.99% dark matter isn't so mysterious any more
NASA Announces 14 New "Tipping Point" Technologies for its Lunar Exploration
NASA recently awarded contracts to fourteen companies to develop technologies that will help them return to the Moon, and stay there!
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We actually don't know how fast the Milky Way's supermassive black hole is spinning but there might be a way to find out
The stars at the center of our galaxy could tell us just how fast our closest supermassive black hole is spinning.
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Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half of its Coral Over the Last 25 Years
Impatient? A Spacecraft Could Get to Titan in Only 2 Years Using a Direct Fusion Drive
InSight's 'Mole' is Now Completely buried!
