Universe Today
What Telescope Will Be Needed to See the First Stars in the Universe? The Ultimately Large Telescope
Detecting the Neutrinos From a Supernova That's About to Explode
Dawn Patrol: Jupiter and Saturn at Opposition 2020
Missing the planets in the first half of 2020? That's all about to change, as the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn reach opposition in rapid succession this month, heralding a return to the dusk sky.
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A Tabletop-sized Experiment Could Help in the Search for Dark Matter
Electron Rocket's 13th Launch Failed, Destroying its Satellite Payload
In what would have been the 12th successful launch of their Electron rocket, Rocket Lab
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The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud. Normally this Looks Like a Dark Blob in the Sky. But in Infrared, it Looks Like This.
The Moon Might Be More Metal-Rich Than We Thought
Amateur Astronomers Find a Brand New Storm on Jupiter
Amateur astronomers have discovered a new storm near the Great Red Spot.
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Betelgeuse Probably Dimmed Because of Enormous Starspots
NGC 2275: An Absolute Unit of Galactic Flocculence
China's Mars Rover Launches in Late July
There's a Black Hole With 34 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun, Eating Roughly a Star Every Day
Astronomers See Through the Milky Way's Dust to Track Where Radiation is Coming From at the Center of the Galaxy
Breakthrough Listen Releases its one-of-Everything "Exotica" Catalog
Breakthrough Listen, the largest SETI effort ever mounted, just released a list of over 700 objects that could be of interest to people looking for aliens!
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One of the Best Pictures Ever Taken of ISS from the Ground. You Can Even See the Canadarm2
Help NASA Develop a Better Space Toilet
HeroX is one again hosting a NASA challenge, this time to develop a space toilet that will facilitate lunar exploration.
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Astronomers Might Have Seen a Star Just Disappear. Turning Straight to a Black Hole Without a Supernova
A brilliant blue star has disappeared from view, which could mean it became a black hole in a novel way.
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Behold! The Martian Menu, Courtesy of Mars City Design!
Every year since 2012, Mars City Design hosts the Mars Feast Gala, where talented chefs create tantalizing entrees based on what future generations could grow on Mars.
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It Was Almost Certainly an Asteroid Impact that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs. In Fact, Volcanoes Might Have Helped Life Recover
