Universe Today
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
Weekly Space Hangout: July 1, 2020 — Dr. Andrew Siemion, Director of Berkeley SETI Research Center
This Weekend's Challenging Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Rounds Out the Summer Season
The July 4th Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Ends a Rare Triple Eclipse Season
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Complete and Total Mayhem in a Distant Galaxy Collision
Here's How Perseverance's Helicopter Sidekick Will Deploy on Mars
It might just be possible to see a light flash too when black holes merge
Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search for Life
Comet F3 NEOWISE May Perform in July
Watch for comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE at dusk in late July... if it survives perihelion.
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A brand new magnetar found, it's only 240 years old
Do Hot Jupiters Form Close in, or Do They Migrate? A Newly-Discovered Planet Might Help Answer This
The recent discovery of a very young gas giant could offer clues about how "Hot Jupiters" form and whether or not they migrate over time.
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Deep Down in Ocean Worlds, it's Difficult to Tell Where the Oceans End and the Rock Begins
More Evidence that Europa's Oceans Could be Habitable
