Universe Today
Should Planetary Defence Take Center Stage?
The Solar Wind is Creating Water on the Surface of the Moon
New Measurements of Galaxy Rotation Lean Towards Modified Gravity as an Explanation for Dark Matter
Navigation Could be Done on the Moon Just by Looking at Nearby Landmarks
We're Going to see at Least Five More SLS Rockets Launch in the Coming Years
Power on the Moon. What Will it Take to Survive the Lunar Night?
NASA recently hosted a series of workshops on how nuclear power could enable long-duration missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond!
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Planetary Interiors in TRAPPIST-1 System Could be Affected by Stellar Flares
Is Mining in Space Socially Acceptable?
Astronomy 2023: Top Sky Watching Highlights for the Coming Year
Astronomy 2023 highlights include two fine solar eclipses, the Sun heading towards solar maximum, a series of spectacular lunar occultations and much more.
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Despite the low air Pressure, Wind Turbines Might Actually Work on Mars
NASA Makes Asteroid Defense a Priority, Moving its NEO Surveyor Mission Into the Development Phase
Lightweight Picogram-Scale Probes Could be the Best way to Explore Other Star Systems
The Universe is Brighter Than we Thought
At the edge of the Solar System, New Horizons has taken new light measurements of the cosmos to get a sense of its total population.
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Is the Milky Way... Normal?
Anti-Helium Generated in the Large Hadron Collider can Help in the Search for Dark Matter
Researchers from CERN's ALICE Collaboration have come up with a new way to search for Dark Matter: look for anti-helium-3 particles!
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Webb's New Image Reveals a Galaxy Awash in Star Formation
Scientists Investigate Potential Regolith Origin on Uranus' Moon, Miranda
A Star Came too Close to a Black Hole. It Didn't End Well
Perseverance Places its First Sample on the Surface of Mars. One Day This Will be in the Hands of Scientists on Earth
NASA Just Tested a new Engine That Will Launch Artemis V and Beyond
NASA just conducted a hot fire test of the refurbished RS-25 engines that will take astronauts back to the Moon!
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This Will Probably Be InSight's Last Picture Before it Runs Out of Power Forever
Webb Stares Deeply Into the Universe, Showing How Galaxies Assemble
Astronomers Scanned 12 Planets for Alien Signals While They Were in Front of Their Stars
New research by the SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen scanned twelve planets for signs of radio signals when they passed in front of their stars.
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What Kind of an Impact did DART Have on Dimorphos? The Science Results are Here
NASA has released the preliminary analysis of the DART mission's impact (literally) on Dimorphos!
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Comet Impacts Could Have Brought the Raw Ingredients for Life to Europa's Ocean
For the First Time, Astronomers Spot Stars in Galaxies that Existed Just 1 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Using data from the JWST, an international team of astronomers have made the first observations of stars in quasars that existed 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
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We Could Spread Life to the Milky Way With Comets. But Should We?
Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Find a Pair of Waterworld Exoplanets
Using data from Hubble and Spitzer, an international team has discovered two new waterworlds in one system.
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Giant Exoplanet is Spiraling Inward to its Doom
JWST Sees Furious Star Formation in a Stellar Nursery
Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Search for Warp Drive Signatures
A new study shows how gravitational wave observatories could be used to search for technosignatures throughout the galaxy
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Could Space-based Satellites Power Remote Mines?
Accident on the ISS, JWST Deep Field, Space Habitat Goes BANG!
Aztecs Used an Extremely Accurate Solar Observatory to Manage Their Farming
A new study demonstrates how the Mexico (Aztecs) kept track of solar cycles to guide their agricultural practices
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Are Planets Tidally Locked to Red Dwarfs Habitable? It's Complicated
Juno has Been Touring Jupiter's Moons on its Extended Mission. Next Stop: Volcanic Io
Avatars Return to the Movies — and Find a Real-Life Foothold
NOAA's New Weather Satellite is Operational, and its Pictures of Earth are Gorgeous
Earth's Water is 4.5 Billion Years Old
A Soyuz Capsule on ISS is Leaking Coolant Into Space
Here's a new Image of the Carina Nebula From Hubble
Where are the Best Places to Land Humans on Mars?
Watch a NASA Supercut of the Entire Artemis I Mission, From Launch to Landing
Birds use Dynamic Soaring to Pick Up Velocity. We Could Use a Similar Trick to Go Interstellar
A new proposal for an interstellar mission shows how a solar sail could use the same technique birds do to pick up speed.
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Sierra Space Inflated a Habitat to Destruction, Testing its Limits Before Going to Orbit
Rubble Pile Asteroids Might be the Best Places to Build Space Habitats
A new study looks at the practicality of living in a common near-Earth asteroid
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Could Life Survive on Frigid Exo-Earths? Maybe Under Ice Sheets
Perseverance Heard a Dust Devil on Mars, and Now You Can Too
The Oort Cloud Could Have More Rock Than Previously Believed
The Formation of the Southern Ring Nebula was Messier Than the Death of a Single Star
Astronomers have learned a planetary nebula had a much more complex origin than originally thought.
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