Universe Today
JWST Damage, New Mars Helicopters, Teaching Robots to Die
The Mars Sample Return Mission Will Take Two Helicopters to the Red Planet to Help Retrieve Samples
The James Webb is Measuring Distant Galaxies 5-10 Times Better Than any Other Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is enabling all kinds of next-generation astronomy, including producing accurate mass measurements of the most distant galaxies.
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A Black Hole can Tear a Neutron Star Apart in Less Than 2 Seconds
An international team has simulated what happens when a black hole and neutron star merge, and the results were pretty
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Lava Tubes on the Moon Maintain Comfortable Room Temperatures Inside
A Fast-Moving Star is Colliding With Interstellar gas, Creating a Spectacular bow Shock
A star speeding through gas and dust has much to teach us about interstellar dynamics.
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Engineers are Testing how VIPER can Handle the Gnarliest Lunar Terrain
The Heaviest Neutron Star Ever Seen Got There by Feasting on its Companion
Scientists Identify the Source of a Famous Meteorite as One Crater on Mars
Another Amazing Image from Webb, This Time it's Galaxy IC 5332
Falling Space Junk has a 10% Chance of Killing Someone in the Next Decade
China has Added a Science Module to its New Space Station
Before we Develop Self-Replicating Machines to Explore the Universe, we Should Figure out how to Turn Them off Again
In a recent study, aerospace engineer Prof. Alex Ellery proposes a biologically-inspired method that could keep self-replicating robots from running amok!
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Russia Says They Plan to Leave International Space Station after 2024
OSIRIS-REx Would Have Sunk Deep into Asteroid Bennu if it Tried to Land
The Sun is Eroding Asteroids
A Satellite had to Dodge Space Junk as it was Raising its Orbit to Avoid Solar Activity
The World's Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector has Come Online
Astronomers Have Digitized 94,000 Photographic Plates of the Night sky, Going Back 129 Years
A Look Inside One of Perseverance's Core Holes
Hubble Sees a Mirror Image of the Same Galaxy Thanks to Gravitational Lensing
The Deepest Known Canyon in the Solar System, Seen From Space
Solar System Tours: Plumes of Enceladus
A Mission to Reach the Solar Gravitational Lens in 30 Years
Researchers Create a Plasma Bubble With Lasers That Could Provide Propulsion or an Artificial Magnetosphere
An Astronaut Controlled a Rover as it Collected Samples on Mt Etna. In the Future, it'll be on the Moon
Nancy Grace Roman Will be Launching on a Falcon Heavy Rocket
NASA has announced that SpaceX will be launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in 2026!
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Gamma-ray Bursts can Help Astronomers Measure Vast Distances Across the Universe
Some gamma ray bursts could be used as standard candles and allow astronomers to measure Hubble's constant at greater distances than ever before.
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SLS Launch Date, Falcon Heavy Gets Flagship NASA Telescope, Dormant Black Hole
Astronomers Have a New Way to Find Exoplanets in Cataclysmic Binary Systems
JWST Sees the Most Distant Galaxy Ever, Just 300 Million Years After the Big Bang
Japanese Researchers Show how Microgravity Affects Astronauts' Muscles and Nerves
A new study by a Japanese research team shows that long term exposure to microgravity not only affect muscles and bones, but nerves.
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Gravitational Wave Telescopes Could Detect Clumps of Dark Matter Drifting Through the Solar System
Here's M74 Like You've Never Seen it Before, Thanks to Judy Schmidt and JWST
An Ambitious Plan to Find Earth 2.0
A Dormant Black Hole has Been Discovered Just Outside the Milky Way
You can see Where JWST Took a Direct hit From a Micrometeorite on one of its Mirrors
A recently-released report examines the James Webb Space Telescope's performance and discusses the micrometeoroid impacts that could threaten the mission
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Uh Oh, NASA is Reviewing Psyche and May Terminate the Mission
Earth has Clouds of Water. Hot Exoplanets Have Clouds of Sand
We Finally Know Where the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays are Coming From: Blazars
The Gravitational Constant is Tricky to pin Down Accurately. Here's a new way to Measure it
We'll be Building Self-Replicating Probes to Explore the Milky Way Sooner Than you Think. Why Haven't ETIs?
Betelgeuse and Antares Have Been Observed for Over 2,000 Years. Astronomers can use This to Figure out how old They are
A Mission Concept to fly a Solar Neutrino Detector Close to the Sun
A New Method for Making Graphene has an Awesome Application: A Space Elevator!
At the upcoming 2022 IAC, the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) will present a paper that shows how graphene could lead to a Space Elevator!
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Dmitry Rogozin is no Longer the Head of Roscosmos
According to recent reports, the inflammatary and blusterous Dimtry Rogozin has been replaced as head of Roscosmos.
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Two Spacecraft Could Work Together to Capture an Asteroid and Bring it Close to Earth for Mining
Weird String-Like Object Found on Mars, Probably Dropped by the Rover
A new Record for the Strongest Magnetic Field Seen in the Universe: 1.6 Billion Tesla
Booster 7's BOOM, Nuclear Mission to Neptune, More JWST Images
