Ouch. Canadarm2 Took a Direct Hit From a Micrometeorite
Living in space comes with risks. For astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), those risks occasionally make themselves intrusively…
Should We Send Humans to Titan?
Universe Today recently examined the potential for sending humans to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, and the planet Venus, both despite…
Should We Be Preparing for First Contact?
First Contact. It's a topic guaranteed to inspire a mix of emotions in people. It's also one of the most…
Dream Chaser is Getting Tested at NASA
After a journey spanning almost two decades, Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser reusable spaceplane, named Tenacity, is officially undergoing environmental…
ESA is Stockpiling Simulated Regolith for the Ultimate Lunar Playground.
Testing interplanetary landers means putting them in an environment as close to their destination as possible. Mars landers are often…
Lost In Space? Just Use Relativity
One of the hardest things for many people to conceptualize when talking about how fast something is going is that…
Webb Sees a Supernova Go Off in a Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy – for the Second Time
Nature, in its infinite inventiveness, provides natural astronomical lenses that allow us to see objects beyond the normal reach of…
We Just had the Strongest Solar Flare in the Current Solar Cycle
On December 14th, at 12:02 PM Eastern (09:02 AM Pacific), the Sun unleashed a massive solar flare. According to the…
It’s Time for Saturn’s “Spokes” to Return
Astronomers have been observing Saturn with the Hubble Space Telescope and several other spacecraft for decades and have noticed something…
Finally. A Productive Use for Nuclear Weapons: Asteroid Defense
While it has been a favorite disaster movie theme, nuking an incoming asteroid in the real world has been touted…