Volcanic Hotspot Found on the Moon
A recent study published in Nature examines a volcanic hotspot that potentially exists beneath a feature on the Moon’s farside…
The Final Flight of Ariane 5 Means That Europe is Out of Rockets
The ESA's Ariane 5 rocket just conducted its last launch to space.
How Old is That Star? Ask a Computer
A new machine learning technique could make it much easier to estimate the age of stellar populations.
Celebrate a Year of JWST With This Ludicrous Image of Rho Ophiuchi
It's been a year since JWST began its operations, so the people behind the telescope released a stunning new image…
After 63 Days of Silence, NASA Has Restored Communications with the Mars Helicopter
One of the most exciting success stories we've been able to report on repeatedly here at UT is that of…
Soar Past Thousands of Galaxies in the Early Universe in Thrilling 3D
Want to visit the most distant galaxy in the early Universe? Now you can via a fantastic visualization created from…
Magnetar Glitches, Fast Radio Bursts, And…Asteroids???
Recently astronomers have been able to associate two seemingly unrelated phenomena: an explosive event known as a fast radio burst…
Titanium Clouds Make This Exoplanet Shine Like a Mirror
ESA's Cheops mission has been studying an ultra-hot exoplanet around a nearby star and discovered its metallic clouds reflect about…
Dynamical Dark Energy Might Explain Strange 21-cm Signal
Dark energy may evolve in time, and it may even connect through a new force of nature with dark matter.…
The Biggest Telescope in the World is Half Built
The European Southern Observatory continues to build the largest telescope in the world, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Construction of…