This is it! Meet the Supermassive Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way
The Event Horizon Telescope has just released the first images of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center…
We’ve Now Seen Planet-Forming Disks Around Hundreds of Young Stars. What Do They Tell Us?
Is our Solar System comparable to other solar systems? What do other systems look like? We know from exoplanet studies…
Our Complete Guide to This Weekend’s Total Lunar Eclipse
Don’t miss one of the top astronomical events for 2022: Sunday night’s total lunar eclipse.
InSight Just Detected a Record-breaking Marsquake: Magnitude 5!
This spectrogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. The marsquake struck the Red Planet on May 4…
‘The Clocks are Telling Lies:’ A New Book from Universe Today Writer Scott Alan Johnston
Scott Alan Johnston (that's me!) joined the Universe Today team just over a year ago. Since then, I've written over…
Martian Dust is Starting to Darken Ingenuity’s Solar Panels
Like every solar-panel-powered vehicle on Mars, maintaining electrical power always becomes an issue at some point in the mission. Last…
These are the Best Places to Search for Habitable Exomoons
Our Solar System contains eight planets and more than 200 moons. The large majority of those moons have no chance…
Artemis 1 Probably won't Launch Until August
Technical issues have imposed delays on the Artemis I mission. NASA now claims it will likely launch by August at…
The Tonga Eruption Reached Space!
What a massive volcanic eruption looks like from space. The GOES-17 satellite captured images of an umbrella cloud generated by…
Mars' Carbon Dioxide Glaciers are on the Move
New research has shown that the southern polar glaciers on Mars are migrating, and have been for a very long…