What's the Earliest the Moon Could Have Formed?
Astronomers are pretty sure they know where the Moon came from. In the early Solar System, a Mars-sized object dubbed…
How Animal Movements Help Us Study the Planet
Scientists have been underutilizing a key resource we can use to help us understand Earth: animals. Our fellow Earthlings have…
Mapping Lava Tubes on the Moon and Mars from Space
Sometimes, all you need for a new discovery is some creative math. That was the case for a new paper…
A Robot Hopper to Explore the Moon’s Dangerous Terrain
Intuitive Machines recently had a major breakthrough, successfully becoming the first non-governmental entity to land on the Moon in February.…
Inside a Week to Totality: Weather Prospects, Solar Activity and More
Looking at prospects for eclipse day and totality.
Want to Leave the Solar System? Here’s a Route to Take
The edge of the Solar System is defined by the heliosphere and its heliopause. The heliopause marks the region where…
Curiosity has Reached an Ancient Debris Channel That Could Have Been Formed by Water
Like a pilgrim seeking wisdom, NASA's MSL Curiosity has been working its way up Mt. Sharp, the dominant central feature…
Where Are All These Rogue Planets Coming From?
There's a population of planets that drifts through space untethered to any stars. They're called rogue planets or free-floating planets…
Extremophiles: Why study them? What can they teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Universe Today has conducted some incredible examinations regarding a plethora of scientific fields, including impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, solar physics, comets, planetary atmospheres, planetary geophysics, cosmochemistry,…
It Takes a Supercomputer to Properly Simulate a Neutron Star’s Surface
Neutron stars, the remains of massive stars that have imploded and gone supernova at the end of their life, can…