How Rare Are Total Solar Eclipses… Really?
As April’s ‘Great North American Eclipse’ nears, here’s a look at eclipses in time and space.
Early Life Was Radically Different Than Today
All modern life shares a robust, hardy, efficient system of intertwined chemicals that propagate themselves. This system must have emerged…
Ingenuity Suffers Rotor Damage, Ending the Mission
There have been numerous robotic space missions reach the end of their operating life over the years and for a…
Another Asteroid Discovered Hours Before it Impacts the Earth
What were you doing last Saturday? As it turns out, I was doing something rather unexciting… Trying to fix my…
Japan’s Moon Lander Is Lying On Its Side After Hitting Its Target
Now we know why Japan's lunar lander wasn't able to recharge its batteries after touching down on the moon last…
NASA 2024 NIAC Program Selects Deep-Space Hibernation Technology for Development
In the next fifteen years, NASA, China, and SpaceX will make the next great leap in space exploration by sending…
The World's Largest Iceberg Sets Sail for Adventure Beyond Antarctic Waters
In November 2023, the monster iceberg A23e finally dislodged from the seafloor after being grounded and stuck there for 40…
China Reveals How it’s Planning to Search for Water Ice at the Moon’s South Pole
It’s been a big week for Chinese space exploration. First a successful test flight of Zhuque-3 and this week we…
Why Venus Died
Venus is only slightly smaller than the Earth, and so has enjoyed billions of years of a warm heart. But…
Exoplanets: Why study them? What are the challenges? What can they teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Universe Today has explored the importance of studying impact craters and planetary surfaces and what these scientific disciplines can teach…