Astronomers Can See the Impact Site Where an Asteroid Crashed Into a White Dwarf
When a star like the Sun reaches the end of its life, it becomes a red giant and blows away…
Curiosity Rover is Climbing Through Dramatic Striped Terrain on Mars
Just about every day we here on Earth get a breathtaking picture of Mars's terrain sent back by a rover.…
A Giant Gamma-Ray Bubble is a Source of Extreme Cosmic Rays
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe and something that astronomers have been studying…
New Study Addresses how Lunar Missions will Kick up Moondust.
Before the end of this decade, NASA plans to return astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the…
How Warm Are the Oceans on the Icy Moons? The Ice Thickness Provides a Clue.
Scientists are discovering that more and more Solar System objects have warm oceans under icy shells. The moons Enceladus and…
NASA Tests the New Starship Docking System
The Apollo Program delivered 12 American astronauts to the surface of the Moon. But that program ended in 1972, and…
China Has Built a Huge Space Simulation Chamber
Well it certainly caught my attention when I saw the headlines “China’s first Space Environment Simulator” sounds like something right…
The International Space Station’s Air Leaks are Increasing. No Danger to the Crew
Only the other week I had to fix my leaky tap. That was a nightmare. I cannot begin to imagine…
Planetary Atmospheres: Why study them? What can they teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Universe Today has surveyed the importance of studying impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, solar physics, and comets, and what…
How Startups on Earth Could Blaze a Trail for Cities on Mars
If future explorers manage to set up communities on Mars, how will they pay their way? What’s likely to be…