Astronomy
Is Humanity Ready to Realize the Dream of Interstellar Travel?
For generations, humans have dreamed, speculated, and theorized about the possibility of journeying to distant stars, finding habitable planets around…
Did this Supernova Explode Twice?
All supernovae are exploding stars. But the nature of a supernova explosion varies quite a bit. One type, named Type…
JWST Plucks One Single Star out of a Galaxy Seen 12.5 Billion Years Ago
Thanks to data obtained by Webb, astronomers have confirmed that MACS0647-star-1 is the second farthest star observed to date.
A Swarm Of Swimming Microbots Could Be Deployed To Europa’s Ocean
Europa and other ocean worlds in our solar system have recently attracted much attention. They are thought to be some…
IceCube-Gen2: 8 Cubic Kilometers of Ice, 5 Times the Sensitivity
The IceCube Neutrino Detector is an observatory unlike any other. Using sensors embedded inside a square kilometer chuck of Antarctic…
One of Neptune's Dark Spots Finally Seen From Earth
Using the ESO's VLT, an international team of observers was able to study Neptune's Great Dark Spot with a ground-based…
Dr. Tracy Becker Honored with 2023 Carl Sagan Medal for Science Communication
This year’s prestigious Carl Sagan Medal, also known as the “Sagan Medal” and named after the late astronomer, Dr. Carl…
The Most Compelling Places to Search for Life Will Look Like “Anomalies”
A new study considers how future astrobiology studies could search for life "as we don't know it" on exoplanets.
Catch a Cycle of Lunar Occultations of Antares Starting This Week
Most North America gets to see the Moon blot out Antares Thursday night.
Universe Today Interviews Author, Engineer & Technologist Les Johnson About the 8th Interstellar Symposium
Universe Today sat down with NASA technologist, engineer, and author Les Johnson as he talked about some of the highlights…