Astronomy
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…
This Distant Galaxy Cluster is Totally Relaxed, Unharassed for a Billion Years
In the span of a human lifetime, much of the Universe seems unchanging. But that's an illusion; things are always…
Comet P1 Nishimura Could Be Bright Over the Next Few Weeks
New Comet P1 Nishimura graces the August dawn sky...but how bright will it get?
This Sure Looks Like the Movements of a Glacier Across Ancient Mars
An image taken by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's MRO shows evidence of past glaciers away from Mars' polar regions.
The Sun Gets Meteor Showers Too, But They’re Very Different
The Sun dominates the Solar System in almost every way imaginable, yet much of its inner workings have been hidden…
You’re Looking at One of the Farthest Confirmed Galaxies Found by JWST
Astronomers have confirmed the age of Maisie's galaxy, which existed when the Universe was just 390 million years old, making…
Astronomers Scan 11,680 Nearby Stars for Signals from Advanced Civilizations
The hunt for alien life and its radio signals from beyond our Solar System is still coming up dry. But,…
Spacecraft Could Shuttle Astronauts and Supplies to and From the Moon on a Regular Basis
A team of scientists calculated the orbital trajectory for a spacecraft that will make regular trips between the Earth and…
Astronomers Find a Newly-Forming Quadruple-Star System
Scientists have observed a rare quadruple star system in formation, revealing new insights into how multi-star systems form.
Researchers Match Up 12 Meteorites with the Near-Earth Asteroids They Came From
Every day meteoroids blast through our planet's atmosphere to hit the ground as meteorites. A team of researchers in Italy…