Universe Today
JWST Damage, New Mars Helicopters, Teaching Robots to Die
The Mars Sample Return Mission Will Take Two Helicopters to the Red Planet to Help Retrieve Samples
The James Webb is Measuring Distant Galaxies 5-10 Times Better Than any Other Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is enabling all kinds of next-generation astronomy, including producing accurate mass measurements of the most distant galaxies.
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A Black Hole can Tear a Neutron Star Apart in Less Than 2 Seconds
An international team has simulated what happens when a black hole and neutron star merge, and the results were pretty
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Lava Tubes on the Moon Maintain Comfortable Room Temperatures Inside
A Fast-Moving Star is Colliding With Interstellar gas, Creating a Spectacular bow Shock
A star speeding through gas and dust has much to teach us about interstellar dynamics.
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Engineers are Testing how VIPER can Handle the Gnarliest Lunar Terrain
The Heaviest Neutron Star Ever Seen Got There by Feasting on its Companion
Scientists Identify the Source of a Famous Meteorite as One Crater on Mars
Another Amazing Image from Webb, This Time it's Galaxy IC 5332
Falling Space Junk has a 10% Chance of Killing Someone in the Next Decade
China has Added a Science Module to its New Space Station
Before we Develop Self-Replicating Machines to Explore the Universe, we Should Figure out how to Turn Them off Again
In a recent study, aerospace engineer Prof. Alex Ellery proposes a biologically-inspired method that could keep self-replicating robots from running amok!
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Russia Says They Plan to Leave International Space Station after 2024
OSIRIS-REx Would Have Sunk Deep into Asteroid Bennu if it Tried to Land
The Sun is Eroding Asteroids
A Satellite had to Dodge Space Junk as it was Raising its Orbit to Avoid Solar Activity
The World's Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector has Come Online
Astronomers Have Digitized 94,000 Photographic Plates of the Night sky, Going Back 129 Years
A Look Inside One of Perseverance's Core Holes
