Universe Today
SpaceX's Starship Has a Glorious Liftoff — but Then Spins and Explodes
The First Light in the Universe Helps Build a Dark Matter Map
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration used years of cosmic microwave background data to create a new map of Dark Matter.
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Juice Looks Back at Earth During Its Space Odyssey to Jupiter's Moons
The Crab Nebula Looks Completely Different in X-Rays, Revealing its Magnetic Fields
An international team of astronomers has created the most accurate map to date of the Crab Nebula's magnetic field, revealing new things about this iconic object.
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M87 Galaxy Reconstructed in Thrilling 3D
Watch a Dramatic Tornado Rise from the Surface of the Sun, Captured by Andrew McCarthy
Three Fast Radio Bursts Punched Right Through a Nearby Galaxy
Neutron Star Behaves Like a Mini-quasar
Astronomers Find a Planet Using Gaia Data
How Many Intergalactic Radio Stations Are Out There?
A new study suggests that we could expand the scope of SETI research by looking for civilizations beyond our galaxy.
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ESA's Juice is On Its Way to Visit Jupiter's Moons
The Moon is the Best Place to Transport Rocket Fuel
JUICE Launched to Jupiter, AI Helping Astronomy, Terran-1 Is No More
NASA Plans Threaten the Future of New Horizons
Twinkling Stars Supply the Dust That Leads to Life
A team of Japanese astronomers has found a connection between the dustiness of Red Giant stars and changes in their brightness, which could provide clues about the origins of life.
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We Might be able to Find Evidence for Modified Gravity…in the Earth
What Can Be Done to Help Astronaut Vision in Space?
A new study by a team of Australian researchers has led to a non-invasive way to test astronauts for changes in eyesight.
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Navigate a Global Image of Mars (If Your Computer Can Handle It)
Primordial Black Holes May Have "Frozen" the Early Universe
Rare Hybrid Annular-Total Solar Eclipse Set for April 20th
The first solar eclipse of 2023 will span southeast Asia into the Pacific Ocean region.
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Not Snowball Earth, More of a Slushball Earth
Mother of Dragons: Astronomers Peer Inside the "Dragon Cloud"
A Rocket-Powered Spaceplane Completes a Successful Test Flight
Machine Learning Tidies Up the Cosmos
Saturn's Rings Warm Up its Atmosphere
A New Membrane Could Lead to Space Telescopes with Flexible Mirrors!
A team from the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) has developed a technique for creating thin, flexible mirrors for space telescopes/
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Tiny Spacecraft Using Solar Sails Open Up a Solar System of Opportunity
Perseverance is Turning Into That Friend That's Always Picking Up Rocks
NASA's Perseverance rover just obtained its sixteenth sample, which will be retrieved by the joint NASA/ESA Sample Return Mission
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The First Radiation Map of the Skies Over Africa
It's Time for Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A to Get the JWST Treatment
When Clouds Collide, Destruction and Creation Go Hand-in-Hand
Astronomers Find 1,179 Previously Unknown Star Clusters in Our Corner of the Milky Way
Astronomers Find Out What Happens to Rocky Planets That Wander too Close to Their Stars
Forget the Habitable Zone - We Need to Find the Computational Zone
Will the Starship be Ready for an April Launch?
SpaceX is gearing up for an orbital launch test this month, putting them one step closer to regular launches with the Starship!
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An Amazing New Map of the Moon, In LEGO
Hubble Sees Two Quasars Side by Side in the Early Universe
Physicists Discover that Gravity Can Create Light
Do Repeating Radio Signals Indicate an Exoplanet with a Magnetosphere?
The Rings of Uranus Shine Bright in Stunning New JWST Image
Brightest Gamma-ray Burst Shines Light on Milky Way Structure
The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen in 2022 still puzzles astronomers.
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We Now Have a Map of all 85,000 Volcanoes on Venus
China Tests a Stirling Engine in Orbit
China just tested a Sterling thermoelectric converter aboard their space station, a technology that could be the future of space exploration.
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This JWST Image Shows Gravitational Lensing at its Finest
The latest image release from the James Webb Space Telescope shows another beautiful field filled with galaxies and gravitational lenses
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Perseverance Sees Drifting Clouds on Mars
Global Sea Levels Rose by 0.27 cm from 2021 to 2022
A Stellar Explosion Mimicked the End of the Death Star
Meet the Four Astronauts Who'll Fly Around the Moon for Artemis II
Astronomers Think They've Found One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Seen
Using the Gravitational Lensing technique, astronomers have found evidence of what could be the largest black hole ever detected!
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Leaky Soyuz Capsule Returns to Earth
Roscosmos has safely returned the uncrewed Soyuz M-22 spacecraft to Earth, which suffered a coolant leak in December 2022.
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