Space Exploration
Comets: Why study them? What can they teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Universe Today has explored the importance of studying impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, and solar physics, and what this…
Astroscale’s Satellite is Now Chasing Down a Real Piece of Space Debris
Space debris is a thing.. It seems whether we explore the Earth or space we leave rubbish in our wake.…
Next Generation Spacesuit Gets Tested in Weightlessness
Considerable effort goes into the design of space suits and space agencies across the world are always working on improvements…
This is How Astronauts Would Escape from the Artemis II Launch Pad
Space exploration is a tricky and at times, dangerous business. The safety of the crews is of paramount importance and…
Plants Growing in Space are at Risk from Bacterial Infections
I have spent the last few years thinking, perhaps assuming that astronauts live off dried food, prepackaged and sent from…
China Reveals How it’s Planning to Search for Water Ice at the Moon’s South Pole
It’s been a big week for Chinese space exploration. First a successful test flight of Zhuque-3 and this week we…
Chinese Firm Successfully Tests a New Reusable Booster
The sight of a Falcon-9 rocket landing in an upright orientation is not an unusual sight. It seems that the…
A Self-Eating Engine Could Make Rockets More Efficient
There can’t be many ideas that beat the crazy yet ingenious idea of a rocket engine that uses part of…
Titan Dragonfly is Go!…. for Phase C
The surface exploration of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, just got one step closer to reality as NASA’s much-anticipated Dragonfly mission…
Supernovae Struck the Earth 3 Million and 7 Million Years Ago
A recent study examines how the Earth was hit by blasts from supernovae (plural form of supernova (SN)) that occurred…