Universe Today
"The Universe Breakers": Six Galaxies That are Too Big, Too Early
Clouds of Carbon Dust Seen When the Universe was Less Than a Billion Years Old
A new study shows that carbonaeous dust grains existed much earlier than previously thought, which has significant implications for galactic evolution.
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Dust Storms on Mars Generate Static Electricity. What Does This Do to Its Surface?
A new study shows how electrical discharges caused by Martian storms drives some major chemical processes on the planet's surface.
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Can a Venus Lander Survive Longer Than a Few Minutes?
Astronomers Find a Group of Water-rich Asteroids
Cosmic Conjunction: Jupiter Meets Venus on March 1st
The two brightest planets pass less than half a degree apart at dusk on the night of March 1st.
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Meteorites are Contaminated Quickly When They Reach Earth
A 500-Meter-Long Asteroid Flew Past Earth, and Astronomers Were Watching
All of Jupiter's Large Moons Have Auroras
New observations have revealed that all four of Jupiter's largest moons have aurorae, and they are spectacular!
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Some Elements Arrived on Earth by Surfing Supernova Shock Waves
Follow Perseverance on Its Mars Journey With This Two-Year Timelapse
If Planet 9 has Moons, Would That Help Us Find It?
Happy Presidents Day: George Washington's Hair Set to Go to Deep Space
Meteor Explodes Over English Channel, Moon Breakthrough, Dark Matter Galaxy
ESA is Building an Early Warning System for Dangerous Asteroids
Are Black Holes the Source of Dark Energy?
In a series of papers, an international team claims they've found the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes are responsible for cosmic expansion!
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Galaxies Aren't Just Stars. They're Intricate Networks of Gas and Dust
This is Your Brain on Spaceflight
When Neutron Stars Collide, the Explosion is Perfectly Spherical
Kilonova explosions are almost perfectly spherical, which could help us study cosmic expansion.
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What Would Happen if the Solar System Gained a Super-Earth?
The Mass of a Single Star (other than the Sun) has Been Directly Measured for the First Time
Webb Sees Three Galaxy Clusters Coming Together to Form a Megacluster
The latest JWST deep-field image provides a breathtaking view of Pandora's Cluster, which was previously imaged by Hubble.
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Another Russian Spacecraft is Leaking Coolant
A Russian spacecraft docked with the ISS has reportedly suffered a coolant link for the second time in just a few months.
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The Event Horizon Telescope Gazes into the Heart of a Distant Quasar
Ingenuity is Doing Surprisingly Well
After months of extreme cold, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter appears to be back in working order.
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A Galaxy has Been Found that's Almost Entirely Dark Matter
Perseverance is Building Up a Big Collection of Mars Samples
Magnetars are Extreme in Every Way, Even Their Volcanoes
Why are Jupiter's Trojan Regions so Unevenly Balanced With Asteroids?
Another Meteoroid Discovered Right Before it Hits the Atmosphere
Astronomers Spot a Rogue Supermassive Black Hole, Hurtling Through Space Leaving Star Formation in its Wake
An Extremely Lightweight Fission Rocket Could Reach the Solar Gravitational Lens in 15 Years
If an Earthlike Planet is Within 30 Light-Years, This Space Telescope Will Find it
Scientists are Simulating Europa in the Lab, Learning What They Can Before Clipper Arrives in 2030
Axiom's U.S.-Saudi Crew Approved for Private Mission to Space Station
Are We Entering the Era of Quantum Telescopes?
In a recent study, a team of researchers showed how combining interferometry with quantum principles could lead to quantum telescopes.
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Globular Star Clusters are Constantly Kicking Stars out of the Galaxy
Do Advanced Civilizations use Black Holes as Giant Quantum Computers?
A new study suggests that advanced civilizations could used black holes as massive quantum computers, a theory that has implications for SETI.
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The Sun Continues its Journey to Solar Maximum, Releasing X-Class Flares
Astronomers Uncover Mass Migration of Stars into Andromeda
AI's Costly JWST Mistake, 33-Engine Super Heavy Test, Problems in Orbit
It's Time for Mysterious Spokes to Appear in Saturn's Rings
Dust From the Moon Could Help the Shade the Earth and Slow Down Climate Change
A new study considers how lunar dust launched from the surface of the Moon could help reverse Climate Change.
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A Green Bank Telescope Prototype Radar System Can Image the Moon in High-Resolution and Detect Asteroids
Humans Can Still Find Galaxies That Machine Learning Algorithms Miss
Amateur astronomer Giuseppe Donatiello discovered three faint galaxies that machine learning missed.
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New Spacecraft Can See Into the Permanently Shadowed Craters on the Moon
Machine Learning is a Powerful Tool When Searching for Exoplanets
A new machine learning technique will help astronomers detect young exoplanets in disks surrounding other stars.
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Images From Three Telescopes Merged Into One Spectacular Picture of the Sun
More Data and Machine Learning has Kicked SETI Into High Gear
An international team of SETI researchers used a new algorithm to look for technosignatures in GBT data. They found 8 signals of interest!
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Seeing a Mirror Image of the Milky Way From Billions of Years Ago
