Universe Today
The New Ariane 6 Heavy Lift Rocket is Finally on the Launch Pad, But Won't Liftoff Until Late 2023
Lucy Zipped Past Earth to get a Gravitational Assist Towards Jupiter's Trojans
NASA Provides a Timelapse Movie Showing How the Universe Changed Over 12 Years
A Black Hole is Hurling a jet of Material at its Neighboring Galaxy
Scientists Find an Ancient Stellar Catalog Written by Hipparcus Hidden in a Medieval Tome
Spectral imaging reveals the Hipparchus astronomical catalog was much more precise than we thought.
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A Nearby Star Has Completely Blasted Away the Atmosphere From its Planet
Chandra's X-ray Vision Combined With JWST Reveals Even More Details About the Universe
No More Big Rip, Pillars of Creation by JWST, Biggest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever
Will Mars finally answer, 'Are we alone?'
Astronomers Find a "Marshmallow World": the Lowest Density Gas Giant Ever Discovered
Mars Could Have Been Warm and wet, While Earth was Still a Glowing Ball of Molten Rock
New research suggests that when Earth was still a ball of molten rock, Mars may have been covered in warm, blue oceans!
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Early Life on Mars Might Have Wiped Out Life on Mars
NASA Just Ordered Three More Orion Capsules, for Artemis VI, VII, and VIII
Nitrous Oxide, aka "Laughing gas", Could be an Indication of Life in an Exoplanet
Why NASA Is Trying to Crash Land on Mars
Webb Sees a Cluster of Galaxies Feeding a Quasar
A Monster Black Hole has Been Found Right in our Backyard (Astronomically Speaking)
Using data from multiple observstories, a team of astronomers has discovered a monster blackhole right in our backyard!
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First 100 Days of James Webb. Everything You Need to Know
Astronomers Chart the Influence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy on the Universe by Measuring Over 1,500 Supernovae
Two decades of supernova observations still leave big mysteries unsolved.
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Curiosity Arrives in a Salty Region of Mars. Was it Left Over From a Dying Sea?
What's the Best Shielding to Protect Astronauts on Mars?
Our Guide to Tuesday's Partial Solar Eclipse for Europe
Europe, the Middle East, and northeast Africa will see the final solar eclipse of 2022 next Tuesday.
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Astronomers Just saw the Most Powerful Gamma-ray Burst Ever Recorded
In a series of studies, two teams of astronomers shared their data on the closest and most powerful gamma ray burst ever observed.
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Here's Webb's View of the Pillars of Creation
The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Also Flooded the World's Coastlines With a Catastrophic Tsunami
New research shows that in addition to killing the dinosaurs, the Chicxulub Impact caused a global tsunami 30,000 more powerful than anything we've ever seen!
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The Heaviest Element Ever Seen in an Exoplanet's Atmosphere: Barium
2.46 Billion Years ago, a day on Earth was Only 17 Hours and the Moon was Much Closer
Will Venus finally answer, 'Are we alone?'
Hubble Examines the Wreckage From the 2017 Kilonova
A team of astrophysicists examined the site of the 2017 kilonova explosion and observed a rapidly-spinning disk and relativistic jets.
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Remembering the Gutsy and Hilarious Apollo Astronaut Jim McDivitt
Scientists Discover a New Way Exoplanets Could Make Oxygen; Unfortunately, it Doesn't Require Life
Planet Formation Doesn't Have to be a Rush job After all
Arecibo Won't Be Rebuilt
Shortly Before They Collided, two Black Holes Tangled Spacetime up Into Knots
An international team led from Cardiff University has confirmed that black hole binaries experience precession.
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NASA is Hoping They can Break the Sound Barrier... Quietly
Astronomers Have Found More Than 30,000 Near-Earth Asteroids... so far
TESS has Resumed Normal Operations
NASA has announced that TESS is back online and resumed normal operations!
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Astronomers Think They Have a Warning Sign for When Massive Stars are About to Explode as Supernovae
A study of red supergiant supernovae suggests they become dim and red just before they day.
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Huge DART Success, JWST Sees Weird Rings, Moon's True Origin
If we Detect This gas on Other Planets, it's a Good Sign There's Life There
If Earth Were an Exoplanet, it Would Still be Tricky to Figure Out if There's Life Here
New Views of Ganymede and Europa From Earth's Most Powerful Telescope
SpaceIL's Beresheet 2 Lander Will try Growing Various Plants on the Moon
Mars Express Watched Deimos Pass in Front of Jupiter and its Moons
A new Launch Date for Artemis 1: November 14th ... at Night
A Black Hole Burps out Material, Years After Feasting on a Star
When observing a black hole that devoured a star three years earlier, an international team of astronomers noticed it "burping" material out at half the speed of light!
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Webb Sees Organic Molecules in the Hearts of Galaxies, Surprisingly Close to Active Supermassive Black Holes
Starship and Super Heavy are Stacked up Again. How Long Until They fly?
The Starship and Super Heavy are fully stacked for the first time in six months, which could mean an orbital test flight is imminent!
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America's First Space Tourist Signs Up for Moon Trip on SpaceX's Starship
SpinLaunch Completes its 10th Test, Hurling Payloads for NASA and Other Companies Into the air
SpinLaunch just completed its 10th test flight (and its first test with payloads), putting them a step closer to commercial launches.
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