Approximately 13.8 billion years ago, the Big Bang is hypothesized to have occurred, kickstarting our universe and...
Universe Today
Galaxies are like snowflakes, no two exactly alike, even the spirals. The Hubble Space Telescope did a...
If humanity intends to engage in interstellar exploration in the near future, lightsails are currently the best...
SpaceX sent its Starship super-rocket on its first orbital flight — a shorter-than-planned test mission that put...
Something deep inside Mars has scientists looking for clues to its internal evolution. A team at the...
The easiest way to find a black hole is to look for its jets. These trails of...
Way back in the earliest epochs of the Universe, the Big Bang was followed by a period...
There’s a once-in-a-millennia astronomical opportunity coming up in about three years, and space agencies are rushing to...
Scientists love taking inspiration from nature. The evolutionary processes that have created such a diverse panoply of...
As humanity continues to move towards a permanent settlement on the Moon, we still have at least...
The early stages of the solar system remain shrouded in mystery. Not much remains from that time,...
Everything from the gold in your smart phone to the calcium in your bones was originally created...
When we think of asteroids, we often think of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter...
It is a scientific consensus that Mars once had abundant sources of surface water, including groundwater, rivers,...
In our own solar system, all eight planets orbit our Sun in a nice, orderly fashion. None...
In Mars’ Jezero Crater, a geologic area known as the “Margin Unit” stretches along the shoreline of...
Rocket launches are some of the most violent travel methods man has ever created. They generate millions...
Docking with the ISS may seem simple. However, actually doing so is a showcase in how difficult...
Galaxies and their stars in the early Universe look a lot weirder than those we see today,...
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has made a once-in-a-lifetime find of a newly formed crater on...