What is the Most Powerful Telescope in the World?

Just how powerful is the world’s most powerful telescope? Let’s start with the human eye. The…

Asteroid 2025 HH flew past Earth at 0.07 LD — third closest of the year

This is the 50th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the…

How Astronomers Compare Telescopes – Universe Today

How can you fairly compare one telescope to another? It’s all in the (angular) resolution. The…

Delivering Payloads to Mars with CHAMPS

Through its “Moon to Mars” program, NASA plans to send the first crewed missions to Mars…

Astronomers Watch a Black Hole Wake Up in Real Time

You never know exactly when a central supermassive black hole is going to power up and…

Mars Has the Remnants of a Lopsided Magnetic Field

By Andy Tomaswick April 19, 2025 Scientists have known for a while that Mars currently lacks…

The Evidence for Ancient Supernovae Is Buried Underground

The solar system is currently embedded deep within the Local Bubble, a region of relatively low…

Searching for Life on Mars in the Snow and Ice

The surface of Mars is extremely cold, irradiated, and desiccated. But at one time, the planet…

Signs of life detected on exoplanet K2-18b

A team from the University of Cambridge, led by Nikku Madhusudhan, reported the detection of dimethyl…

A New Concept for an Astrobiology Mission to Enceladus

This year’s Lunar Planetary Science Conference (2025 LPSC) saw some truly astounding presentations and proposals. These…