Venus Might Have Tectonic Activity After All

Venus, Earth’s scorching twin, is our closest and most extreme planetary neighbour. Perpetually shrouded in thick,…

Water Ice Found in Another Star System

Water ice shapes the outer regions of our Solar System in profound ways, forming the thick…

Calculating ISRU Propellant Production – Universe Today

Computational Fluid Dynamics. Those words are enough to strike fear into the heart of many an…

A Proposed Mission to Study Venus’ Interior

By Andy Tomaswick May 15, 2025 Sometimes it’s fun to look back at old missions that…

Search underway for meteorite fragments after bright fireball over Western Australia

A meteoroid entered Earth’s atmosphere at 21:57 UTC on May 10, 2025 (05:57 local time (LT)…

ACES mission set to explore time and gravity like never before

Time doesn’t pass uniformly across different gravitational environments. According to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, gravity…

This Supermassive Black Hole Chases its Food

Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) reside at the center of large galaxies, where they dominate their surroundings…

Space Weather Can Dramatically Alter a Planet’s Fate

We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and their potential to host…

Want to Find Life? You’ll Want Several Exoplanets in the Same System to Compare

Most astronomers agree that life is likely common throughout the Universe. While Earth is the only…

There are Many Ways to Interpret the Atmosphere of K2-18 b

By Andy Tomaswick May 9, 2025 Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. That truism, now known as…