The Small Magellanic Cloud is Being Pulled in Different Directions

The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of our closest galactic neighbours. It’s a dwarf irregular galaxy…

There are Planets Forming in the Center of the Milky Way

Protoplanetary disks are cosmic nurseries where new planets are born out of swirling rings of gas…

First visible-light aurora on Mars detected from the surface

NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a visible aurora from the surface of Mars for the first…

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…