The US Government budget announcement in March left NASA with two billion dollars less than it…
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It’s Time to Study Lunar Lava Tubes. Here’s a Mission That Could Help
The Moon is practically begging to be explored, and the momentum to do so is building.…
DART impact altered Dimorphos’ orbit and shape, proving asteroid deflection technique viable
On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission made history by intentionally colliding…
Public meteorite hunt after large fireball streaks over New Zealand
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One Impact on Mars Produced More than Two Billion Secondary Craters
There are plenty of craters on Mars, especially when compared to Earth. That is primarily thanks…
Citizen Scientists Find Fifteen “Active Asteroids”
Nature often defies our simple explanations. Take comets and asteroids, for example. Comets are icy and…
Astronomers Find the Most Massive Supercluster to Date
The Earth’s place in space is a fairly familiar one with it orbiting an average star.…
Gravity From Mars has an Effect on Earth’s Oceans
We are all too familiar of the Moon’s effect on our planet. It’s relentless tug causes…
Earth’s Long-Term Habitability Relies on Chemical Cycles. How Can We Better Understand Them?
We, and all other complex life, require stability to evolve. Planetary conditions needed to be benign…
Planetary Geophysics: What is it? What can it teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Universe Today has examined the importance of studying impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, solar physics,…