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New Study Addresses how Lunar Missions will Kick up Moondust.
Before the end of this decade, NASA plans to return astronauts to the Moon for the…
How Warm Are the Oceans on the Icy Moons? The Ice Thickness Provides a Clue.
Scientists are discovering that more and more Solar System objects have warm oceans under icy shells.…
NASA Tests the New Starship Docking System
The Apollo Program delivered 12 American astronauts to the surface of the Moon. But that program…
China Has Built a Huge Space Simulation Chamber
Well it certainly caught my attention when I saw the headlines “China’s first Space Environment Simulator”…
The International Space Station’s Air Leaks are Increasing. No Danger to the Crew
Only the other week I had to fix my leaky tap. That was a nightmare. I…
Planetary Atmospheres: Why study them? What can they teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Universe Today has surveyed the importance of studying impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, solar physics,…
This Planet-Forming Disk has More Water Than Earth’s Oceans
Astronomers have detected a large amount of water vapour in the protoplanetary disk around a young…
How Startups on Earth Could Blaze a Trail for Cities on Mars
If future explorers manage to set up communities on Mars, how will they pay their way?…
How We Get Planets from Clumping Dust
Our gleaming Earth, brimming with liquid water and swarming with life, began as all rocky planets…