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After Stalling Out for 40 Years, the Largest Iceberg in the World is on the Move
In 1986, a gigantic iceberg separated from the Fichner-Ronne ice shelf in West Antarctica. It was…
Europe is Working on a Multi-Purpose Habitat for the Moon
With NASA gearing up to send humans back to the Moon in the next few years…
Should We Send Humans to Europa?
Universe Today recently examined the potential for sending humans to the planet Venus despite its extremely…
Vera Rubin Will Generate a Mind-Boggling Amount of Data
When the Vera C. Rubin Observatory comes online in 2025, it will be one of the…
Hubble is Offline Because of a Problem with one of its Gyros
The rich flow of scientific data—and stunning images—that comes from the Hubble Space Telescope is being…
Spider Pulsars are Tearing Apart Stars in the Omega Cluster
Pulsars are extreme objects. They’re what’s left over when a massive star collapses on itself and…
Fermi has Found More than 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars
In June 2008, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope began surveying the cosmos to study some…
Could Life Exist in Molecular Clouds?
Our search for life beyond Earth is still in its infancy. We’re focused on Mars and,…
The New Asteroid Moon Discovered by Lucy Just Got its Own Name
When NASA’s Lucy mission flew past asteroid Dinkinesh on November 1, 2023, it made the surprising…