JAXA Officially Wraps Up its SLIM Lander Mission

On January 20th, 2024, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Smart Lander…

Stranded ISS astronauts to return home in February 2025 using SpaceX Dragon

NASA has postponed the return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space…

After a Boost from Earth and the Moon, Juice is On its Way to Venus and Beyond

The first spacecraft to use gravity assist was NASA’s Mariner 10 in 1974. It used a…

X-Ray Telescopes Could Study Exoplanets Too

Exoplanets are often discovered using the transit method (over three quarters of those discovered have been…

Life Needs Black Holes to Survive

Life is rare, and it requires exactly the right environmental mix to establish itself. And there’s…

The Big Fringe Telescope. A 2.2 KILOMETER Telescope on the Cheap. And it Can Make Exoplanet “Movies”.

Can a kilometer-scale telescope help conduct more efficient science, and specifically for the field of optical…

What Makes a Supercluster? – Universe Today

By eye, it’s impossible to pick out the exact boundaries of the superclusters, which are among…

Neutron Star Mergers Could Be Producing Quark Matter

When neutron stars dance together, the grand smash finale they experience might create the densest known…

Chinese Researchers Devise New Strategy for Producing Water on the Moon

In the coming years, China and Roscosmos plan to create the International Lunar Research PStation (ILRSP),…

Bright fireball over Michigan — third in the U.S. within 24 hours

A bright fireball streaked through the night sky over Michigan at around 04:15 UTC on August…