Universe Today

Every time a spacecraft touches down on the moon, it creates a spectacular but dangerous light show of dust and debris that could threaten future lunar bases. Now, after decades

Scientists have created the largest catalogue of exploding stars ever assembled, and it’s telling us something surprising about the mysterious force driving our universe apart. After analyzing over 2,000 stellar

Recreating the environment that most spacecraft experience on their missions is difficult on Earth. Many times it involves large vacuum chambers or wind tunnels that are specially designed for certain

From an engineering perspective, space is surprisingly hot. Or, more specifically, solar energy can make systems that need to be kept at a very cold temperature heat up much more

A team of astronomers using the Netherlands’ powerful LOFAR radio telescope has found a white dwarf that’s defying everything we thought we knew about them. Located over 3,500 light-years away,

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 NASA has awarded $621,000 to University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden to investigate what life might look like on Europa, Jupiter’s ice-covered

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary world that defies everything we thought we knew about planets. TOI-2431 b, an Earth sized planet located just 117 light years away, races around its

Black holes played a critical role in the formation of the early universe. However, astronomers have been debating for a long time just how critical, as the information we had

What new exercise methods can be devised for astronauts in space under microgravity conditions? This is what a recent study conducted submitted to the 2025 Technology Collaboration Center’s (TCC) Wearables

We can understand how Earth formed by watching other planets form in distant solar systems. Powerful telescopes like the VLT are making that possible. New observations show a baby planet