2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (282+ words) Where will you be on August 12th? Many an eclipse chaser and the ‘eclipse curious’ will make the journey to stand in the Moon’s shadow on that fast-approaching Wednesday date. This unique eclipse sees the pencil-thin shadow of our Moon curl…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (109+ words) Long before a human ever sets foot on the Red Planet, we already know how hard the environment is. Once one finally does, the only things protecting them from that harsh environment will be the infrastructure we’ve built up there,…...

13+ hour, 6+ min ago   (111+ words) Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the solar system, boasting hundreds of active volcanoes spewing molten lava into space. This occurs from a process called tidal heating where Jupiter’s massive gravity constantly stretches and compresses…...

17+ hour, 38+ min ago   (792+ words) Universe Today Samples obtained by China's Chang'e-6 mission are revealing a great deal about the Moon's far side. The study of these rock and regolith samples is not only shedding light on the far side's geological history, which differs from…...

22+ hour, 54+ min ago   (517+ words) Little Red Dots are one of the mysteries uncovered by the JWST. Astronomers have been trying to figure out what they are, and have come up with multiple possibilities. New research says they could be ancient Globular Clusters with supermassive…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (939+ words) Universe Today Recent gravitational wave detections show hundreds of such mergers in the Universe. Many probably came from collisions of black holes created when massive stars died in supernova explosions. That's the standard story we all learn about the deaths…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (453+ words) Scientists at ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration have demonstrated how clouds in a sub-Neptune's atmosphere shape the interior structure of the planet....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (126+ words) One of the challenges of searching for “technosignatures” (i.e. signs that intelligent life somewhere in the universe has created technology) is understanding what to look for. Technology is a very broad area, and different types would show up as…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (829+ words) Sub-Neptune exoplanets, exoplanets that are slightly smaller than Neptune, have been designated as the most common type of planet in the Milky Way Galaxy based on their vast discovery numbers, totaling almost 3,300 out of the more than 6,300 confirmed exoplanets to…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (128+ words) Black holes represent some of the most extreme environments in the universe. They’re the sources of the strongest consistent gravitational fields, which allows us to test Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity to an extent that’s impossible with small objects. But…...