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Super-luminous supernovae are the brightest explosions in the Universe. In just a few months, a super-luminous supernova can release as much energy as our Sun will in its entire lifespan. And at its peak, it can be as br...

The hottest exoplanet ever found is so infernally hot that it's ripping apart hydrogen molecules in its atmosphere, astronomers have found.

Scientists are about to get their first-ever good looks at the poles of the sun, which could be key to solving some long-standing solar mysteries.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine expressed reservations Jan. 27 about a NASA authorization bill introduced in the House last week that he fears could constrain the agency's approach to human space exploration. SpaceNew...

A DirecTV satellite suffered a battery failure and now has to be de-orbited. Otherwise, it could cause a collision and explosion. The post A Television Satellite Might be About to Explode appeared first on Universe Today...

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Zain Husain at the Brownspaceman.com blog.

The data could help scientists understand why the sun's corona is so much hotter than its surface.

Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dave Dickinson ( / @astroguyz) Pam Hoffman (EverydaySpacer.com / @EverydaySpacer) Veranika Klimovich ( @VeronikaSpace) Tonight we welcome Dr. Christopher Glein, Senior R...

See images from NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope.

A mission to study the interaction of the solar wind with the ancient cast-off winds of other stars, and the fundamental process of particle acceleration in space, has completed a critical NASA review and is now moving c...

A company called Tethers Unlimited has deployed its de-orbiting tether in a successful test on the Prox-1 satellite. The satellite is one of four that are carrying the device, called the Terminator Tape. Rather than stay...

"Project Blue Book," the hit television docudrama about the U.S. military's investigations into aliens more than 50 years ago, is back for Season 2.

To honor the brave astronauts lost their lives in the Challenger disaster, The Rentals, an American rock band fronted by Matt Sharp (best known for his work as a bassist in Weezer), released a song and corresponding lyri...

A collision would create a debris belt that would endanger spacecraft worldwide.

The five-year contract is to develop the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution, or FORGE. SpaceNews.com

After nearly 11 months in orbit, the astronaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman can't wait to dig into some salsa and chips, and swim and surf in the Gulf of Mexico.

While Trekkies worldwide exult in the return of Jeri Ryan to "Star Trek: Picard," the actor is also coming back to "Star Trek Online" -- a long-running game in the Trek universe.

Tonight (Jan. 28), you can catch the crescent moon make a close approach to Venus in the evening sky.

Streams of plasma from the sun create "chirping" and "whistling" noises heard by NASA's Parker Solar Probe.

An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, with several people agreeing on this perception. The result of this intriguing visual experime...

Axiom Space will provide at least one habitable segment to help spur commercial activity in orbit --

Spitzer has far outlived expectations, continuing to reveal the wonders of the universe even as its instruments began shutting down.