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In a study published today in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, researchers at the University of Toronto reveal a theoretical breakthrough that may explain both the nature of invisible dark matter and t...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on June 12 launched four satellites for a technology demonstration in low Earth orbit. The post DARPA downsizes Blackjack space experiment appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceX aims to launch the next test flight of its giant Starship rocket in six to eight weeks, Elon Musk said.

A new study has revealed that for 1 billions years, a day on Earth lasted for about 19 hours. The post A Day on Earth Used to Only Be 19 Hours appeared first on Universe Today.

Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday (June 15), and you can watch the excursion live.

Astronomers have taken a deeper look at the scorching hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains from the sky to determine the other chemical elements that comprise its blistering atmosphere.

Nearly 5,000 kilometers above the sun's surface lies a century-old question for solar physicists--how are temperatures in the star's upper atmosphere (corona) hundreds of times hotter than temperatures at the sun's visib...

For the first time, phosphorus -- the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends -- has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.

We really need to get back to Enceladus. Not to send people necessarily, although that would be nice. But, we need to get some more robotic missions out there. This moon is one of the most intriguing places in the solar ...

White dwarfs are the stellar remnants of stars like our Sun. They’re strange objects, and astrophysicists think their cores can crystallize into enormous diamonds. But they need to find more of these strange objects, a...

The evolution of Earth's climate contains many components. And new research has shown just how critical the ozone layer is to the surface temperature of the Earth. Without an ozone layer, our planet would be 3.5 Kelvin c...

Astronomers studying the fastest and most dramatic nova ever recorded continue to find more puzzles than answers, most recently in the form of unexpected radio emissions.

Lunar regolith (aka. moondust) is a major hazard for missions heading to the moon. It's everywhere on the surface--5 to 10 meters (~16.5 to 33 feet) in depth in some places--not to mention jagged and sticky. During the A...

Later this year, the Pentagon aims to launch Navigation Technology Satellite-3, which could help make the nation's vital GPS architecture more robust.

Flamboyant spines, "terrible hands," and thagomizers -- take a tour of fossilized oddities. Discover the bizarre wonders of prehistoric creatures with our collection of the weirdest dinosaurs.

"This is the world's first commercially built weather radar satellite," said Rei Goffer, Tomorrow.io co-founder and chief strategy officer. The post Tomorrow.io raises $87 million for weather satellite constellation appe...

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' returns with ten new episodes of exciting and nostalgic Trek following its impeccable debut season.

The Mars rover Curiosity continues to make its way up the slopes of Mount Sharp on Mars. On April 8th, its navigation cameras snapped a pair of images--one in the morning and one in the afternoon. They show distinctly di...

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is gearing up for its next close flyby of Mercury on 19 June, when it will pass the planet's surface at an altitude of about 236 km.

Jupiter-like exoplanets that are blisteringly close to their parent stars were long thought to be alone in their star systems. But a new study has now revealed that many of them might have companions.

Scientists have taken a journey back in time to unlock the mysteries of Earth's early history, using tiny mineral crystals called zircons to study plate tectonics billions of years ago. The research sheds light on the co...

A team of astronomers from the University of Washington, the SETI Institute, Yale University and Smith College is searching the vicinity of a new supernova in the spiral arms of the Pinwheel Galaxy hoping to find a signa...