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I use Moon and Mars rocks in my teaching and have a modest collection of meteorites. I marvel at the fact that I can hold in my hand something that is billions of years old from billions of miles away.

It’s about time to retire the old astronomy joke: “Define the Universe and give three examples.” That’s because recent simulations are answering that question pretty well. Nowadays, the answer could just very wel...

Mouse embryos have been grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicating it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space, a group of Japanese scientists said.

The NASA-funded SWIM project aims to detect where there's most likely water ice beneath Martian ground. Here's why.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to launched 22 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (Oct. 29), the first of two planned missions for the day.

Blue Origin has unveiled a full-sized mockup of an uncrewed version of its Blue Moon lunar lander that will test technologies intended for a crewed version it is developing for NASA's Artemis effort. The post Blue Origin...

A lunar eclipse visible to potentially millions of stargazers across the Eastern Hemisphere on Saturday offered an early skywatching treat before Halloween.

On July 15th, 2023, astronomers discovered an asteroid 43 meters across, two days before it passed within a quarter of the distance from the Earth to the Moon. If it had struck the Earth, it would have impacted with 1.5 ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida tonight (Oct. 29), on the second of two planned missions for the day.

Astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues her space adventures in the NASA graphic novel 'First Woman: Expanding Our Universe.'

In a recent bootlegged video, China provided a detailed look at their plans for the future of lunar exploration. The post China Showcases its Lunar Exploration Plans appeared first on Universe Today.