Universe Today

At the inaugural meeting of the newly-reestablished National Space Council, VP Mike Pence laid out the administration's plan for renewed missions to the Moon.

At the International Astronautical Congress this week, Elon Musk revealed his plans to conduct missions to Mars and provide aerospace trips between major cities on Earth

NASA is working on developing a space station in a cis-lunar orbit that will serve as the jumping off point to exploring the Solar System; it’s known as the Deep Space Gateway.

NASA is working on developing a space station in a cis-lunar orbit that will serve as the jumping off point to exploring the Solar System; it’s known as the Deep Space Gateway.

In this week’s question show, Fraser searches for the most energetic collisions in the Universe, whether we should vacuum up dust on the Moon, and are there supernovae that don’t create black holes.

One of the most beautiful and scientifically interesting objects in space are the globular clusters, containing hundreds of thousands of stars. What are they and where did they come from?

In this week’s question show, Fraser explains why James Webb can’t be repaired if anything goes wrong, why we even need space telescopes in the first place, and his favorite methods of zipping around the Solar System.

Astronomers have been searching for mid-weight black holes, and now they’ve found one, right here in the Milky Way.

It’s a mystery that’s puzzled astronomers for years. Which came first, supermassive black holes or the galaxies that surround them?

It’s a mystery that’s puzzled astronomers for years. Which came first, supermassive black holes or the galaxies that surround them?