Where’s the normal matter in our universe?
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Planets and stars in the night sky are made of normal matter. Yet only 9% of the universe's normal matter is in objects such as these. Where is the rest of it?
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:54 +0000
Russia Loses Launch Capability After Accident at Baikonur Cosmodrome
Reported by Universe Today
A severe accident at the Baikonur Cosmodrome involving a wrecked maintenance cabin has indefinitely delayed Russia's ability to launch crewed missions and payloads to the International Space Station (ISS)....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 01:44 +0000
Did Asteroids Invent Gum Billions of Years Ago?
Reported by Universe Today
What is “gum”? Most people have probably never considered this question, and might answer something like a chewy material you can put in your mouth. But, to a scientist they might answer something like “nitrogen-rich polymeric sheets”, because prec...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:51 +0000
Invention Challenge Brings Student Engineers to NASA JPL
Reported by NASA
Now in its 26th year, the event brings teams of middle and high school students to the lab to compete with home-built contraptions. Teenagers wielding power tools and plywood demonstrated their engineering prowess at the annual Invention Challenge at NASA...
- By: NASA
- On: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 02:05 +0000
Dust In A Telescope's Eye Could Blind It To Earth 2.0
Reported by Universe Today
Hot exozodiacal dust can thwart our efforts to detect exoplanets. It causes what's called coronagraphic leakage, which confuses the light signals from distant stars. The Habitable Worlds Observatory will face this obstacle, and new research sheds light on ...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:47 +0000
China Outlines Future Plans in New Video, Including Finding Earth 2.0
Reported by Universe Today
A video that appeared on CGTN's Hot Take details four missions that China will be sending to space in the coming years, including a survey telescope that will search for Earth 2.0....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:01 +0000