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The sheer scale of the universe may oftentimes escape everyday description; our “pale blue dot” may sometimes feel miniscule compared with the sheer scale of the rest of the universe. In response to this, Modern Sciences champions the latest in astronomical developments and discoveries, to help us truly understand what lies beyond our blue skies—not just the universe as how we see it, but a universe in which we are a part. “We are made of star stuff,” after all.
I found a new meteor shower, and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun
This composite image shows the Geminid meteors, captured in 2020 using Global Meteor Network software. Aleksandar Merlak Patrick…
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
The Camelot crater in the Moon’s Taurus-Littrow Valley is where the sample containing trivalent titanium was found. NASA/Apollo…
A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth
A Starlink train passing through auroras over rural Saskatchewan in November 2025. (Samantha Lawler), CC BY-NC-ND Samantha Lawler,…
The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight
Robert Goddard, considered the father of modern rocketry, standing with a rocket in 1935. Esther Goddard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images…
Space launches are changing the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere, studies warn – here’s what can be done
NASA JSC Ian Williams, University of Southampton Look up on a clear night and you’ll see the streaks…
One of the biggest stars in the universe might be getting ready to explode
ESO / L. Calçada, CC BY Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology One of the largest known stars…
Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?
Stars near the north celestial pole circle the North Star, Polaris. Photographed in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, Calif.…
A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’
Alan Dyer/Getty Images Laura Revell, University of Canterbury; Michele Bannister, University of Canterbury, and Samantha Lawler, University of…
A cosmic explosion with the force of a billion Suns went unseen – until we caught its echo
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Ashna Gulati, University of Sydney and Tara Murphy, University of…
20 billion galaxies: new survey of the sky will reveal the universe in unprecedented detail
Trifid nebula (top) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth. NSF–DOE Vera C.…