Soar with the Aurora in this Breathtaking Real-time Video
"Soaring" by Ole Salomonsen We've posted many beautiful aurora photos and videos over the years here at Universe Today, but…
The Inner Planets of Our Solar System
Our Solar System is an immense and amazing place. Between its eight planets, 176 moons, 5 dwarf planets (possibly hundreds…
Japan Successfully Launches Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Sample Return Mission
Japan successfully launched their Hayabusa-2 sample return mission to asteroid 1999 JU3, and JAXA reports the spacecraft is on course…
Mars Needs You! Help Scientists Track Spring Thaw On Red Planet
We've been watching Mars with spacecraft for about 50 years, but there's still so little we know about the Red…
Planets Could Travel Along with Rogue ‘Hypervelocity’ Stars, Spreading Life Throughout the Universe
In a series of new studies, Harvard astronomers show that hypervelocity stars are common in our Universe and could be…
Europa Life: Could ‘Extreme Shrimp’ Point To Microbes On That Moon?
For all of the talk about aliens that we see in science fiction, the reality is in our Solar System,…
New Cosmological Theory Goes Inflation-Free
The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation is one of the greatest discoveries of modern cosmology. Astrophysicist George Smoot once likened…
DNA Won’t Be Killed Dead By A Rocket Ride To Space, Study Suggests
So how 'bout those planetary protection agreements? Turns out that plasmid DNA -- the kind that exists in bacterial cells …
Moon Over Orion Heralds Start of NASA’s Human Road to Mars
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - This week’s appearance of the Moon over the Kennedy Space Center marks the perfect backdrop…
Famous Hubble Star Explosion Is Expanding, New Animation Reveals
Wow! One of the most famous star explosions captured by the Hubble Space Telescope -- several times -- shows clear…