NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter 3 Weeks and 4 Million Miles from Mars
Now just 3 weeks and 4 million miles (6 million kilometers) from rendezvous with Mars, NASA’s ground breaking Mars Atmosphere…
Universe Today Wins a Parsec Award for the Guide to Space
As you might know, a few of us were attending Dragon*Con this weekend in Atlanta, where the Parsec Awards are…
Astrophoto: I Need Warp Speed in 3 Minutes or We’re All Dead
Whoa! Having just returned from the science and science fiction mashup that is Dragon Con, my mind is still combining…
Here’s Your Chance To Send A Message To An Asteroid
What's your vision for solar system exploration? And how cool would it be to send it literally into the solar…
Amazing Video Timelapse Of Big Telescopes At Work In Chile
What's it like to spend a night at a huge telescope observatory? Jordi Busque recorded a brilliant timelapse of the…
Hunting for “Minimoons” Orbiting Earth
It’s an engaging thought experiment. What if Earth had multiple moons? Our world has one large natural satellite, just over…
Carnival of Space #369
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Rosetta Now Up Close to Comet 67P – Snapping Mapping Mosaics for Momentous Philae Landing
Four-image photo mosaic comprising images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera on 31 August 2014 from a distance of 61 km…
25 Days from Mars – India’s MOM is in Good Health!
Now less than 25 days from her history making rendezvous with the Red Planet and the critical Mars Orbital Insertion…
Tonight’s Moon-Mars-Saturn Trio Recalls Time of Terror
Check it out. Look southwest at dusk tonight and you'll see three of the solar system's coolest personalities gathering for…