ExoMars Hunting: Where Should The European Rover Land?
Picking a landing site on Mars is a complex process. There's the need to balance scientific return with the capabilities…
Spotted: Asteroids ‘Smashing Themselves To Smithereens’ 1,200 Light-Years Away
When a crop of dust spread forth from the star NGC 2547-1D8 during 2012 observations, scientists quickly sprang into action.…
Memory Problems On Mars Will Force Opportunity Rover Reformat From Earth
NASA's Opportunity rover, which has been roaming Mars for more than 10 Earth years, requires a flash memory reformat to…
Get Set for the Super (or Do You Say Harvest?) Full Moon 3 of 3 for 2014
Time to dust off those ‘what is a perigee Full Moon’ explainer posts… the supermoon once again cometh this weekend…
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…