Astrophoto: Fireworks and the Quarter Moon
This lovely image of the Moon with fireworks exploding nearby in the sky was taken by astrophotgrapher Giuseppe Petricca over…
NASA Names First Astronaut Class for Deep Space Exploration
On Monday, NASA introduced eight new astronaut candidates – four women and four men – who will “help the agency…
- esa
- ExoMars
- Extreme Life
- Mars
- Mars Science Laboratory
- Missions
- NASA
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
Final Construction Starts for Europe’s 2016 Methane Sniffing Mars Mission
Has life ever existed on Mars? Or anywhere beyond Earth? Answering that question is one of the most profound scientific…
Insane Timelapse of a Rotating Supercell Looks Like an Alien Spaceship
Photographer and storm chaser Mike Olbinski has captured some incredible storm footage over the years (such as this apocalyptic haboob…
Final Command Shuts Down Herschel Telescope
We knew it was coming, but it is still sad to see the end of a mission. Controllers for the…
What is the Hottest Planet in the Solar System?
In this short explainer video, Universe Today publisher Fraser Cain explains what is the hottest planet in the Solar System.…
Black Hole Bonanza! Dozens (Potentially) Found In Andromeda As Another Study Probes X-Rays
More than two DOZEN potential black holes have been found in the nearest galaxy to our own. As if that…
Carnival of Space #306
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Alan Versfeld at the Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Earth-Passing Asteroid is “An Entirely New Beast”
On the last day of May 2013 asteroid 1998 QE2 passed relatively closely by our planet, coming within 6 million kilometers...…
Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova; 1st Woman in Space 50 Years Ago! Ready for Mars
50 Years ago today, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made history and became the first woman ever fly in space, when…