This Week’s Best Space Photos – April 26, 2013
This Week's Best Space Photos - April 26, 2013.
An Inside Look at the Water/Urine Recycling System on the Space Station
International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield "lifts the lid" on the Water Recovery System, the first liquid recycling system to…
Radio Observatory Moves to a Shopping Mall
How’s this for bringing science to the public? This weekend, the Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden will be moving their…
You Can Remove All Ads from Universe Today
I just wanted to remind everyone, if you don't want advertising mixed in with your space news, you can remove…
How Do You Measure A Planet Near A Tiny Star?
When you sit back and think about how far away exoplanets are -- and how faint -- it's a scientific…
New Interactive Panorama from the Curiosity Rover
Above is a recent 3-D version of a panoramic view from NASA of the Curiosity Mars rover, made from dozens…
Sci-Fi Book Review: “Pilot” by R.D. Drabble
"Pilot," a new sci-fi thriller, follows law enforcement officer Legitt Redd, as he finds himself in the middle of an…
Success! Progress Spacecraft Overcomes Stuck Antenna, Arrives at Station
A software fix solved a sticky antenna problem on an unmanned cargo ship, a problem that threatened to interfere with…
Astrophotographers Capture “Mini” Lunar Eclipse
The lunar eclipse on April 25 was described by astrophotographer Gadi Eidelheit as "the greatest, slightest eclipse I ever saw!"…
This Spot on Mercury (Almost) Never Goes Dark
Mercury, traveling in its 88-day-long orbit around the Sun with basically zero axial tilt, has many craters at its poles…