Ring of Fire! Annular Solar Eclipse on May 20
[/caption] There’s a great reason to look up this weekend and hope for clear skies! On May 20-21 an annular…
Remove All Ads from Universe Today
Donate any amount, no matter how small, and remove all ads from Universe Today for life. Want to show your…
JPL Wants To FINESSE Info From Exoplanets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory's proposed FINESSE space telescope may not hunt for exoplanets, but it will find out what they're made…
Watch How Life Recovers from Devastation
If a portion of Earth underwent a major cataclysm, how long would it take for life to recover? The 1980…
An Anti-Gravity User Interface
Researcher Jinha Lee at MIT has developed a remarkable way to interact with computers -- via a programmable, intelligent and…
How Do The Biggest Telescopes Work?
[/caption] Located high in the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert, the enormous telescopes of the European Southern Observatory have been…
Stunning Timelapse of Planet Earth from Elektro-L
We've shared the images and a previous timelapse of Earth's northern hemisphere, but now here's a breath-taking timelapse of the…
New Crew Arrives at Space Station
The crew aboard the International Space Station is now back to a compliment of six. New Expedition 31 crew members…
Meet MIRI, Infrared Camera for Webb Telescope
Our friend Will Gater from the BBC's Sky At Night Magazine had the chance to get a behind-the-scenes tour of…
Venus Transit — There’s an App for That!
[/caption] There have been only six Venus transits since the invention of the telescope in the early 17th century. It…