Skydiver Prepares for Record-Setting Freefall from the Edge of Space
In 2010, we reported on Felix Baumgartner and his upcoming attempt to break the sound barrier with his body, in…
NEOShield: a Preemptive Strike Against Asteroids
[/caption] Scientists aren’t entirely sure when the last major asteroid hit the Earth, but it's certain to happen again. Alan…
‘Dark Markings of the Sky’ are Hiding Star Formation
[/caption] This stunning new image shows a sinuous filament of cosmic dust more than ten light-years long. The makeup of…
Beginner’s Guide to Seeing the International Space Station (ISS)
[/caption] Most readers of Universe Today are familiar with the International Space Station or "ISS" as it's often referred to.…
NASA’s Picture of the Future of Human Spaceflight
[/caption] NASA released a new interactive infographic that attempts to give a picture of future of human spaceflight activities and…
NASA Shuts Down Its Last Mainframe Computer
[/caption] NASA has just powered down its last mainframe computer. Umm, everyone remembers what a mainframe computer is, right? Well,…
Starbursts May Actually Destroy Globular Clusters
[/caption] It seems logical to assume that long ago, the amount of globular clusters increased in our galaxy during star-making…
With Love from Universe Today
[/caption] Here's an image from the Mars Global Surveyor that looks like a box of chocolates, with different shaped landforms,…
Kuiper’s Color Close-Up
[/caption] The pale-orange coloration around the 39-mile (62-km) -wide Kuiper crater on Mercury is evident in this image, a color…
Space Timelapse: Temporal Distortion by Randy Halverson
Randy Halverson has released a new timelapse video of the night sky shot at the White River in central South…