Reminder: This Week’s Weekly Space Hangout with Special Guest Alan Stern
Just a reminder that we'll be doing our regular live Weekly Space Hangout On Air on Thursday at the usual…
Behind the Scenes at the Keck Telescope
Who knew there were so many moving parts to operate a telescope? This is a great behind the scenes video…
Young Star Cluster In Disintegrated Galaxy Reveals First-Ever Intermediate Mass Black Hole
[/caption] Score another first for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope! Along with observations taken with the Swift X-ray telescope, a team…
Infographic: The Anatomy of a Supersonic Freefall
What are all the steps and stages of Felix Baumgartner's record-setting freefall attempt which will take place later this year?…
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,…