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…
A Swirling Oasis of Life
[/caption] A serpentine eddy swirls in the southern Indian Ocean several hundred kilometers off the coast of South Africa in…
Tough Cuts for Planetary Science In NASA’s 2013 Budget Proposal
[/caption] As expected, NASA’s 2013 budget request calls for an overall decrease in funding, with especially tough cuts to planetary…
‘Stealth Merger’ of Dwarf Galaxies Seen in New Images
[/caption] Space may be vast, but accidents can still happen, like when galaxies "collide," usually resulting in the smaller one…
Scientists Find New Clues About the Interiors of ‘Super-Earth’ Exoplanets
[/caption] As we learned in science class in school, the Earth has a molten interior (the outer core) deep beneath…
Flawless Maiden Launch for Europe’s New Vega Rocket
[/caption] Europe scored a major space success with today’s (Feb. 13) flawless maiden launch of the brand new Vega rocket…
New Comet Discovered by Amateur Astronomer
[/caption] "Friday, February 10th 2012 just felt like the perfect night for a comet to be discovered by an amateur…