Comet Elenin: Just Passing By
[/caption] It starts out innocently enough: a small speck against a field of background stars, barely noticeable in the image…
SpacePod: Tour of Atlantis and the Launchpad
Jason Rhian had the chance to see Atlantis up close and personal -- both in the Vehicle Assembly Building and…
Young Supernova Has Bright Future
[/caption] Way back in 1987 we received a present from our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was an…
New Class of Stellar Explosion Sings the Blues
[/caption] A team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have discovered a new, ultra-bright class of…
Win a Copy of “Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries”
What are the top 100 discoveries in the history of astronomy? In his book, "Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries," noted astronomy…
Guest Post: Newly Born: the Science of Astronomy
[/caption] Editor's Note: Astronomy journalist Govert Schilling has written a book that looks at the 100 most important discoveries since…
A Couple of Recent “Behind the Scenes” Interviews
For those who want to learn a bit more about what goes on behind the scenes at Universe Today, here…
More Eye-Popping Video from the June 7 Solar Explosion
Here's more video from the huge explosion on the Sun on June 7, 2011, which began at about 06:41 UTC.…
Galaxy Shapes
[/caption] Science revealed to us that universe as we know it, is composed of billions of galaxies like our own…
Soyuz Launches With New “International” Space Station Crew
In an epitome of internationalism, an international crew of three new ISS crew members -- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian…