Twisted Ring Of Gas Orbits Galactic Center
[/caption] The Herschel Space Observatory scanned the center of the galaxy in far-infrared and found a cool (in all senses…
Copenhagen Suborbitals Upcoming Launch Attempt in June
[/caption] Copenhagen Suborbitals hopes to launch the world’s first amateur-built rocket for human space travel and have announced an upcoming…
Globular Clusters Are Real Oddballs
[/caption] Hanging onto the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy like cockle burs on a shaggy dog's coat, globular clusters…
Dead Galaxy? Don’t Think So.
[/caption] There was a time when most astronomers concluded that elliptical galaxies were a lot like their globular clusters -…
Spirit’s Last Panorama
[/caption] Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) features an image mosaic put together in part by Universe Today's Ken…
Interview and tour with GLXP team Omega Envoy – SpacePod 2011.05.30
Spacevidcast's Jason Rhian had a chance to go behind the scenes with the Google Lunar X PRIZE team Omega Envoy…
Exoplanet Kepler-7b Unexpectedly Reflective
[/caption] Early on in the hunt for extra solar planets, the main method for discovering planets was the radial…
Testing the Spiral Density Wave Theory
[/caption] Spiral galaxies are one of the most captivating structures in astronomy, yet their nature is still not fully…
Double Spaceship Sighting Alert — and Last Chance to See Endeavour in Orbit
[/caption] UPDATE: And we have a sighting! Beth Katz from Pennsylvania in the US sent us this image,an 8 second…
How Space Flight Keeps Us ‘Closer and Safer’
The Coalition for Space Exploration, a collective of many prominent, established aerospace firms has released the second part of its…