Contest: Win IMAX Hubble DVD
When I saw the IMAX Hubble movie last year when it was released in theaters, it's portrayal of the immensity…
New Results from GOCE: Earth is a Rotating Potato
Although they aren't particularly fond of the comparison, scientists from the GOCE satellite team had to admit that new data…
We’re Done With Embargoes
Here's the short version: Universe Today will no longer participate in news story embargoes. If you have news, we'll get…
Unidentified Triangles
[/caption] Apparently I have a reputation as a debunker. When I first started writing for Universe Today, Fraser told me…
Where In The Universe Challenge #142
Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Here’s #142! Take a look and see if you can name where…
NASAs First Orion Capsule and New Space Operations Center Unveiled
[/caption] The inaugural version of NASA’s new Orion human space exploration capsule was unveiled by Lockheed Martin at the company’s…
Observing Alert – Nova Saggitarii 2011 #2
If you think you're looking a a star studded field, you'd be right. But take a close look at the…
New Images from Mercury: Just the Beginning for MESSENGER in Orbit
[/caption] Sharing just a few of the 1,500 images the MESSENGER spacecraft has now taken from its orbital vantage point,…
New Technique Separates the Modest Red Giants From the … Giant Red Giants
Based on results from the first year of the Kepler mission, researchers have learned a way to distinguish two different…
From the Earth and Moon (and Russia) With Love
[/caption] This stunning picture of the Moon and Earth was taken by Russia's new Elektro-L spacecraft, a weather-forecasting satellite that…