JAXA: Hayabusa Capsule Contains Particles, Maybe of Asteroid
[/caption] At a press conference yesterday, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that they had "scraped up"…
Titan’s Atmosphere Could Produce Building Blocks of Life
[/caption] Saturn’s moon Titan has long been thought to be an analog of early Earth, and a recent experiment demonstrates…
Could a Human Mars Mission Be Funded Commercially?
[/caption] What will it take to actually get humans to Mars? The best answer is probably money. The right amount…
Hawking(ish) Radiation Observed
In 1974, Steven Hawking proposed a seemingly ridiculous hypothesis. Black holes, the gravitational monsters from which nothing escapes, evaporate. To…
Hubble: Helium Reionization Was a Hot Time in the Ol’ Universe
[/caption] Using Hubble’s newest tool, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS), researchers have nailed down and enhanced our understanding of the…
Comet Hartley 2 Scouted by WISE, Hubble for Upcoming Encounter
[/caption] In a little less than a month, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft (its current mission is called EPOXI) will fly…
100 Epic Astronomy Images from ESO
[/caption] The European Southern Observatory pumps out incredible astronomical images, usually weekly, and they have now put together a collection…
Awesome: Father & Son DIY Satellite Captures HD Video from 100,000 ft.
This is a great: amateur rocketeers Luke Geissbuhler and his son Max launched their own DIY satellite via a weather…
M31’s Odd Rotation Curve
Early on in astronomical history, galactic rotation curves were expected to be simple; they should operate much like the solar…
Where In The Universe Challenge #121
It’s time once again for another Where In The Universe Challenge. This awesome image was sent in by UT reader…