Kennedy’s Workforce Reflects on Discovery’s Final Flight
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – They work tirelessly, behind the scenes, some work to ensure that the shuttle fleet is…
A Conversation with Apollo’s Jim Lovell, part 1: NASA’s Future
[/caption] Springfield, Illinois is a quiet, historic town that clings fervently to its association with Abraham Lincoln. If you want…
New Phenomenon: “Coreshine” Provides Insight into Stellar Births
[/caption] From the Max Planck Institut für Astronomie: Science is literally in the dark when it comes to the birth…
STEREO Catches Mercury Acting Like a Comet
The STEREO mission to study the Sun also has observed some unusual comet-like features exhibited by the planet Mercury, with…
An Alien’s View of Our Solar System
We have just begun to try and image distant solar systems around other stars, and hopefully our techniques and technology…
Mars ‘Hide and Seek’ Ice Cap Affected by Winds and Water
[/caption] Mars has permanent ice caps at both poles composed mostly of solid carbon dioxide, and mysteriously, a large portion…
Watch the Effects of Earthquakes Just Hours After They Occur
Princeton University has developed software that can produce realistic “movies” of earthquakes based on complex computer simulations, and these visualizations…
Moved Servers… Again
Hey everyone, just to let you know that we've gone ahead and moved Universe Today to a whole new server:…
Lightning Storms on Venus Similar to Those On Earth
[/caption] Venus is a world not for the faint of heart. On its surface you’d have to endure high temperatures…
Where In The Universe Challenge #119
Here’s this week’s image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You…