MESSENGER Looks Back at the Earth and Moon
[/caption] A new image to add to the family photo album! The MESSENGER spacecraft is working its way to enter…
Where In The Universe #115
It’s time once again for another Where In The Universe Challenge. Test your visual knowledge of the cosmos by naming…
Contest: Win New Book About the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
UPDATE: The winner of the book is Irfaan Hamdulay from Cape Town, South Africa. Congrats! A new giveaway for Universe…
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: “A Grand and Bold Thing”
If you do a search of articles on Universe Today, you'll find that a large number of our posts reference…
Venus and Mercury Blasted by Recent Solar Storms
Update: Well, it turns out that while it looks like Venus and Mercury are getting pummeled by Coronal Mass Ejections,…
Amazing New Close-up Images of Enceladus
[/caption] Oh, wow! This is one of the best images yet from the Cassini spacecraft of the "tiger stripes" in…
Astrophotography Spotlight – Centaurus A
"I'm on rhe outside... I'm lookin' in." And just who are we looking in at this time? None other than…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Alchemy By Supernova
[/caption] The production of elements in supernova explosions is something we take for granted these days. But exactly where and…
Clockwork Planets
[/caption] While the Perseid meteor shower has been putting on quite a show, there's an awesome "no telescope needed" eye-catching…