NASA Extends Contract With Russia For Rides on the Soyuz
[/caption] For those who are upset that NASA will be relying on (and paying) the Russian Federal Space Agency to…
Antenna Glitch hinders Data Flow from Inspection of Discovery
[/caption] (Editor's Note: Ken Kremer is at the Kennedy Space Center for Universe Today covering the flight of Discovery) Following…
Astronomers Begin Observing Hanny’s Voorwerp with the Hubble Space Telescope
[/caption] The green "blob" is Hanny's Voorwerp. Credit: Dan Herbert, Peter Smith, Matt Jarvis, Galaxy Zoo Team, Isaac Newton Telescope…
Dark Nebula
[/caption] If you've been out at night, when the air is clear, the Moon is on the other side of…
What is a Joule?
When we raise an apple up to a height of one meter, we perform approximately one joule of work. So…
Radioactive Decay
When a nucleus undergoes radioactive decay - or decays, radioactively – it changes its state to one of a lower…
What is Dark Matter?
"Dark matter", in astronomy, usually means "cold, non-baryonic dark matter". This is a form of mass which reacts with other…
How Many Oceans are there in the World?
How many oceans are there in the world? This question may not be as easy to answer as you may…
Mystery Object Found Orbiting Brown Dwarf
[/caption] Big planet or companion brown dwarf? Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have discovered an…
A Space Shuttle Tradition that’s Full of Beans
[/caption] Even though today's space shuttle launch took place during the early morning hours (Kennedy Space Center local time) the…