Moon for Kids
Right now, while the sky still gets dark early, is a great time to enjoy looking at the Moon with…
Soyuz Launches With South Korea’s First Astronaut
South Korea’s first astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today and are on…
A Case of MOND Over Dark Matter
According to Newton's Second Law of Dynamics, objects on the farthest edges of galaxies should have lower velocities than objects…
If ET Calls, Would We Be Told?
If a verified message from aliens is ever received, would the public be told about it? SETI -- the Search…
Slowing to Mars Speed
When the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) goes streaking through the Martian atmosphere at more than twice the speed of sound,…
Universe Today Astronomy Picture of the Week – NGC 6188: An Interstellar Portrait
Just one glimpse at this photo by Don Goldman tells a thousand words. Residing in the southern constellation of Ara,…
Hansen: Earth at Crisis Point
NASA’s lead climate scientist says Earth has reached a “tipping point†in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere…
SkyWatcher Alert: Pleiades Occultation on April 8
Sure. For those of us who hang around the night sky, we know the Pleiades and the Moon frequently venture…
Meteorites Make a Big Splash on Mars: New Images of Secondary Craters by HiRISE
They look like pockmarks caused by shrapnel from a huge explosion. Actually they are surface features on Mars as seen…
Did a Cooked Meteorite Seed Life on Earth?
Earth, four billion years ago, was a lifeless, hot and violent place. Not exactly a world where you'd expect life…