Real-Time Solar Storm Warning Now Operational, Protecting Astronauts and Satellites
Highly energetic solar particles are generated by solar flares and can be harmful to astronauts and sensitive satellite circuits. Solar…
Synthetic Black Hole Event Horizon Created in UK Laboratory
Researchers at St. Andrews University, Scotland, claim to have found a way to simulate an event horizon of a black…
Titan has “Hundreds of Times More” Liquid Hydrocarbons Than Earth
According to new Cassini data, Saturns largest moon, Titan, has "hundreds" times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the liquid fossil…
Spies Caught Selling Shuttle Secrets to the Chinese
You wouldn't think espionage would have much of a place here in Universe Today, but you'd be wrong. Four people…
Could the First Stars Have Been Powered by Dark Matter?
Early stars that began to form about 200 million years after the Big Bang were strange creatures. From observation, the…
Cautious Welcome for UK Research Council U-Turn on Gemini Observatory Funding
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) appear to have given UK astronomers a temporary reprieve over their access to…
Star Flips its Magnetic Field
At some point in the last year or so, the Sun-like star tau Bootis completely flipped its magnetic field. The…
Astrosphere for February 12, 2008
Your image for the day isn't actually a photograph. It's a mixed-media art piece by Moya called "proto planet". It…
Young Stars in a Blanket of Gas and Dust
It's time for another pretty picture. This time you're looking at an image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud, captured…
Hubble Finds One of the Earliest, Brightest Galaxies in the Universe
By boosting the abilities of Hubble with a gravitational lens telescope provided by nature, astronomers have been able to peer…