Pluto
Take a look at the Solar System from above, and you can see that the planets make nice circular orbits…
Soyuz Hard Landing: The Facts
Now the dust has settled news sources appear to be coherently reporting the events that unfolded early Saturday morning. As…
Universe Today’s Guide to Space
The Solar System: Solar System GuideThe SunMercuryVenusEarth The Moon Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)MarsPhobos and DeimosThe Asteroid BeltCeresVestaJupiter Jupiter's MoonsGalilean Moons Saturn…
Nova Sagittarius 2008 UPDATE
Since the initial alert for the latest nova in Sagittarius, folks the world over have been anxious for darkness to…
Carnival of Space #51
Again we move to a new home with the Carnival of Space. This week we're at the home of Dr.…
New Hubble Images Reveal Plethora of Interacting Galaxies
59 new images from the Hubble Space Telescope show some very unusual but incredibly spectacular colliding galaxies. Colliding or interacting…
Mars Was Recently Blanketed By Glaciers
Mars is a dead world, unchanging for billions of years. Right? Maybe not. Researchers from Brown University have found evidence…
Magnetic Fields Shape the Jets Pouring Out of Supermassive Black Holes (with video)
The cores of galaxies contain supermassive black holes, containing hundreds of millions of times the mass of Sun. As matter…
Opportunity’s Robotic Arm Stalls
NASA engineers say Opportunity’s robotic arm, which has been intermittently problematic since 2005, has worsened recently. A small motor in…
Nova Sagittarius 2008 Is Brightening!
In case you didn't catch the New Nova In Sagittarius alert the other day... You might want to pay a…