Eternally Lit Lunar Peaks
Since the Moon only has a slight tilt, some of its mountains are bathed in eternal sunlight, and would make…
Universe Today is the 126th Most Popular Blog
I'm #126, I'm #126! Okay, according to Feedster's Top 500 blogs on the Internet, Universe Today is #126. Not bad…
Good Look at Dione
Cassini took this amazing image of Saturn's moon Dione on approach to its recent October 11, 2005 rendezvous; Saturn itself…
Spirit Wraps Up a Martian Year of Exploration
NASA's Spirit rover recently celebrated its one year anniversary on the surface of Mars... that's one Martian year. Spirit has…
Early Earth Had Continents
Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder think they've found evidence that the very early Earth had continents soon…
Einstein’s Cosmological Constant Predicts Dark Energy
Researchers are finding that the mysterious dark energy found to be accelerating the expansion of the Universe is remarkably well…
Interesting Views from an Airplane
If you're going to be traveling by airplane, take a look out the window; you might be amazed. On the…
Wispy Terrain on Dione
In this Cassini image of Saturn's moon Dione, you can see the wispy features that run across its surface. It's…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is Halfway to Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter fired its main engine for 20 seconds on Friday, fine-tuning its course towards the Red Planet.…
Book Review: Empire of the Stars
The branch of science called physics comes with a long history of preliminary conjectures later proven or disproved via experimentation.…