Happy Canada Day!
Hi folks, it's Canada Day today here, so I'm taking the day off . Universe Today will be back on…
Podcast: Interview with Story Musgrave
How many times have I been to space? Well, I lost count at, oh, none. So I, and nearly every…
Positron Drive: Fill ‘er Up For Pluto
This year NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) has selected a dozen new-fangled ideas that could lead to revolutionary changes…
New Method Pinpoints the Age of the Milky Way
University of Chicago researcher Nicolas Dauphas has developed a new method to calculate the age of the Milky Way by…
Rosetta Tunes in Tempel 1
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has captured its first photograph of Comet 9P/Tempel 1, Deep Impact's target. Rosetta is…
Audio: Interview with Story Musgrave
How many times have I been to space? Well, I lost count at, oh, none. So I, and nearly every…
Universe Today Podcast in iTunes
Apple has released their latest version of iTunes, 4.9, with support for podcasting. The Universe Today podcast is located in…
Planets Can Survive a Red Giant
Our Sun is in the middle age of life, and that's a good thing for us here on Earth. But…
Mars Organic Analyzer Passes the Test
A key instrument for the search of life on Mars has discovered it in one of the most inhospitable places…
Deep Impact Sees a Burst from Tempel 1
NASA's Deep Impact spotted an outburst of ice and gas from the surface of Comet Tempel 1, which has been…