Largest Core in an Extrasolar Planet
Astronomers have found an extrasolar planet that contains the largest core ever seen in a planet. This planet orbits the…
Hubble’s View of Deep Impact
The powerful Hubble Space Telescope was on hand to watch the collision between Deep Impact and Comet Tempel 1. Even…
What’s Up This Week – July 4 – July 10, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! The big news is Deep Impact, and while we're waiting we'll view the "Cat's Eye". With New…
Astrophoto: Mercury, Venus and Saturn
David McCormack took this picture of Venus, Mercury and Saturn during their recent conjunction from Sunbury, Australia. Do you have…
Deep Impact Releases Impactor
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft released its impactor "probe" Sunday morning, and changed its trajectory to pass a comfortable distance from…
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…