First View of Tempel 1’s Nucleus
New images taken by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft show the actual nucleus of its target, Comet Tempel 1. The nucleus…
Book Review: Story – The Way of Water
Biographies of peoples lives can come off as a dated list of achievements and events. With a subject like Story…
Audio: Into the Submillimeter
When you look into the night sky with your eyes, or through a telescope, you're seeing the Universe in the…
What’s Up This Week – June 20 – June 26, 2005
Although the Moon will be full, there will be plenty of excitement as we start the week with Mars and…
Saturn’s Ripply F-Ring
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image of Saturn's F-ring, with one of its shepherd moons, Pandora also in view. Pandora…
Few Planets Will Have Time to Form Complex Life
Does life exist elsewhere in the Universe? This question continues to puzzle scientists, but now Professor David Catling at Bristol…
Progress 18 Docks
The unpiloted Progress 18 cargo ship docked with the International Space Station on Saturday, delivering a fresh batch of supplies.…
Redesigning Universe Today
You might have noticed, I'm starting to implement my new design for Universe Today into the website - folks reading…
A Star in the Making
Named after Harvard University astronomer Bart Bok, Bok globules may not be the most romantic sounding phrase in astronomy, but…
Early Black Holes Grew Up Quickly
Which came first, galaxies or the supermassive black holes at their centre? Most cosmologists now think the two are inextricably…