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…
Is This a Lake on Titan?
Planetary scientists have speculated that there could be lakes of liquid hydrocarbons on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon,…
Spotty Janus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this photograph of Janus, one of Saturn's many moons. The 181 km (113 mile) moon is…
X-Rays Sparkle in Saturn’s Rings
Even in X-rays, Saturn is beautiful. The latest image taken by NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory shows how the rings sparkle…