Titan is Similar to Earth in Many Ways
Cassini has made a few passes of Titan now, and the European Space Agency's Huygens probe has landed on its…
Lightning Makes Radiation Belts Safer
NASA scientists have finally worked out why there's a safe zone in the Earth's radiation belts, thousands of km above…
Improve Universe Today with Your Donations
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but I've been investing a lot of time, effort, and money into improving Universe…
Where Does Intelligent Life Come From?
Biologists - and all parents - have a pretty good idea that "life begets life". Beginning with the most primitive…
Jupiter Reflects the Sun’s X-Rays
Astronomers have used the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton telescope to watch X-rays coming from Jupiter. These X-rays are mostly reflected…
Saturn’s Twisting Rings
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this photograph of Saturn's F ring that shows distinct twists and kinks. The perturbations are caused…
Region Around a Black Hole is Surprisingly Turbulent
The quaint view that black holes gobble up matter quickly and efficiently is being replaced with observations and simulations that…
What’s Up This Week – Mar 7 – 13, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers. During the vernal equinox it is possible for most observers to see all 110 Messier Objects in…
Detector Ready to Receive Beam of Neutrinos
Scientists have begun firing a beam of neutrinos through the Earth to a target 735 km (456 miles) away. This…
Dawn Will Show How Different Two Asteroids Can Be
It's called Dawn, and in a little more than a year, this spacecraft will blast off from Florida, bound for…