Universe Today Maintenance Thursday
If you had problems accessing Universe Today yesterday, don't worry, you weren't alone. I was "lucky" enough to end up…
Wallpaper: Bonneville Crater
NASA's Spirit rover has taken a beautiful panoramic image of the Bonneville crater. Here's a 1024x768 wallpaper of the crater.…
Proton Launches W3A Satellite
A Russian Proton rocket successfully launched the Eutelsat W3A satellite into orbit Monday evening. The Proton lifted off at 2306…
SOHO Sees a Huge Prominence on the Sun
The ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft took a beautiful picture of an enormous prominence, 700,000 kilometres across, ejected from the surface of…
Mountain of Sky Survey Data Released
One of the largest astronomy catalogs ever created was released to the public today by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.…
Tracking Diseases from Space
More than a million people die from malaria every year, a disease spread by mosquitoes. Epidemics happen when environmental conditions,…
Astronomers Find a Second Pluto
A new object has been discovered in the Solar System; it's nearly as large as Pluto, but 13 billion kilometres…
Background on the Rover Airbag System
One of the most innovative aspects of the Mars Pathfinder and Exploration Rover missions were the durable airbags which helped…
Atlas III Launches MBSAT Satellite
A Lockheed Martin-built Atlas III rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, lofting the MBSAT communications satellite into orbit…
Help Support Universe Today
I've had several generous offers from readers wondering how they could donate money to help me maintain Universe Today; which,…