First Light for New Infrared Observatory
Image credit: UH IfA Astronomers from the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy released new images from their brand new…
ESO Provides Views of N44 Nebula
Image credit: ESO The European Southern Observatory has released new images of nebula N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astronomers…
Closest Galaxy Discovered
Image credit: CNRS An international team of astronomers have discovered a new galaxy colliding with our own Milky Way. This…
ESA Watches Earthquakes Shake the Sky
Image credit: ESA When a powerful earthquake shook the ground in Alaska a year ago, it also set the Earth's…
NASA Orders Pegasus and Taurus Rockets for Future Launches
Image credit: Orbital NASA has ordered four launch vehicles from Orbital Sciences Corporation, including two Pegasus and two Taurus rockets,…
China Launches Science Satellite
A Chinese-built science satellite was launched Monday by a Long March 2-D booster from the Jiuquan launch centre in Northwestern…
Cassini Listens to a Solar Storm
Image credit: NASA/JPL The Sun ejected two massive flares towards the Earth last week, and NASA's Cassini spacecraft listened in…
Aurora Reports from Around the World
The aurora reports are in. Universe Today readers from around the world have kept their eyes to the sky over…
Storm Compressed the Earth’s Magnetosphere
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Cluster spacecraft were perfectly positioned to watch the effect of the recent solar…
Hubble Sees a Huge Star Forming Region
Image credit: ESA The Hubble Space Telescope was recently used to peer into a star forming region that's a million…