China Launches Third Navigation Satellite
Chinese space officials announced on Sunday that a Long March 3-A rocket launched the third Beidou satellite, which will complete…
Mars Global Surveyor Snaps a Picture of Earth
Image credit: NASA Ever wondered what the Earth would look like seen through a small telescope on Mars? Currently in…
Galaxy Orbiting Milky Way in the Wrong Direction
Image credit: NRAO Before this week, "Complex H" was thought to be a strange cloud of stars with an unusual…
Uncovering More Details About the Solar Wind
Image credit: SOHO The ESA's SOHO spacecraft has uncovered new details about the Sun's solar wind which might overturn previously…
Researchers Stop Light in Its Tracks
Image credit: NASA Researchers at Harvard University demonstrated that they can slow light and even completely stop it for several…
MARS-1 Humvee Rover Arrives at Devon Island
Image credit: Mars Institute The Mars Institute confirmed today that the MARS-1 Humvee Rover successfully crossed the frozen Wellington Channel…
Supermassive Black Holes Contribute to Galaxy Growth
Image credit: Chandra New images taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory show galaxies in an energetic phase in their development.…
Puzzling Jets Seen Blasting Out from a Nebula
Image credit: ESA Astronomers from the European Space Agency have uncovered a bizarre mystery. They?ve found strange jets emerging from…
New Site Design
I've been frustrated with the previous design of Universe Today for the better part of a year now, so I…
Foam Does Seem to Be the Culprit in the Columbia Disaster
Investigators said today that they believe chunks of foam have torn off shuttle fuel tanks in the past, and that…