Sea Launch Heads Out for Next Launch
Image credit: Sea Launch The Sea Launch Commander and the Odyssey launch platform headed out to sea on Monday, beginning…
Orbital Space Plane Review Completed
NASA's Orbital Space Plane program reached an important milestone this week with the completion of its Level 1 requirements review.…
New Areas in the Forum
I've added a couple of new areas to the Universe Today Forums which I think will be pretty helpful. The…
Madhavan Nair Selected as New Chairman of ISRO
Image credit: ISRO Mr. G Madhavan Nair has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization…
Brown Dwarf is Actually a Binary System
Image credit: Gemini Astronomers were searching for planets around nearby star Epsilon Indi when they discovered something unusual. A previously-known…
Galileo Plunges Into Jupiter
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Galileo spacecraft was intentionally crashed into Jupiter on Sunday, ending 14 years of service to science…
Early Supernovae Seeded the Universe With Elements
Image source: CfA According to cosmologists, the early Universe only had a mixture of hydrogen, helium and other lighter elements,…
SMART-1 Launch Date Set
Image credit: ESA The launch date for the European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft has been set for early morning of…
Shuttle’s Return to Flight Pushed Back to Summer
The return to flight of the space shuttle will probably be pushed back to midsummer according to NASA officials; not…
China Will Help Develop the Galileo Network
Image credit: ESA The European Union announced on Thursday that China will play a role in the development of the…