Lunar ‘Fountain of Youth’ Challenge / Mercury Returns with Gusto
16th century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León looked and looked but never did find the Fountain of Youth, a…
Scientists Map the Dark Matter Around Millions of Galaxies
This week, scientists with the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration released the first in a series of detailed maps charting…
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High Resolution Video Reveals Dramatic SpaceX Falcon Rocket Barge Landing and Launch
https://youtu.be/BhMSzC1crr0 Video caption: High resolution and color corrected SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage landing video of CRS-6 first stage landing…
The End is Near: NASA’s MESSENGER Now Running on Fumes
For more than four years NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has been orbiting our solar system's innermost planet Mercury, mapping its surface and…
Dawn Rises Over Ceres North Pole
Brand new images taken on April 10 by NASA's Dawn probe show the dwarf planet from high above its north…
Stars: A Day in the Life
There is something about them that intrigues us all. These massive spheres of gas burning intensely from the energy of…
13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 5: The CO2 Partial Pressure Sensor
The Apollo 13 accident crippled the spacecraft, taking out the two main oxygen tanks in the Service Module. While the…
Does the Solar System Line Up with the Milky Way?
Have you ever wondered if the Solar System and the Milky Way line up perfectly, like plates spinning within plates?…
SpaceX Dragon Launches on Science Supply Run to Station, Booster Hard Lands on Barge
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - After a 24 hour delay due to threatening clouds, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared…
13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 4: Early Entry into the Lander
To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, Universe Today is featuring “13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo…