Jason Major
Dark Sky Regulations Bring Zodiacal Light to Rhode Island Observatory
The result of sunlight reflected off fine particles of dust aligned along the plane of the Solar System, zodiacal light…
Is NASA Dead? Not Even Close.
If you're a frequent reader of Universe Today you know that, despite the end of the Shuttle program and the…
Super-sensitive Camera Captures a Direct Image of an Exoplanet
The world's newest and most powerful exoplanet imaging instrument, the recently-installed Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) on the 8-meter Gemini South…
Kepler Finds an Earth-Sized “Gas Giant”
Gas planets aren't always bloated, monstrous worlds the size of Jupiter or Saturn (or larger) they can also apparently be…
Three-Meter Asteroid Hits Earth’s Atmosphere… Somewhere
This was very likely the last trip around the Sun for the Earth-crossing asteroid 2014 AA, according to calculations by…
China’s Lunar Lander Spotted by Orbiting Spacecraft
Not much on the Moon escapes the eyes of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and China's Chang'e-3 lander and Yutu rover…
Happy Holidays from Cassini!
Cassini couldn't make it to the mall this year to do any Christmas shopping but that's ok: we're all getting…
Is the Solar System Really a Vortex?
The short answer? No. Not in the way that a popular animated gif insinuates, at least. If you're even a…
Watch a Star Blast Out Waves of Light
6,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Puppis an enormous star pulses with light and energy, going through the first…