Jason Major
Waltz Around Saturn With This Beautiful Animation
In honor of this today's Wave at Saturn and The Day the Earth Smiled events, celebrating images to be taken of Earth…
Earth’s Gold Came From Colliding Stars
Are you wearing a gold ring? Or perhaps gold-plated earrings? Maybe you have some gold fillings in your teeth... for…
Stars, Galaxies, and Comet ISON Grace a New Image from Hubble
This image of the steadily-approaching Comet ISON, made from observations with the Hubble Space Telescope on April 30, show not…
A Heat Wave So Big You Can See It From Space
Hot enough for ya? If you live anywhere on the eastern half of the United States (like me) you've probably…
ALMA Spots a Nascent Stellar Monster
Even though it comprises over 99% of the mass of the Solar System (with Jupiter taking up most of the…
New Desktop Image Alert: The Moon Over Earth
If you're like me, you don't change your computer's desktop background nearly often enough... especially not considering all the fantastic…
A Galaxy Grows Fat on Nearby Gas
If you live in the U.S. you may be enjoying a sultry summer day off in honor of Independence Day,…
Russian Rocket Fails During Launch, Explodes After Liftoff
At 2:38 UTC Tuesday morning (local time) a Russian Proton-M heavy lift rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation/positioning satellites exploded shortly after…
It’s Cassini in Motion: Watch the First Teaser for “In Saturn’s Rings”
It's been 9 years (to the day, in fact) since the Cassini spacecraft first entered orbit around Saturn and ever…
Zodiacal Light Over ESO’s La Silla Observatory
We don't put much stock in astrology or horoscopes here at Universe Today, but there's one thing related to the…