Ray Sanders
Citizen Science: Help Find Life on Mars
[/caption] Interested in helping NASA scientists pinpoint where to look for signs of life on Mars? If so, you can…
“Extreme” Solar Wind Blasts Mercury’s Poles
[/caption] According to data from the The Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) onboard NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, the solar wind is…
How Common are Terrestrial, Habitable Planets Around Sun-Like Stars?
[/caption] Once again news from the Kepler mission is making the rounds, this time with a research paper outlining a…
Finding NEEMO: NASA’s Underwater Simulations Focus on Human Asteroid Mission
[/caption] The sight of NASA mission specialists performing mission training underwater has been fairly common over the years. On October…
How to See the Brightest Supernova in a Generation
[/caption] Here at Universe Today, we've been providing plenty of coverage on the recent supernova in spiral galaxy M101 (AKA…
How Can You See the Sun and the Moon at the Same Time?
[/caption] Did you know that you can see the Moon during the day? Many people only notice our Moon at…
Kepler Mission Discovers “Tatooine-like” Planet
[/caption] In a news conference today, Kepler mission scientists announced the first confirmed circumbinary planet ( a planet that orbits…
HARPS Hauls in Over Fifty New Exoplanets
[/caption] Yesterday astronomers with the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher or HARPS, announced a record-breaking discovery of more than…
Behind the Scenes of NASA’s Upcoming MMORPG
[/caption] These days, nearly every game company is trying to get their fingers in the MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role…
Backyard Science: How You Can Make a Difference
[/caption] It's a great time to be an amateur astronomer! Nowadays, "backyard" astronomers armed with affordable CCD imagers, high-quality tracking mounts, inexpensive…