Astronomy
ExoMars Heads to the Red Planet in 2016
The 2016 launch window for Mars missions is fast approaching along with opposition, and ESA is refining its target window…
Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
In 1610, Galileo Galilei looked up at the night sky through a telescope of his own design. Spotting Jupiter, he…
Is This Month’s Jupiter-Venus Pair Really a Star of Bethlehem Stand In?
Eclipse tetrads of doom. Mars, now bigger than the Full Moon each August. The killer asteroid of the month that…
Shape-shifting neutrinos earn physicists the 2015 Nobel
What do Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Paul Dirac, and Marie Curie have in common? They each won the Nobel prize in…
Hubble Sees Changes in Jupiter’s Red Spot, a Weird Wisp and Rare Waves
Jupiter global map created from still images from the Hubble Space Telescope It's been widely reported, including at Universe Today, that…
The Next Generation of Exploration: The NEOCam Mission
In February of 2014, NASA put out the call for submissions for the thirteenth mission of their Discovery Program. In…
A Mission to a Metal World: The Psyche Mission
In their drive to set exploration goals for the future, NASA's Discovery Program put out the call for proposals for…
The Next Generation of Exploration: Back to Venus with VERITAS
In February of 2014, NASA's Discovery Program asked for proposals for the their 13th mission. Last week, five semifinalist were…
Guide to October’s Conjunction Mania, See Venus in Daylight
Tomorrow morning might be a good time to call for extra celestial traffic control. A slip of a crescent Moon will join…
Comet US10 Catalina: Our Guide to Act II
Itching for some cometary action? After a fine winter’s performance from Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, 2015 has seen a dearth…