Astronomy
How to Safely Enjoy the October 23 Partial Solar Eclipse
2014 - a year rich in eclipses. The Moon dutifully slid into Earth's shadow in April and October gifting us with two…
Opportunity Rover Spots Comet Siding Spring from the Surface of Mars!
It looks like NASA's hard-working Opportunity Rover nabbed our very first pictures of a comet seen from another world! A…
A Compendium of Universe Today Comet Siding Spring Articles: January 2013 – October 2014
We present here a compendium of Universe Today articles on comet Siding Spring. Altogether 18 Universe Today stories and counting…
Balloon launcher Zero2Infinity Sets Its Sights to the Stars
Clearly, the sky is not the limit for balloon launcher Zero2Infinity. Based in Barcelona, Spain, the company announced this week…
Hawking Radiation Replicated in a Laboratory?
Dr. Stephen Hawking delivered a disturbing theory in 1974 that claimed black holes evaporate. He said black holes are not…
A Ghastly Green Shade On The Space Station Evokes Hallowe’en Spirit
Woah, is that home to six people in space now some sort of a ghoul? Here is a video of…
Distant Galaxies Reveal 3D Cosmic Web for the First Time
On the largest scales, networks of gaseous filaments span hundreds of millions of light-years, connecting massive galaxy clusters. But this…
Moons of Confusion: Why Finding Extraterrestrial Life may be Harder than we Thought
Astronomers and planetary scientists thought they knew how to find evidence of life on planets beyond our Solar System. But,…
MAVEN Spacecraft’s First Look at Mars Hints at Promising Results
It’s been less than a month since NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft slipped into orbit. But it’s…
Old Equations Shed New Light on Quasars
There's nothing more out of this world than quasi-stellar objects or more simply - quasars. These are the most powerful and among…