Astronomy
These Are Really, Really Big Sunspots Facing Earth Right Now
Do you feel like you're in the firing gallery? These sunspots are practically square-on to Earth right now. Although they…
‘The New Cool’: How These Sharp Space Pictures Were Snapped From A Ground Telescope
Rise above Earth with a telescope, and one huge obstacle to astronomy is removed: the atmosphere. We love breathing that…
Happy (or is it Merry?) Aphelion This Friday
This 4th of July weekend brings us one more reason to celebrate. On July 5th at approximately 11:00 AM EDT/15:00…
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…
Neutron Stars: A Cataclysmic Conception
It's one of the most intense and violent of all events in space - a supernova. Now a team of…
What Happens When Stars Collide? In This Case, A Newly Observed Kind of Pulsating Star
It sure would be interesting to watch two stars run into each other -- from a safe distance, of course.…
We’ve Found 10,000 Near-Earth Objects. How To Step Up The Search?
That pale white dot up there? No. 10,000 in a list of near-Earth objects. This rock, 2013 MZ5, was discovered June…
This Supernova Had A ‘Delayed Detonation’
In 2008, astronomers discovered a star relatively nearby Earth went kablooie some 28,000 light-years away from us. Sharp-eyed astronomers, as…
How Amateur Astronomers Can Help LADEE
You can help NASA’s upcoming lunar mission. NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is slated to lift off from…
Discovery! More Planets Found Orbiting In A Star Cluster
As Earthlings, we're so used to thinking about planets being in simple orbits around a single star. But the Sun…