Astronomy
Looking Into The Green Eye Of Planetary Nebula IC 1295
Located on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, the ESO's Very Large Telescope was busy using the…
Join in an Online Messier Marathon
Have you ever done a Messier Marathon? Want to try it online from the comfort of your own home? Astrophysicist…
How To Crowdsource Astronomy Without People Messing It Up
Maybe it's because Jurassic Park is in theaters again, but we at Universe Today sometimes worry about how one person…
The Return of Saturn: A Guide to the 2013 Opposition
A star party favorite is about to return to evening skies. The planet Saturn can now be spied low to…
Was the Repeating Passage of Halley’s Comet Known of in Ancient Times?
An interesting and largely unknown tale of ancient astronomy recently came our way while reading author and astrophysicist Mario Livio’s…
This Week in Space Pics – April 5, 2013
So much space awesomeness this week. Satellites collect more than just pretty pictures. NASA's Earth Observatory website released this temperature…
Join International Dark Sky Week (April 5-11, 2013)
Take the next few nights to celebrate the stars! The International Dark Sky Week is a worldwide event, and part…
A Look at the Hazards of Green Laser Pointers
Those handheld green lasers pointers may not be as harmless as you thought. A recent study released by researchers at…
Wrapping Around The Mystery Of Spiral Galaxy Arms
How disk galaxies form their spiral arms have been puzzling astrophysicists for almost as long as they have been observing…
Night Sky Preview for April 2013
Here's a quick overview from Jane Houston Jones from JPL of what you can see in the night skies during…