Astronomy
Hubble Predicts the Future of Omega Centauri
[/caption] Using four years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, astronomers have made the most…
Watch Kepler Press Conference Today Live On Universe Today
Get the news of the latest findings regarding stars and their structures during a press conference that will be streamed…
Interstellar Scintilation
[/caption]Anyone who has looked at stars in the night sky (especially ones low on the horizon) has undoubtedly seen the…
The Hunt for Young Exoplanets
While there is a great deal of excitement and effort in the hopes of finding small, terrestrial sized exoplanets, another…
Breaking News: The Sun Worked 175 Years Ago!
[/caption]You'll have to forgive my title. After writing so many articles as moderately as I could, I couldn't help but…
Virtual Observatory Discovers New Cataclysmic Variable
[/caption]In my article two weeks ago, I discussed how data mining large surveys through online observatories would lead to new…
The Tug of Exoplanets on Exoplanets
Earlier this year, I wrote about how an apparent change in the orbital characteristics of a planet around TrES-2b may…
Stolen: Magellanic Clouds – Return to Andromeda
The Magellanic Clouds are an oddity. Their relative velocity is suspiciously close to the escape velocity of the Milky Way…
The Habitability of Gliese 581d
The Gliese 581 system has been making headlines recently for the most newly announced planet that may lie in the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – No Metal, No Planet
[/caption] A Japanese team of astronomers have reported a strong correlation between the metallicity of dusty protoplanetary disks and their…