Solar System
Stardust NExT Targets Valentines Day Encounter with Comet Tempel 1
[/caption] After a more than decade long journey of 6 billion kilometers, hopes are high for a celestial date in…
Holes in the Sun’s Corona in 2 D, 3 D and Video
[/caption] A pair of coronal holes on the Sun newly imaged by NASA’s flagship solar probe, the Solar Dynamics Observatory…
Deep Space Radar Unveils Rotating Asteroid 2010 JL33
[/caption] Intriguing details about the physical properties and characteristics of a recently discovered asteroid have just been unveiled in amazing…
35 Days to STARDUST-NeXT Valentines Day Flyby of Comet Tempel 1
[/caption] 35 Days and Counting ! NASA’s re-purposed STARDUST- NeXT spacecraft is set to flyby Comet Tempel 1 at a…
NASA Redoubling Efforts to Contact Spirit
[/caption] No one is giving up hope for Spirit. Not Yet. And neither should you. It’s too soon to turn…
Spectacular Photos from the Jan. 4 Partial Solar Eclipse
[/caption] Millions across Earth enjoyed one of nature’s most awesomely spectacular events during today’s (Jan. 4) partial solar eclipse -…
Opportunity Photographed from Mars Orbit at Crater Precipice
[/caption] “I enjoy seeing our rover again,“ says Steve Squyres in an exclusive for Universe Today. Squyres is the top…
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“Astrobiology” Parody Video of Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R”
Wanna get turned on by … “Astrobiology” ?? Are we alone in the universe? Well check out just this newly-released…
New Years Postcards from the Edge by Opportunity Mars Rover
[/caption] A robot from Earth is celebrating New Years on Mars by snapping another amazing set of “Postcards from the…
Gorgeous 3 D Vistas of Martian Crater and Hydrate Minerals at Santa Maria
[/caption] Spectacular new images of a gorgeous gaping hole on Mars are streaming back to Earth from NASA’s Opportunity Mars…