Astronomers Find a New “Minor Planet” near Neptune
[/caption] Astronomers announced today that a new "minor planet" with an unusual orbit has been found just two billion miles…
August 17, 2008 Partial Lunar Eclipse Caught “Down Under”
[/caption] If you read this week's SkyWatcher's Forecast, then you knew several areas of the world were in for a…
India has Big Plans for Lunar Exploration
[/caption] India will send their first mission to the Moon in September. Chandrayaan-1 has been built and will be launched…
Dark Matter is Missing From Cosmic Voids
[/caption] Cosmic voids really are devoid of matter. Astronomers have found that even the pervasive 'dark matter' which accounts for…
Phoenix Camera Snaps Frost on Mars
[/caption] It's getting a little nippy at night on Mars. The Phoenix lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this image at…
Video of SpaceX Falcon 1 Flight 3 Launch Shows Stage Separation Anomaly
[/caption] On August 2nd, SpaceX made the surprise announcement that the third flight of the Falcon 1 rocket system would…
Milky Way Creates a Mess by Stealing Stars from Nearby Galaxies
[/caption] The halo of stars that envelops the outer Milky Way galaxy is like a "jumble of pasta" said one…
Astronomers Answer Your Questions About “Celestial Geode”
[/caption] Last week, we posted the image above as part of our "Where In The Universe" challenge, where we test…
GLAST Science Operations Underway: Now, About That Name!
[/caption] After a 60-day checkout period, science operations have begun in earnest for GLAST, the Gamma ray Large Area Space…
Can Google Earth 4D Ionosphere Aid Amateur Meteor Observers?
Since Universe Today's Ian O'Neill first introduced the idea of Google Earth's 4D Ionosphere tool, it set my mind to…