Always a beautiful sight, the space shuttle Discovery touched down safely at 11:15 a.m. EDT, on Saturday, June 14, 2008,…
For those people who have had the privilege of jet-setting or traveling the globe, its pretty obvious that the world…
The Phoenix lander team revealed the latest images from the mission at a press briefing on Friday. This first image…
A year on Earth is obviously 1 year long, since it's the standard of measurement. But we can break it…
What happened before the Big Bang? The conventional answer to that question is usually, "There is no such thing as…
Satellite images reveal the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 square…
I'm all for the commercial use of space, but this might be a bit overboard. Back in March of this…
Update: After a quick but thorough analysis of photos and video of the object and the "protuberance" on the shuttle…
For more than 17 years the Ulysses spacecraft studied the sun, pioneering solar science and defining our knowledge of the…
This week, the Carnival returns to its home port for a week. That's right, we're hosting it here at Universe…