Where In The Universe? #4
Here's this week's "Where In The Universe?" mystery image. Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to guess what…
JAXA Releases Boomerang Experiment Video
During the STS-123 mission to the International Space Station in March 2008 Japanese astronaut Takeo Doi tested a special boomerang…
NASA Considers Manned Asteroid Mission
What would happen if we spot a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEO) heading straight for us? Assuming we had enough time, we…
Will Mars Astronauts be put in Suspended Animation for the Journey?
Could you handle six months in space with a tiny handful of crew? Keep in mind you'd be doing everything…
Did Earth Have More Than One Moon?
Scientists looking at the various Lagrangian Points in our solar system noticed a pattern. Lagrange points, (named after their discoverer…
Finally, Some Help
As you've probably noticed, Universe Today has gotten in influx of talented writers to pitch in around here. Tammy Plotner,…
How to Detect Watery Worlds Around Other Stars
If you want to know what a watery world might look like orbiting another star, just observe our own planet...…
Only 11 Space Shuttle Missions Remain
Space shuttle Discovery now sits majestically out on launch pad 39A, preparing for the upcoming STS-124 mission to the International…
Comet Strikes Increase as We Pass Through the Galactic Plane
There are just so many ways the Universe is out to get us. Astronomers have already considered the threat from…
Asteroid Impact Created a Worldwide Rain of Carbon Beads
When a large enough asteroid strikes the Earth, the devastation effects the entire globe. And the dinosaur-killing asteroid that smashed…