Early Universe Had Burst of Star Formation
Just as humans develop and grow the fastest when we are young, it also appears our universe grew and developed…
Supernova Alert: Supernova Factories Discovered
Two “supernova factories,†rare clusters of Red Supergiant (RSG) stars, have recently been discovered. Together they contain 40 RSGs, which…
Solar Corona Revealed by Medical X-Ray Techniques
For several decades solar scientists have been hard at work trying to unravel the mysteries of the solar corona. Thanks…
Old Galaxies Stick Together In A Young Universe
Can appearances be deceiving? According to the United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT), galaxies that appear old in our Universe's early…
SuperWASP are Super Planet-Finding Observatories
The United Kingdom’s Wide Area Search for Planets, known as SuperWASP consists of two 8-camera robotic observatories that cover both…
NASA to Burn Sponsor Logos into the Surface of Mars
NOTE: This was the Universe Today's contribution to April Fools Day (April 1st), but it isn't all a joke... International…
What is Phoenix? It’s a Mars Mission Question on Jeopardy!
The answer was: "A NASA Mars lander has this mythic name because it was made of parts from a scrapped…
Explaining Dark Matter and Contradicting the Big Bang
It’s well-known that “Big Bang†was a derogatory name given to the cosmological theory of the expanding (not exploding) universe…
Want to Find Evidence of Life on Another Planet? Look for Cellulose
Until recently, the oldest evidence of biological material on Earth came from fragments of ancient protein found in Tyrannosaurus Rex…
Deepest Canyon on Mars: New Images from the Mars Express
This breathtaking 3D landscape was constructed with high definition images taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board…