Astronomy
Astronomers Locate High Energy Emissions from the Crab Nebula
[/caption] Scientists studying the Crab Nebula have discovered high energy gamma rays around the rotation-powered pulsar, the neutron star at…
Atlantis Takes First Steps To Hubble
[/caption] Space shuttle Atlantis was rolled over the the Vehicle Assembly Building after hunkering down in the Orbiter Processing Facility…
Phoenix Digs Deep for 90th Day on Mars
[/caption] The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – August 22-24, 2008
[/caption]Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for a relatively Moon-less weekend? For telescope observers, we'll travel south and capture the…
The Cepheus Flare Lights the Entrance to Wolf’s Cave – Cederblad 201 and van den Bergh 152 by Kent Wood
[/caption] If glancing at this image takes your attention immediately, it should. Not only is it ethereally beautiful and aesthetically…
Rocket Explodes With NASA Experiments on Board
[/caption] Update: NASA said at a press conference this morning that launch officials were forced to destroy the rocket less…
Ride a Maglev Rocket to Space Hotel in 2012
[/caption] The space tourism company Galactic Suite already has 38 reservations made by tourists who, the company says, in 2012…
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Changing How Scientists – and the Public – Do Astronomy
Recently we've had articles on Universe Today that have discussed the outer Milky Way Galaxy, dark matter, and the discovery…
The Sun and the Moon
[/caption] The Sun and the Moon are the two objects in the Solar System that influence Earth the most. Let's…
Ten Mysteries of the Solar System
[/caption] We've all wondered at some point or another what mysteries our Solar System holds. After all, the eight planets…