Space News
Send Your Name and a Haiku Poem to Mars on a Solar Winged MAVEN
Universe Today - 8 May 2013 01:50
Do you want to go to Mars? Well here's your chance to get connected for a double barreled dose of Red Planet adventure courtesy of MAVEN - NASA's next 'Mission to Mars' which is due to liftoff this November from the Flor...
What Left These Spooky Trails in the Sky?
Universe Today - 7 May 2013 22:24
Ball lightning? Spectral orbs? Swamp gas? Early this morning, May 7, these eerie glowing trails were seen in the sky above the Marshall Islands and were captured on camera by NASA photographer John Grant. Of course, if N...
Spock Vs. Spock: New Commercial Full of 'Star Trek' Gems
Universe Today - 7 May 2013 21:21
We guarantee you'll go out of your Vulcan mind watching this new car commercial starring Spock ... and Spock. The Audi ad shows Leonard Nimoy (Spock from Star Trek's original series) and Zachary Quinto (Spock from Star T...
Claims of Tunguska Meteorite Fragments "Ridiculous," Scientist Says
Universe Today - 7 May 2013 21:11
Last week, Russian researcher Andrei Zlobin announced that stony fragments collected from a riverbed in 1988 are "probably Tunguska meteorites," and are likely the remains of whatever cosmic object -- thought to be eithe...
Buzz Aldrin is on a Mission (to Mars), Part 1
Universe Today - 7 May 2013 20:35
Buzz Aldrin, celebrated Apollo astronaut and an outspoken champion for the pursuit of space exploration has written a new book titled "Mission to Mars." While the title focuses on Mars, the book covers much more. Aldrin ...
Milky Way's Black Hole Munches On Supercooked Gas
Universe Today - 7 May 2013 17:48
It's a simple menu, but smoking hot. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is sucking in ultra-hot molecular gas, as seen through the eyes of the Herschel space telescope. (...)Read the rest of Milky Way's...
Meet GROVER the Rover, Set For Greenland Exploration
Universe Today - 7 May 2013 16:47
How fast is Greenland's ice sheet melting in response to climate change, and how is it recovering? A new NASA rover with the friendly name of GROVER (Greeland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration a...
ESA's Vega Rocket Launches Three Satellites to Space
Universe Today - 7 May 2013 16:37
The second flight of ESA's newest launch vehicle has successfully sent three different satellites to space. Launching at 02:06 GMT on 7 May from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the Vega rocket carried two Ea...
Giveaway - Sky Guide App for your iOS device.
Universe Today - 7 May 2013 09:19
"What is that constellation up there - it is right on the tip of my tongue," is not something you will be saying if you win one of 10 free copies of this app for your iOS device. We are so excited to be working with Fift...