Universe Today

Universe Today
Type of site
 News and articles
Available in English
Owner Fraser Cain
Created by Fraser Cain[1]
Website universetoday.com
Alexa rank Negative increase 18,181 (October 2016)[2]
Commercial No
Registration Optional
Launched March 23, 1999 (1999-03-23)

Universe Today (UT) is a moderately popular North American based non-commercial space and astronomy news site. Although the domain was registered on December 31, 1998,[3] it was founded in March 1999,[4] the current form of the Universe Today website began on 24 July 2003, to mainly discuss astronomy news and space-related issues.

By early September 2005, the forum section merged with Bad Astronomy as a combined site with the BAUT forum. During April 2011, the Association of British Science Writers noted that Universe Today decided not to make preparations for reporting on embargoed stories until they are public knowledge.[5][6]

Emily Lakdawalla said that she relies on Universe Today and Bad Astronomy to "give ... an independent look at big news stories".[7]

Publications

Universe Today has published two books, which are available both as e-books and on physical media:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Slate: Happy Anniversary, Universe Today! March 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Universetoday.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  3. ↑ "UniverseToday.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  4. ↑ Ian O'Neil (23 March 2009). "Happy 10th Birthday Universe Today!". AstroEngine. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  5. ↑ Spain, Aisling (17 April 2011). "Embargo system is broken, says Universe Today, and leaves the game". Association of British Science Writers. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
  6. ↑ Cain, Fraser. "We're Done With Embargoes". Universe Today. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  7. ↑ Emily Lakdawalla (11 August 2011). "The Role of Press Releases in Space News Coverage". The Planetary Society. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
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