Eye of Super Typhoon Maysak Looks “Like a Black Hole” from Space
From his perch on the International Space Station, astronaut Terry Virts has been taking some beautiful photos of Earth and…
Stunning Photo of Volcanic Lightning at Volcán de Colima in Mexico
The Colima volcano in Mexico is active again, and has been spewing out large plumes of ash nearly 3 kilometers…
Seeking Ceres: Following the Brave New World Through 2015
A little world is making big headlines in 2015. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around 1 Ceres on March 6th,…
Carnival of Space #398-399
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Don’t Blink! April 4th Lunar Eclipse Shortest of the Century
Get ready for one awesome total lunar eclipse early Saturday morning April 4th. For the third time in less than…
Will Space Play in the 2016 US Election?
It might be only March of 2015, but the race (slog?) is on to be the next president of the…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 372: Millikan Oil Drop
In 1909 Robert Millikan devised an ingenious experiment to figure out the charge of an electron using a drop of…
How Dense is the Asteroid Belt?
We've seen way too many science fiction episodes that show asteroid belts as dense fields of tumbling boulders. How dense…
Will the Universe Run Out Of Energy?
It seems like the good times will go on forever, so feel free to keep on wasting energy. But entropy…
Year in Space Flight for Russian/American Crew Starts With Spectacular Night Launch and Station Docking
The first ever ‘One-Year Mission’ to the International Space Station (ISS) started with a bang today, March 27, with the…