Turning Stars Into Art
We all have cameras, and the sky's an easy target, so why not have a little fun? Ever since I…
Mind-Bending View of a Solar Eclipse from the Stratosphere
What does a solar eclipse look like from a fast-flying Falcon 7X jet at 14,000 meters (48,000 feet)? French journalist…
As It Turns Out, We Really Are All Starstuff
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 371: The Eddington Eclipse Experiment
At the turn of the 20th Century, Einstein's theory of relativity stunned the physics world, but the experimental evidence needed…
Review: “Bigelow Aerospace: Colonizing Space One Module at a Time”
You've had a busy day wandering around a faraway part of our solar system. It's time to put your head…
How Could You Capture an Asteroid?
We can't just go into space with a big butterfly net or catcher's mitt, so how in the world could…
Nova in Sagittarius Brighter Than Ever – Catch it with the Naked Eye!
Great news about that new nova in Sagittarius. It's still climbing in brightness and now ranks as the brightest nova seen from mid-northern latitudes in…
Weekly Space Hangout – March 20, 2015: Lee Billings’ Five Billion Years of Solitude
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Author Lee Billings, discussing his book "Five Billion Years of Solitude"(@LeeBillings /
Thierry Legault Captures ISS Transit of the Sun — During Eclipse!
Thierry Legault has won today's partial solar eclipse. Known for his amazing shots of spacecraft transiting the Sun, today he…
Amazing Views of Today’s Total Solar Eclipse From Earth… and Space
There's an old Robert Heinlein saying that goes "climate is what you expect, weather is what you get," And the…