Slender Moonspotting, Occultations, Daytime Planets and More
One of nature’s grandest ‘occultations’ of all is coming right up this Friday, as the Moon passes in front of…
Carnival of Space #396
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Stefan Lamoureaux at the Links Through Space blog. Click here to read…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 370: The Kaufmann–Bucherer–Neumann Experiments
One of the most amazing implications of Einstein's relativity is the fact that the inertial mass of an object depends…
New Binocular Nova Discovered in Sagittarius
Looks like the Sagittarius Teapot's got a new whistle. On March 15, John Seach of Chatsworth Island, NSW, Australia discovered…
How Do We Know Dark Energy Exists?
We have no idea what it dark energy is, so how are we pretty sure it exists? I've talked about…
Happy Pi Day! Find Pi in the Sky
Happy Pi Day! Pi is one of the few mathematical constants that immediately conjures up thoughts of food. Pies in particular. My wife…
This Is The Asteroid That Didn’t Hit Us
All right, sure – there are a lot of asteroids that don't hit us. And of course quite a few…
Weekly Space Hangout -March 13, 2015: Astrophysicist Katie Mack
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Astrophysicist Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) Guests: Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Charles Black (@charlesblack / sen.com/charles-black) Brian…
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NASA’s MMS Satellite Constellation Blasts to Orbit to Study Explosive Magnetic Reconnection
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s constellation of state-of-the-art magnetospheric science satellites successfully rocketed to orbit late Thursday night, March…
How Do We Know Dark Matter Exists?
Dark matter can't be seen or detected by any of our instruments, so how do we know it really exists?…