Weekly Space Hangout – December 6, 2013 – Zombie ISON, Jade Rabbit, Lovely Venus and Naked-Eye Nova
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Sondy Springmann (more…)
Subaru Telescope Captures the Fine Details of Comet Lovejoy’s Tail
Comet ISON may be no more than just a cloud of icy debris these days but there's another comet that's…
Zot! Curiosity Punches Laser Hole No. 100,000 On Mars
The reports are in: it appears that Earth has the upper hand in firing laser shots on Mars. More seriously,…
This Exoplanet Is Turning Planetary Formation Scenarios Upside Down
What the heck is that giant exoplanet doing so far away from its star? Astronomers are still trying to figure…
Subaru Telescope Reveals Orderly Massive Galaxy Evolution
Nobody likes a sloppy COSMOS (Cosmological Evolution Survey) and astronomers utilizing the Fiber-Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) mounted on the Subaru Telescope…
Astrophoto: Star Trails Over Kitt Peak
Our pal Rob Sparks said he had always wanted to try creating a star trails picture and this is his…
Is Anything Left of ISON? Spacecraft Continue to Monitor Comet’s Remains
Could Comet ISON possibly still be alive? The latest high-resolution images available from the STEREO spacecraft are still showing some…
Where Does Gravity Come From?
Gravity. The average person probably doesn’t think about it on a daily basis, but yet gravity affects our every move.…
Could Particle ‘Spooky Action’ Define The Nature Of Gravity?
Quantum physics is a fascinating yet complicated subject to understand, and one of the things that freaks out physics students…
Saturn’s Mysterious Hexagon Behaves Like Earth’s Ozone Hole
A raging hurricane is creating a "suck zone" at Saturn's north pole. The handy Cassini spacecraft recently captured a bunch of…