Masked Starbirth Mapped In New Milky Way Survey
Stars are born in private. Hidden in dust and gas clouds, these bright beacons in the universe slowly coalesce. All…
Novel Strategy May Help Target Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
Discovering life beyond Earth might just be the holy grail of science. And even though we have yet to find…
To The Moon! Crowdfunded Solar Sail Shoots For Lunar Launch
It's a tiny satellite with ambitious goals: to zip all the way from the Earth to the Moon using a…
Future Supernova Is Surrounded By Hydrogen Clouds
The faint green glow you see in that picture is not an early harbringer of Hallowe'en spooks. It's hydrogen gas…
Carnival of Space #323
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Timelapse: Aurora Over Lake Michigan
According to photographer Shawn Malone form Michigan, the aurora this fall have already been “insane!” “We had a very strong…
Hexacopter Drone Watches SpaceX Grasshopper Take Highest Flight Yet
This is an absolutely awesome view of the latest test flight of the SpaceX Grasshopper. The footage is shot with…
This Week’s Penumbral Lunar Eclipse and the Astronomy of Columbus
You can always count on an eclipse to get you out of a delicate situation. Today is Columbus Day in…
Astronomers Stress the Need for Characterizing the Population of Nearby Potential Earth-Impactors
The meteor explosion over Russia in February 2013 raised concerns that even small asteroid impactors may wreak some havoc given…
Technicolor Auroras? A Reality Check
I shoot a lot of pictures of the northern lights. Just like the next photographer, I thrill to the striking…