Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s Hot Halo
Artist's illustration of a hot gas halo enveloping the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds (NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; NASA/CXC/Ohio State/A.Gupta et al.) Our…
Virtual Star Party – Sep. 23, 2012: The Friendly Competition Edition
In this week's Virtual Star Party, we took a last peek at some objects low on the horizon, and then…
Work Begins on the World’s Largest Cosmic Ray Observatory
Caption: Lake Baikal. Credit: SeaWiFS Project NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE Construction has just begun at the Tunka Valley…
Carnival of Space #268
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Stefan Lamoureux at the Links Through Space website, the site of an…
Fly Over California Alongside a Space Shuttle!
A view of Endeavour and SCA over California from one of NASA's F/A-18 chase planes (NASA/DFRC) We've shared several videos…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: September 24-30, 2012
"Shine on, shine on Harvest Moon... Up in the sky..." Oh! Howdy, fellow SkyWatchers! The seasons are most surely showing…
Curiosity Shows Off Its Credentials
Plaque on the exterior of Mars Science Laboratory, aka "Curiosity" (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) Curiosity drops a few rather big names in recent…
Final Push: Help Uwingu Create a New Concept for Funding Space Exploration and Astronomy
We've written about Uwingu previously, and this creative new concept for creating funding for space exploration and astronomy is now…
So You Want to Look at the Moon?
This Saturday September 22, 2012 marks the 3rd annual International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN), when people all over the…
Fireball Meteor or Re-Entering Satellite? “Something” Broke Up Over the UK on Friday
Twitter is all abuzz with sightings of a huge fireball meteor that streaked across the skies Friday night at approximately…