Prelude to an X-Class Solar Flare
Caption: Shimmering coronal loops from Active Region 1515 on the limb of the Sun before it rotates out of view…
This Day in History: Launch of Apollo 11
43 years ago today, July 16th, 1969, Apollo 11 left Earth for the first human mission to land on the…
Carnival of Space #258
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his fabulous Next Big Future blog. Click here…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 269: Mass
Last week we talked about energy, and this week we’ll talk about mass. And here’s the crazy thing. Mass, matter,…
Spectacular Views: The Moon Occults Jupiter
Caption: July 15 2012 occultation, taken with Canon 550D on Newton 200/1200 mounted on NEQ6Pro. Credit: Andrei Juravle Astrophotographers in…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 16-22, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! My satellite dish and internet connection has now returned from the land of Oz. While it was…
Expedition 32 Crew Lifts Off
At 9:40 p.m. CDT a Soyuz TMA-05M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Expedition 32 Commander Yuri…
Full Moon, 2012
[moon_app] Here is the schedule for all the Full Moons that will happen in 2012. If you're going to go…
The Audacity to Dream
Making its debut at the TEDxISU (International Space University) event on July 6, the video above is an inspirational call-to-arms…
Incoming! CME On Its Way Toward Earth
As you read this, a huge cloud of charged solar particles is speeding toward our planet, a coronal mass ejection…