Are Rogue Black Holes Wandering the Universe?
Talk about a tough neighborhood! Even black holes aren’t welcome in galaxy CID-42, located about 4 billion light-years away from…
Watch the 2012 Transit of Venus Live!
[/caption] Venus will make a rare transit across the face of the Sun on June 5/6, 2012 and for this…
Surprise! NASA Gets Two ‘Free’ Hubble-like Space Telescopes
[/caption] NASA will be getting two unused space surveillance satellites from the US’s National Reconnaissance Office, which could possibly be…
Stunning Partial Lunar Eclipse Images from June 4, 2012
[/caption] Early on June 4th, the full "Strawberry" Moon passed through the shadow of Earth, producing a partial lunar eclipse.…
Enter the Universe Today “Wonders of the Universe” Contest!
If you've seen the excellent BBC/Science Channel series "Wonders of the Universe," you know that host Brian Cox's natural enthusiasm…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 4-10, 2012
[/caption] Greeting, fellow SkyWatchers! It's gonna' be a great week! We start off with a partial lunar eclipse of the…
Carnival of Space #252
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted, very appropriately, by Gadi Eidelheit the team over at the Venus Transit…
When Everything On Earth Died
[/caption] Hey, remember that one time when 90% of all life on Earth got wiped out? I don't either. But…
A Banner Week for Commercial Spaceflight
[/caption] While SpaceX stole the headlines with their Dragon spacecraft making the first private cargo run to the International Space…
Awesome Video of a Dragon’s Descent!
Just in from SpaceX and NASA, here's a video of the descent of the Dragon capsule on the morning of…