Fly Over Vesta’s Cratered Terrain with Dawn
I've been waiting for nearly two months to be able to share these videos from the Dawn mission's "flyover" views…
End of the World Averted: New Archeological Find Proves Mayan Calendar Doesn’t End
[/caption] So much for the world ending on December 21, 2012. We’ve been saying it for years, but a new…
Surprise! IBEX Finds No Bow ‘Shock’ Outside our Solar System
[/caption] For years, scientists have thought a bow "shock" formed ahead of our solar system’s heliosphere as it moved through…
Rogue Planets Could Drive By And Scoop Up Life
[/caption] Free-floating "rogue" planets may occasionally dip into the inner Solar System, picking up dust containing organic compounds -- a.k.a.…
Herschel Telescope Peers into the Glow of Cygnus X
[/caption] In infrared, Cygnus-X is a glowing star nursery, and the Herschel space observatory has captured this beautiful new view…
A Call to Action: We Must Explore
Our friend Andrew Chaikin is passionate about space exploration and like many, is concerned about the budget cuts that threaten…
What Does Conan O’Brien Think About Space Exploration?
I wanted to know, so I decided to ask him. And thanks to "Team Coco" and Google Plus, I was…
M55 — Or a Swarm of Angry Bees?
[/caption] Globular clusters are my absolute favorite telescope targets. Okay, Saturn, and then globular clusters. And that's why I've absolutely…
We Are In This Universe; The Universe Is In Us
The latest installment of the excellent Symphony of Science series is out, and like every one of them it’s a…
Buy Some Eclipse Glasses for the Upcoming Annular Eclipse or Venus Transit
[/caption] There are two amazing events coming up that you're going to want to watch: the May 20th Annular Eclipse,…