The Care And Feeding Of Teenage Galaxies… And By The Way, They Need Gas
[/caption] Got a teenager? Then you know the story. Go to look for your favorite bag of chips and they're…
How Did Comet Lovejoy Survive Its Trip Around The Sun?
[/caption] It was just about three months ago that the astronomy world watched in awe as the recently-discovered comet Lovejoy…
Satellite Photo of Vancouver and the Fraser River
[/caption] I just had to post this satellite photograph of Vancouver with the sediment plume streaming out of the Fraser…
Does The Sun Rotate?
The rotation of the Sun is kind of hard to pin down. That's because a day on the Sun depends…
Watch This 3D Printer Make a Microscopic Car
[/caption] 3D printers let you manufacture any 3-dimensional object out of plastic. You just download the design, fire up the…
Huge Coronal Hole Is Sending Solar Wind Our Way
[/caption] An enormous triangular hole in the Sun's corona was captured earlier today by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, seen above…
Jupiter’s Jet Streams Get Thrown Off Course
[/caption] Both Earth and Jupiter have jet streams; fast-moving winds that circle the globe. On Jupiter, those jet streams are…
Who Discovered Mercury?
[/caption] Mercury is one of the 5 planets visible with the unaided eye. Even thousands of years ago, ancient astronomers…
Shock Diamonds
[/caption] I recently reported on Chinese plans to launch Shenzhou-9, and used a stock image of a Long March-2F rocket…
Venus-Jupiter Conjunction, March 15th, 2012
[/caption] In case you're the only person on Earth who hasn't heard about it yet, Venus and Jupiter will be…