A Swirling Oasis of Life
[/caption] A serpentine eddy swirls in the southern Indian Ocean several hundred kilometers off the coast of South Africa in…
Tough Cuts for Planetary Science In NASA’s 2013 Budget Proposal
[/caption] As expected, NASA’s 2013 budget request calls for an overall decrease in funding, with especially tough cuts to planetary…
‘Stealth Merger’ of Dwarf Galaxies Seen in New Images
[/caption] Space may be vast, but accidents can still happen, like when galaxies "collide," usually resulting in the smaller one…
Scientists Find New Clues About the Interiors of ‘Super-Earth’ Exoplanets
[/caption] As we learned in science class in school, the Earth has a molten interior (the outer core) deep beneath…
Flawless Maiden Launch for Europe’s New Vega Rocket
[/caption] Europe scored a major space success with today’s (Feb. 13) flawless maiden launch of the brand new Vega rocket…
New Comet Discovered by Amateur Astronomer
[/caption] "Friday, February 10th 2012 just felt like the perfect night for a comet to be discovered by an amateur…
Far Above the World
[/caption] 28 years ago today, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless left the relative safety of Challenger's payload bay and went untethered…
A Continent Ablaze in Auroral and Manmade Light
http://youtu.be/cMQ5Z3tVytc Video Caption: Up the East Coast of North America. Credit: NASA The North American continent is literally set ablaze…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – February 12-18, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As the Moon fades away, dark sky studies return and so do we as we take…
Journal Club – Theory constraint
[/caption] According to Wikipedia, a journal club is a group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles…