British TV Audience Discovers Potential New Planet
[/caption] A public “mass participation” push initiated on a UK television program to find planets beyond our Solar System has…
Who Will Be the Next Astronomy Photographer of the Year?
[/caption] Attention all astrophotographers (as well as those of us who just enjoy looking at great astronomy images!): The Royal…
A New Look at the Helix Nebula — a Giant “Eye” in Space
[/caption] Who is looking at who here? A brand new image of the Helix Nebula (breathlessly called the “Eye of…
Deadly Costa Concordia Shipwreck Captured in Stunning Image from Space
[/caption] The deadly Costa Concordia shipwreck has been captured in a stunning high resolution image from space that vividly shows…
Could a ‘Death Star’ Really Destroy a Planet?
[/caption]Countless Sci-Fi fans vividly remember the famous scene in Star Wars in which the Death Star obliterates the planet Alderaan.…
ISS Soars Over Stormy Africa
Here's a quick but lovely little gem: a time-lapse video taken from the ISS as it passed above central Africa,…
Fly Me to the Moon — Twice!
Those darn airplanes that leave their contrails and ruin a good astrophoto....except, wait! This one is awesome! From John Chumack's…
Distant Invisible Galaxy Could be Made Up Entirely of Dark Matter
[/caption] Astronomers can’t see it but they know it’s out there from the distortions caused by its gravity. That statement…
New NASA Gallery of Restored 1960s Project Gemini Photos
[/caption] NASA has published a new online gallery of beautifully restored photographs from the historic Project Gemini of the 1960s,…
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America’s Youth Christen NASA’s Twin New Lunar Craft – Ebb & Flow
[/caption] A classroom of America’s Youth from an elementary school in Bozeman, Montana submitted the stellar winning entry in NASA’s…