Twisting and Eclipsing on the Sun
A video posted today by the team at NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows two recent events on the Sun: a…
Mars Orbiters Will Attempt to Take Pictures of the Curiosity Rover as It Lands
[/caption] Remember this amazing image from 2008? The HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…
Mapping The Milky Way’s Magnetic Fields – The Faraday Sky
[/caption] Kudos to the scientists at the Max Planck Institut and an international team of radio astronomers for an incredibly…
Could Solar Storms ‘Sandblast’ the Moon?
[/caption]According to a new set of NASA computer simulations, solar storms and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can erode the lunar…
Lunar Eclipse – Saturday, December 10, 2011
[/caption] Are you ready for some good, old-fashioned observing fun? Although you might not want to get up early, it's…
Not Giving Up Yet: ESA Resumes Effort to Communicate with Phobos-Grunt
[/caption] Editor’s note: Dr. David Warmflash, principal science lead for the US team from the LIFE experiment on board the…
Staking Out A Vampire Star
[/caption] How do you peer into the dark heart of a vampire star? Try combining four telescopes! At ESO’s Paranal…
Popular Astronomy App Supports Astronomers Without Borders
You can support a great organization, Astronomers Without Borders, by purchasing a popular astronomy app for Apple and Mac devices.…
Pinning The Tails On Galaxy Clusters
[/caption] When it comes to understanding how galaxies behave both inside and outside of galaxy clusters, it would seem that…
Astronomers Find the Most Supermassive Black Holes Yet
[/caption] For years, astronomer Karl Gebhardt and graduate student Jeremy Murphy at The University of Texas at Austin have been…