365 Days of Astronomy Podcast to Continue for its 4th Year in 2012
I'm going to put on a different hat here and post something about the "other" website that's been keeping me…
“Star Wars” Laser Methods Tracks Greenhouse Gases
[/caption] It may have looked like a futuristic scene from Star Wars, but ESA's latest technique for aiding space exploration…
Cygnus X – A Cosmic-ray Cocoon
[/caption] Situated about 4,500 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus is a veritable star factory called Cygnus X... one…
Positron Signaling For Dark Matter Inconclusive
[/caption] A couple of years ago, the Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics, PAMELA, sent us back some…
No Nukes? NASA’s Plutonium Production Predicament
[/caption] Mars Science Laboratory, launched three days ago on the morning of Saturday, November 26, is currently on its way…
The Human Cost of Russia’s Lost Spacecraft
[/caption] It hasn’t been a great year for Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency. In the last twelve months, it…
Life on Alien Planets May Not Require a Large Moon After All
[/caption] Ever since a study conducted back in 1993, it has been proposed that in order for a planet to…
Comet Curiosity? MSL Looks Like a Comet as it Heads Toward Mars
What does a spacecraft look like as it lights-out for another world? This incredible time-lapse video was taken by astronomers…
Carnival of Space #225
A brand new Carnival of Space is hosted by my pal, The Noisy Astronomer, Nicole Gugliucci from One Astronomer's Noise,…
Telescope Review: Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Reflector
[/caption] Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope, (MSRP $349.99) Orion Telescopes. For many astronomers who are just getting started, dobsonian…