Guest Post by Author Peter Shaver: Cosmic Time Scales
[/caption] Editor's note: Peter Shaver is the author of the new book "Cosmic Heritage – Evolution from the Big Bang…
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How did the Universe begin and evolve? How did life start on Earth? These questions are discussed in a new…
A Tale of Three Moons: Is There Life in the Outer Solar System?
[/caption] Until fairly recently, the search for life elsewhere in the solar system has focused primarily on Mars, as it…
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Dawn Discovers Surprise 2nd Giant South Pole Impact Basin at Strikingly Dichotomous Vesta
[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Dawn mission have discovered a 2nd giant impact basin at the south pole of the giant…
Wake Up! The Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks On October 20…
[/caption] Do you hate to get up early? Then stay up late, because it's infrequent that both the northern and…
Where’s My Doomsday? Remnants of Comet Elenin Pass by Earth Without Incident
[/caption] If you were waiting for Comet Elenin to wreak havoc on Earth so that you didn’t have to pay…
Digging Deeper For Dark Matter
[/caption] Dark matter... If it can't be seen, then how do we know it's there? If it wasn't for the…
Strange Stuff in Space: Astronomy Cast at Dragon*Con 2011
This is an impromptu episode of Astronomy Cast that was recorded during Dragon*Con 2011. Pamela was scheduled to speak with…
Carnival of Space #219
A brand new Carnival of Space is hosted by Chris Dann from Weird Warp (who I now owe a few…
Is M85 Missing a Black Hole?
[/caption] The conventional wisdom of galaxies is that they should have a central massive black hole (CMBH). The presence of…