Free LIVE Broadcast of Comet Garradd On Universe Today – August 22, 2011
[/caption] Are you ready for some excitement? How would you like to watch a LIVE broadcast of Comet C2009 P1…
Astrophoto: Lanzarote Sun Halo by Hans Schremmer
[/caption] A beautiful and colorful halo -- a 22 degree ring -- as seen on the island of Lanzarote in…
What is Galactic Cannibalism?
Seattle, January, 2003. Two prestigious astronomers: Puragra GuhaThakurta of UCSC and David Reitzel of UCLA present some new findings to…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Cubic Neutrons
[/caption] The nature of the highly compressed matter that makes up neutron stars has been the subject of much speculation.…
Astrophoto: Moon Occults Triple Star System Pi Sagitaurii by Efrain Morales Rivera
[/caption] On August 10, the Moon passed in front of the triple star system, Pi Sagitaurii star system. The even…
First JWST Instrument Passes Tests
[/caption] One of many instruments that will fly aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just passed critical testing…
No, NASA is Not Predicting We’ll be Destroyed by Aliens
[/caption] There were some interesting, if not shocking headlines this week regarding a study supposedly put out by NASA, with…
GRAIL Lunar Twins Mated to Delta Rocket at Launch Pad
[/caption] With blastoff just 2 ½ weeks away, NASA’s GRAIL lunar twins completed a major milestone towards launch today (Aug.…
Cosmic Collisions Could Eject Habitable Planets
[/caption] When it comes to solar systems, chances are good that we're a lot more special than we thought. According…
Rewriting Lunar History
[/caption] We thought we knew everything there was to know about our Moon, but new investigations into its volcanic origins…