Kepler Mission Discovers “Tatooine-like” Planet
[/caption] In a news conference today, Kepler mission scientists announced the first confirmed circumbinary planet ( a planet that orbits…
Solo Star Synthesis
[/caption] "Swing your partner round and round... Out of the cluster and out of town" While that's a facetious description…
Help! My Stars are Leaking!
[/caption] Star clusters are wonderful test beds for theories of stellar formation and evolution. One of the key roles they…
Stellar X-Rays Strip Planet To Bare Bones
[/caption] Some 880 light years away, a star named CoRoT-2a is busy decimating one of its planets - CoRoT-2b. Orbiting…
Reports of a Bright Meteor over Southwestern US
Just a quick post here, I'm hearing reports that there was a really bright fireball (meteor) across Arizona, Nevada and…
Comet Elenin is Now Fading Away
[/caption] As far as Comet Elenin goes, the only chance of impending doom is for the comet itself: it is…
Senate Saves the James Webb Space Telescope!
The 2012 fiscal year appropriation bill, marked up today by the Senate, allows for continued funding of the James Webb…
NASA Unveils Their New Launch System
[/caption] NASA Adminstrator Charlie Bolden and several members of Congress announced today the decision on NASA’s next heavy lift vehicle…
The Disappearing Sun
It's eclipse season for the Solar Dynamics Observatory! Twice a year near each equinox, the orbital dynamics lines up so…
Russian Space Agency Sets Dates for Resuming Progress, Soyuz Launches
[/caption] The Russia space agency has set dates for resuming flights with the Progress and Soyuz spacecraft. After determining the…