A Noctilucent Masterpiece
[/caption] Night-shining "noctilucent" clouds create a magical glow in the night skies over Reykjavíc, Iceland in this beautiful photo by Örvar…
How Big Are Solar Flares?
With the recent activity on the Sun, we've used the words "massive" or "huge" to describe solar flares. But just…
Searching For Gravitational Waves
[/caption]Colliding neutron stars and black holes, supernova events, rotating neutron stars and other cataclysmic cosmic events… Einstein predicted they would…
Cassini Focuses In On Two Moons
[/caption] In this new image from the Cassini Imaging Team Saturn's moon Titan looks a little out of focus compared…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – A Photon’s Point Of View
[/caption] From a photon's point of view, it is emitted and then instantaneously reabsorbed. This is true for a photon…
Coming To A Solar System Near You… Super-Earth!
[/caption] It is our general understanding of solar system composition that planets fall into two categories: gas giants like Jupiter,…
Google+ Invites
Hi everyone, Google+ has given me 150 invites I can use to hand out to people. You should be able…
Recent Active Sun Prompts Stunning Auroras Over England
[/caption] On the evening of the 5th of August 2011 the Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights were seen as far South…
96 New Reasons To Love Star Clusters
[/caption] "Ninety-six clusters of stars in the sky.... Ninety-six clusters of stars... You take one down and pass it around..."…
Juno Blasts off on Science Trek to Discover Jupiter’s Genesis
[/caption] NASA’s solar powered Juno spacecraft blasted off today (Aug.5)from Cape Canaveral today to begin a 2.8 billion kilometer science…