Voorwerpje… And Away!
[/caption]It's 28 pages long and it has been submitted to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. It's filled…
Earth’s First Trojan Asteroid Discovered
[/caption] The first known "Trojan" asteroid in Earth's orbit has been discovered. A Trojan asteroid shares an orbit with a…
Make iPhone Astrophotography Easier With The AstroClip!
[/caption] They say necessity is the mother of invention, and if you've ever tried to take a picture through a…
Applying the Titius-Bode Rule to Exoplanet Systems
One of the key methods employed in the practice of the sciences is the search for patterns. Their discovery often…
New Image Triples Your Galaxy Fun
[/caption] Here’s a brand new, magnificent look at the Leo Triplet -- a group of interacting galaxies about 35 million…
Enceladus Rains Water on Saturn
[/caption] It’s raining on Saturn! Well, kind of. Actually, not really. But there’s some really cool news about Saturn, Enceladus…
30-Year-Old 3-D Movie Made from Viking Data Gets New Life
Back in 1979, scientists at Stanford University created a 3-D movie from images sent back by the Viking landers on…
SpaceX Pushes for Mission to Space Station on Next Flight
[/caption] NASA and SpaceX have "technically" agreed to allow the Dragon capsule to dock with the International Space Station this…
SDO Finds the Man in the Sun
We all know about the Man in the Moon, but the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft has now detected an old…
Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Seen From Space
[/caption] Taken by NASA astronaut and Expedition 27 flight engineer Ron Garan, this image shows the Petermann Ice Island (PII-A)…