Where’s the Debris for Transiting Planets?
For many exoplanet systems that have been discovered by the radial velocity method, astronomers have found excess emission in the…
Tropical Storm Lee Drenches Gulf Coast as Hurricane Katia Aims for US East Coast
[/caption] New imagery from NASA and NOAA satellites taken today (Sept 4) shows the extent of a hurricane season storm…
NASA – Eyes On The Solar System
Are you ready for a fascinating virtual experience? Then check out "Eyes on the Solar System"! This clever compilation of…
Mars Express Delivers Views Of Martian Lake
[/caption] In the southern highlands of Mars, Eberswalde crater to be exact, ESA's Mars Express exploration has pinpointed an area…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Cosmic Coincidence
[/caption] Cosmologists tend not to get all that excited about the universe being 74% dark energy and 26% conventional energy…
HARPS Tunes In On Habitable Planet
[/caption] Using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), a team of scientists at University of Geneva, Switzerland, led…
What is the Difference Between Speed and Velocity?
[/caption] When it comes to measuring motion, that is the relative passage of an object through space at a certain…
Dispersion of Light
[/caption] Look up into the rainy sky! What do you see? Well, if its just rained and the sun is…
NASA Robot arrives at ‘New’ Landing Site holding Clues to Ancient Water Flow on Mars
[/caption] Opportunity has begun a whole new mission at the vast expanse of Endeavour Crater promising a boatload of new…
Diffraction of Light
[/caption] For some time, the behavior of light has baffled scientists. Initially, and in accordance with classic physics, light was…