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…
Enhanced Technique for Tracking Solar Storms All the Way From Sun to Earth
Heliophysicists announced today that new data processing techniques have enabled them to track solar storms from their origin in the…