Surf’s Up! Solar Wave Clocked At 4.5 Million Miles Per Hour
[/caption] Time to grab your silver surfboards because scientists utilizing the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on-board NASA’s Solar Dynamics…
Voyager Pushes Boundary of Interstellar Space
[/caption] It may be some 10.8 billion miles from home, but Voyager 1 is sending back some surprising data from…
Ovation For A Stellar Senior
[/caption] Residing in space 6500 light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus, an aged star designated as IRAS 22036+5306 is…
How Much Do Binary Stars Shape Planetary Nebulae?
[/caption] Planetary nebulae come in a dazzling array of shapes, from spherical shells of gas, to blobby structures barely containing…
Can We Put Weather On A Budget?
[/caption] When Vanguard 2 was launched on February 17, 1959 it became our first orbiting "eye" on Earth's weather. Although…
Where In The Universe Challenge #149
We're back! Where In The Universe took a little vacation, and thanks to everyone who wrote in to say they…
Ways the World Will End
Yes, the world will end someday, but probably not in your lifetime. Just had to post this video "mashup" from…
How LRO Plans to Watch the Lunar Eclipse from the Moon
What will the June 15th lunar eclipse look like from the Moon itself? Luckily, we've got the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
Regular Solar Cycle Could Be Going on Hiatus
[/caption] Are we headed into the 21st century version of the Maunder Minimum? Three researchers studying three different aspects of…
New Planetary System Has South African Astronomers Doing A Double Take
[/caption] Double your pleasure... Double your fun... Double twin planets found orbiting a double sun! Are you ready for the…