Astrophoto: A Mexican Orion
[/caption] This stunning new image of the Orion Nebula has a bit of salsa to it! César Cantú of the…
Carnival of Space #190
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Paul Gilster over at Centauri Dreams. Click here to read the Carnival…
Opportunity Rover Completes Exploration of fascinating Santa Maria Crater
[/caption] NASA’s long lived Opportunity Mars rover has completed a three month long exploration of Santa Maria crater along the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Dark Statistics
[/caption] The hypothetical dark flow seen in the movement of galaxy clusters requires that we can reliably identify a clear…
Southern Cross Constellation
[/caption]For the lucky residents of the Southern Hemisphere, or those fortunate enough to enjoy a vacation in Hawaii or Cancun,…
Radioisotope
[/caption] It was just over a century ago that a little known French scientist named Henri Becquerel came across something…
Law of Inertia
[/caption]In the world of physics, there are few people who have been more influential than Sir Isaac Newton. In addition…
Emissivity of Materials
[/caption]In the last few centuries, in which time we have had several scientific revolutions, our understanding of heat, energy and…
Fireworks on the Sun
The Sun continues to be active! This movie from the Solar Dynamics Observatory starts at 11:35 UT on March 24,…
Saturday, March 26, 2011 – Lights Out for Earth Hour!
At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people…