Where In The Universe Challenge #138
Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Here’s #138! Take a look and see if you can name where…
Sounds of Comet Tempel 1 smashing into Stardust-NExT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5b9qL-T-3s As Stardust-Next was racing past Comet Tempel at 9.8 km/sec, or 24,000 MPH, it encountered a hail of bullet…
Close Look at Cas A Reveals Bizarre ‘Superfluid’
[/caption] NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered the first direct evidence for a superfluid, a bizarre, friction-free state of matter, at the…
Plausibility Check – Habitable Planets around Red Giants
[/caption] While planets orbiting twin stars are a staple of science fiction, another is having humans live on planets orbiting…
Halt, Black Hole! Gemini Captures Explosions That Deprive Black Holes of Mass
[/caption] Astronomers have long suspected that something must stymie actively growing black holes, because most galaxies in the local universe…
Moon And Venus Steal The Morning Scene…
[/caption] If you're an early riser, then perhaps you've noticed Kepler's Laws in action? No, it's not a new Bruce…
45 Years of Rendezvous and Docking in Space
On Thursday, the European ATV Johannes Kepler will dock with the International Space Station. Rendezvous and docking in space has…
20 Million Observations by Amateur Astronomers!
[/caption]Early into the celebration of its centennial year, observers of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) passed another…
Discovery: A Look Back Before Her Last Flight
As preparations continue for the launch of space shuttle Discovery on STS-133, here's a look back at the history of…
The Moon Just Got Bigger
[/caption] Take a gander at this brand new image of the Moon from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is one…