Romantic Valentines Day Encounter Looms with Icy Comet
[/caption] At last, NASA embraces a romantic rendezvous in the dark void of deep space. And soon the whole world…
Message in a Wobble: Black Holes Send Memos in Light
[/caption] Imagine a spinning black hole so colossal and so powerful that it kicks photons, the basic units of light,…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Plausibility Check
[/caption] So we all know this story. Uncle Owen has just emotionally blackmailed you into putting off your application to…
NASAs First Orion Capsule Ships for Crucial Deep Space Tests
[/caption]The first Orion spacecraft has just been shipped from NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orlean’s to a Lockheed Martin…
Gallery: WISE’s Greatest Hits
[/caption] The WISE mission is now over, with the spacecraft taking its final image on Feb. 1, 2011. WISE was…
End of the Line for WISE
[/caption] First light images from telescopes and spacecraft are exciting – there is the exhilaration that the equipment is working…
Choosing a New Telescope – GoTo or not GoTo
I am often asked by people “I’m a beginner, so what telescope should I buy?” Or more often, what GoTo…
Looking for Something to do this Weekend? SpaceUP!
Looking for something spacey to do this weekend? If you live near either Houston, Texas or San Diego, California, you’re…
Spitzer’s Stunning New View of the North American Nebula
[/caption] In visible light, the North American nebula resembles its namesake continent. But looking at it in the infrared spectrum,…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 213: Supermassive Black Holes
It’s now believed that there’s a supermassive black hole lurking at the heart of every galaxy in the Universe. These…