Astronomy Cast Ep. 212: GPS Navigation
The in previous podcast, we talked about the old way navigators used to find their way around the planet; by…
Video Visualization of Kepler Exoplanet Data
This is really nifty: a visualization of the 1,235 exoplanet candidates observed by Kepler in the recently released data, created…
Chandra Captures Giant Ring of Black Holes
[/caption] From a Chandra press release: Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new image of a ring --…
Where In The Universe Challenge #136
Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Here’s #136! Take a look and see if you can name where…
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds As Seen from Space
[/caption] Mysterious “night shining” or noctilucent clouds are beautiful to behold, and are usually seen during the summertime, appearing at…
Forever Endeavour: USA has Plan to Continue Flying Space Shuttles
[/caption] She is the youngest orbiter in NASA’s fleet – and she is being looked at to keep her country…
Air Force and ULA to launch second X-37B
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – From all appearances the first flight of the U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane was…
What is Fermi Energy?
When it comes to physics, the concept of energy is a tricky thing, subject to many different meanings and dependent…
In Case of Jerusalem Video, UFO Could Mean “Unidentified Flashlight Objects”
UFO’s are tricky little blighters. Those three letters have caused so much controversy over the years and I find myself,…
Historic Opportunity for Students to Participate on “Extra” Shuttle Mission
[/caption] A new opportunity for students to be part of history and fly an experiment on what could be the…