Storm On Saturn Has Grown Into A Monster!
Just before the holidays, UT reported about about the Growing Storm On Saturn and showed us the Cassini images. Now…
Asteroid Apophis in the News Again
It must have been a slow news day in Russia yesterday (actually – and unfortunately -- it wasn’t)… as headlines…
Groovin’ to the Latest Images from Mars
The folks from the HiRISE Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have put together a video with some groovin' music…
Hunt for Dark Matter Closes in at the LHC
[/caption] From an Imperial College London press release: Physicists say they are closer than ever to finding the source of…
Where In The Universe #134; Answer for #133
Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Take a look and see if you can name where in the…
Long Ago and Far, Far Away… Hubble Discovers Most Distant Galaxy Yet!
[/caption]No Princess is sending holographic help messages. No Hans Solo is warming up a Millenium Falcon to jump into hyperdrive.…
Astrophoto: Double Rosette Nebula
[/caption] Think you are seeing double in this new image of the Rosette Nebula? This new astrophoto from César Cantú…
Hidden Companion Responsible for Surprising Disk Around Strange Supergiant Star
[/caption] For several years, astronomers have been trying to get a good look at a peculiar supergiant star that is…
Rings on the Horizon
[/caption] The Cassini spacecraft has taken a some recent images of two of Saturn's most notorious moons, where in both…
First Light for New Spectrograph
[/caption] From the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics: The new observing instrument VIRUS-W, built by the Max Planck Institute…