NASA – The Frontier Is Everywhere (Videos): Readings from Carl Sagan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0 Check out this awesome pair of inspiring videos about NASA and Space Exploration. They are set to the ever…
Tiny Stars with a Big Flares
[/caption] For a long time, astronomers have known that stars often have troubled childhoods. They suffer from frequent and violent…
When A Standard Candle Flickers
[/caption] Roll over, Edwin Hubble. For many decades astronomers have relied upon the "standard candle" to express the brightness of…
Treasure Hunting With Astrophotography
[/caption] Not very long ago we published a news release about the latest (and largest) deep sky survey image ever.…
Where In The Universe Challenge #132
Here’s this week’s Where In The Universe Challenge. Take a look and see if you can name where in the…
Planck Unveils the Wonders of the Universe
[/caption] The mission began on 13th August 2009 with a goal to image the echo’s of the birth of the…
SOFIA Opens New Window on Star Formation in Orion
From a NASA Press Release: A mid-infrared mosaic image from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, offers new…
Discovery Gets New Launch Date and Good Bill of Health
NASA managers held a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Jan. 11, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) located…
The Biggest Astrophoto… Ever!
[/caption] Today, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III (SDSS-III) is releasing the largest digital color image of the sky ever made,…
Kepler Discovers Its Smallest and First Rocky Planet
[/caption] NASA’s Kepler planet hunting space telescope has made an historic discovery by finding its first rocky planet – and…