J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets!
[/caption] It seems oddly appropriate to be writing about astrophysical jets on Thanksgiving Day, when the New York football Jets…
Where In The Universe Challenge #126
Here’s this week’s image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You…
How Jupiter is Getting Its Belt Back
[/caption] Earlier this year, one of Jupiter’s stripes went missing. The Southern Equatorial Band started to get lighter and paler,…
Cassini Spacecraft Back in Operation
[/caption] Great news: the Cassini spacecraft resumed normal operations today, Nov. 24. NASA says all the science instruments have been…
Shuttle Launch Could Be Delayed Into Next Year
[/caption] While NASA managers have targeted space shuttle Discovery's launch for no earlier than Dec. 17, they also said they…
Symbiotic Variable Star On the Verge of an Eruption?
[/caption] November 23rd, astronomers from the Asiago Novae and Symbiotic Stars collaboration announced recent changes in the symbiotic variable star, AX Persei,…
Longstanding Cepheid Mass Mystery Finally Solved
[/caption] Cepheid variable stars - a class of stars that vary in brightness over time - have long been used…
Carnival of Space #178
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by the crew over at We Are All in the Gutter (Looking at…
FAA to SpaceX: You May Now Re-enter the Atmosphere
[/caption] What will go up -- hopefully on December 7 -- can now come back down. The US Federal Aviation…
Upcoming Flybys Could Provide Clues to Interior of Enceladus
[/caption] What is going on inside Saturn’s moon Enceladus and what powers the icy geysers and jets? A pair of…