Twinkle Twinkle Little Missing Stars, How I Wonder Where you are?
[/caption] ‘Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are?’ This nursery rhyme is one of the best loved…
Breathtaking Recent Aurora Images from Earth and Space
[/caption] With the Sun's activity increasing just a bit, sky watchers have witnessed an uptick in aurorae, especially northern observers.…
What is Planck Time?
What is the smallest unit of time you can conceive? A second? A millisecond? Hard to say seeing as how…
North American Plate
[/caption] Oftentimes when we think of the Earth, we tend to think of stable landmasses that are surrounded by vast…
Rover Teams Keeping Spirits Up on Fate of Frozen Mars Rover
[/caption] The hibernating Spirit rover hasn’t communicated with Earth since March 22 of this year, and while everyone hopes for…
Astronomer Brian Marsden Has Died
[/caption] From a Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics press release: Dr. Brian Marsden passed away today at the age of…
Red Sky In The Morning…
"Red sky in the morning... Sailors take warning!" How many of you have heard of that old phrase? Just look…
Exoplanet of Extragalactic Origin Could Foretell Our Solar System’s Future
[/caption] While astronomers have detected over 500 extrasolar planets during the past 15 years, this latest one might have the…
Anti-hydrogen Captured, Held For First Time
[/caption] Can warp drive be far behind? A paper published in this week’s edition of Nature reports that for the…
Hollywood-like Galactic Encounter Results in Baby Stars
Like news ripped from a Hollywood tabloid, this saga includes an encounter between two individuals; one aging, and thought to…