Enceladus Fissures Keep Getting Warmer and More Complex
[/caption] As Cassini scientists await the data from today’s flyby of Enceladus, images and data from August of this year…
Science Sees Farther: Extraterrestrial Life
Are we alone in the universe? Can we save the lives of millions with new vaccines? How can we manage…
Cassini visits Enceladus – SpacePod 2010.11.30
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is doing some awesome stuff. Stay tuned to NASA’s twitter feed Space Cadets, today should be interesting.…
Exoplanet Discovery Lists top 500
[/caption] It was only a little over a year ago that the 400th extrasolar planet was confirmed, but time flies…
Christie’s to Auction off 1st Edition Works by Newton, Galileo
[/caption]It's too bad that they missed Black Friday, but you'll at least be able to get a few gifts for…
An Apertif to the Next Radio Astronomy Entrée
[/caption]To aid in the digestion of a new era in radio astronomy, a new technique for improving the is unfolding…
Russia Wants to Build “Sweeper” to Clean up Space Debris
[/caption] Russia is looking to build a $2 billion orbital “pod” that would sweep up satellite debris from space around…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 208: The Spitzer Space Telescope
Last week we talked about Lyman Spitzer, and this week we’ll take a look at the orbiting observatory that bears…
Clash of the Titan Galaxies
[/caption] Is this galaxy exploding? Although that's what it might look like, this is actually two gigantic galaxies crashing into…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Black Hole Evolution
[/caption] While only observable by inference, the existence of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the centre of most - if…