Mars Webcam Provides Astronaut-like View of Red Planet
What would it be like to approach Mars in a spacecraft? In one of the coolest movies ever, we now…
Hubble Captures Surprisingly Restless Stars on the Move
[/caption] Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy made two observations ten years apart…
Scientist Explains New LOFAR Image of Quasar 3C196
[/caption] We received several questions about our article on the new high-resolution LOFAR (LOw Frequency Array) image of quasar 3C196,…
Voyager 2 Update from Dr. Ed Stone
[/caption] In early May 2010, the 33-year-old Voyager 2 spacecraft experienced an anomaly where the data it returned to Earth…
Space Station Twitter Crew Returns Home
The Expedition 23 crew from the International Space Station landed safely in their Soyuz-17 spacecraft, concluding their five-and-a-half-month stay in…
What is the Center of the Earth Made Of?
[/caption] We know the surface of the Earth is made of rock, we can examine it ourselves. But what is…
VY Canis Majoris Supernova
VY Canis Majoris is a red giant star located in the constellation Canis Major. Measuring between 1800-2100 times the size…
Menagerie of Celestial Objects in New Image of the Large Magellanic Cloud
[/caption] From an ESO press release: Astronomers often turn their telescopes to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of the…
Retro Black Holes Are More Powerful
[/caption] Black holes seem to defy our comprehension and be contrary to conventional understanding. So perhaps it is not entirely…