Where In The Universe #92
Here's this week's image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos (late…
NASA to Invest $75 Million for Suborbital Science Flights
[/caption] NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced today the space agency will fund dozens of science and education payloads to…
Astronomers Find Youngest Exoplanet Yet
[/caption] Overcoming interference from a very active young sun-like star, a group of astronomers were able to find what they…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Don’t Make a Meal of It
You should always put out the old dinner set when you have astronomers around. It all starts innocently enough with…
Obama Talks With ISS/Shuttle Crews
Astronauts on the International Space Station took questions Wednesday from President Barack Obama and a group of children. The astronauts…
Keck Telescope
[/caption] There are two Keck telescopes – Keck I and Keck II; together they make up the W.M. Keck Observatory,…
Electron Volt
[/caption] From the name, electron volt, you might guess that this has something to do with electricity. Well, you'd be…
Atom Diagram
[/caption]The image on the left is a basic atom diagram. This one shows the protons, neutrons, and electrons of a…
Atom Definition
[/caption]The atom definition is: A unit of matter, the smallest unit of an element, having all the characteristics of that…
Spitzer, the Wallpaper Factory, Does it Again
At the end of the proverbial day, space-based missions like Spitzer produce millions of observations of astronomical objects, phenomena, and…