Desert Pictures
Here are some cool desert pictures, taken from space. This is an image of the Gobi Desert taken from space.…
Multi-Layer Mars Parfait Provides Environmental Record
[/caption] Is Mars more like a Peanut Buster Parfait, a granola-yogurt parfait, --or perhaps -- maybe a seven-layer salad? Near…
Albert Einstein Quotes
[/caption] People know Albert Einstein as one of the world’s best physicists and a recipient of the Nobel Prize for…
WISE Spies Its First Comet
[/caption] The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer or WISE is living up to expectations, as it now has discovered its first…
Deep Space Pictures
Here are some amazing deep space pictures. This is an image of the Bullet Cluster taken by Hubble. It's a…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – February 12-14, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! What better way to celebrate a snow-bound weekend than by having a look at the "Eskimo"! While…
Possible Meteorite Impact Near Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico
[/caption] Reports of a possible meteorite impact in Mexico are popping up on various places around the net. Via Twitter,…
Southern Lights
[/caption] The southern lights, or aurora australis, is the southern hemisphere counterpart to the northern lights, or aurora borealis. They…
Kepler’s Law
[/caption] There are actually three, Kepler's laws that is, of planetary motion: 1) every planet's orbit is an ellipse with…
The Solar Dynamics Observatory Soars to Study the Sun
The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched successfully – and beautifully – Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 to begin…