Podcast: Planet X
Astronomers have been searching for the mysterious Planet X for hundreds of years. It was the search for a theoretical…
Podcast: Pulsars
Imagine an object with the mass of the Sun, crushed down to the size of Manhattan. Now set that object…
Bread Dropped By Bird Causes Problems for LHC
[/caption] Yes, this headline appears to be true. A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been…
3-D Virtual Moon Browser from Kaguya Data
JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released all the data from the Kaguya mission to the public. One of…
Found: Theoretical Supernova Actually Exists
[/caption] Astronomers have identified a type of supernova that appears to be a type predicted in theory but never actually…
High School Students Get Published in Astrophysics Journal
From the left: Klaus Beuermann (group leader), Jens Diese (back,teacher), and the high-school students Joshua Zachmann (front), Alexander-Maria Ploch (back),…
STS-129 Behind the Scenes: How to Put on the “Pumpkin Suit”
NASA has been creating some behind-the-scenes videos as the STS-129 crew prepares for their upcoming mission to the International Space…
Hubble Unveils Stunning Star Birth in M83
It appears Hubble's new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) is working. And how! The new camera installed during Servicing Mission…
How Long Does it Take Uranus to Orbit the Sun?
[/caption] Uranus orbits the Sun much further than the Earth, and so it takes much longer to orbit the Sun.…
How Long Does it Take Mercury to Orbit the Sun?
[/caption] Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, and so it's the fastest to orbit the Sun. In fact,…