How Fast is the Speed of Light?
You may think that a lot of things are fast, like speeding bullets and Superman and the passage of time…
What is a Subduction Zone?
IF you don’t know anything about plate tectonics you might be wondering about what is a subduction zone. A subduction…
Geomagnetic Reversal
[/caption] Geomagnetic reversal is when the orientation of the Earth’s magnetic field becomes reversed. Thus, magnetic north and south switch…
Angular Motion
You watch something (some distance from you) move … its direction changes … that's angular motion. In other words, as…
Robots in Space
When it comes to exploring the hostile environment of space, robots have done a lot (if not most) of the…
Solving the Mystery of Cosmic Rays’ Origins
What accelerates cosmic rays to nearly the speed of light? Astronomer have pondered that question for nearly 100 years, and…
No Earth-Sized Planet Hunting for Kepler Until 2011
[/caption] A glitch in the Kepler spacecraft's electronics means the space telescope will not have the ability to spot an…
Podcast: Constellations
[/caption] Did you know there are 88 constellations in the night sky? Let's learn about the constellations and other star…
Carnival of Space #127
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang over at The Next Big Future. Click here to read…
1 Milky Way; 3,000 Images
[/caption] What a gorgeous and immense image! And it's full of stars! An astronomer from Central Michigan University has put…