ISS Now Visible in Daytime!
[/caption] Oh wow! I love satellite watching, and especially the International Space Station, but now I don't have to wait…
Exoplanet Has Oddball Orbit
[/caption] In what might be a evidence of planetary billiards, astronomers have found an exoplanet with an extremely odd orbit.…
Spaceflight
Even before man had managed to take to the skies on our planet, he had thought of spaceflight and soaring…
Where In The Universe #58
It’s Wednesday, so that means its time for another “Where In The Universe” challenge to test your visual knowledge of…
Looking for (Former) Lakeshore Property? HiRISE Finds It on Mars
[/caption] If you're in the market for some remote lakeshore property where you can get away from it all, this…
IYA Live Telescope Today: NGC 6281
Did you get a chance to watch the IYA Live Telescope today? This time we went hunting galactic open star…
The Case of the Missing Sunspots: Solved?
[/caption] The Sun has seen precious few sunspots (as shown in this NASA closeup) in the past year, and solar…
Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io Could One Day Break Free, Go Dormant
[/caption] Io may be close to thermal equilibrium, according to a study published this week in Nature. And if the new…
Planetary Line Up Graces Pre-Dawn Sky June 19-21, 2009… Make A Date!
What could be more fun that practicing some astronomy that doesn't require dragging out a lot of special equipment or…
Follow Apollo Mission “Tweets,” 40 Years Later
[/caption] This is just cool. Nature, the publishing group, is mixing the old with the new by "tweeting" the Apollo…