Maar Volcanoes
[/caption] Lakes are formed by many different geologic processes, but one of the most dramatic is a maar. A maar…
Where In The Universe #56
It’s Wednesday (already?!) so that means its time for another “Where In The Universe” challenge to test your visual knowledge…
Volcano Hot Spot
[/caption] A volcano hotspot is a region on the Earth's surface that has experienced volcanism for a long time. A…
Distant black hole poses for a close-up
[/caption] Astronomers have probed closer than ever to a supermassive black hole lying deep at the core of a distant…
Mars Rover Has a New Name
[/caption] The Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, now has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade…
8 Ridiculous Things Bigger Than NASA’s Budget
Why do we explore? In the days of Magellan, Columbus and da Gama, undoubtedly the average person thought it was…
How Did the Milky Way Form?
The Milky Way has been around a long, long time. The age of our galaxy is approximately 13.6 billion years,…
A Top-Secret Explosion in M82
[/caption] Supernovae are extremely luminous explosions of stars and cause bursts of radiation that often outshine an entire galaxy. So,…
Should July 20 Be a US National Holiday?
[/caption] I came across a new website, and it has an interesting purpose: the website proposes to create a Space…
Scientist Claims UFO Collided with Tunguska Meteorite to Save Earth
[/caption] Classify this under news of the weird. A Russian scientist claims that aliens downed the Tunguska meteorite 101 years…