Astrophotos: Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann’s All Star Show
Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann by Sean Walker and Sheldon Faworski Comets have always caused quite a stir throughout history. In the past,…
Neptune Kidnapped Triton from Another Planet
Neptune's largest moon, Triton. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge Neptune's moon Triton is unique in the Solar System because…
Fast Winds Around Dying Stars
The Ant Nebula. Image credit: NASA/STScI. Click to enlarge These photographs are composite images of various planetary nebulae created out…
Spitzer View of Comet Chunks
The broken Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to enlarge As Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3 is falling apart before our…
Solar Forecasting Decades Out
Solar astronomers are predicting a very low solar cycle 15 years from now, based on recent observations of the Sun.…
We’re Safe from Gamma Ray Bursts
Gamma ray burst host galaxies. Image credit: NASA/ESA/STScI. Click to enlarge If a gamma ray burst happened near the Earth,…
Venus Express is in the Final Orbit
Artist's view of Venus Express at Venus. Image credit: ESA. Click to enlarge After a month of maneuvering, ESA's Venus…
Measuring the Background Light of the Universe
Artist's impression of the Extragalactic Background Light emission and absorption. Image credit: HESS Collaboration. Click to enlarge The Universe is…
Air From Moonrocks
A focusing lens to produce oxygen and slug from a vacuum moondust filled chamber. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge…
Milky Way is Consuming Many Galaxies
The Field of Streams. Image credit: Vasily Belokurov/SDSS-II. Click to enlarge The Milky Way is continuing to consume entire galaxies,…