Earth’s Second Moon is About to Leave Us
In addition to the Moon, the Earth also has a collection of co-orbital satellites. These are really nothing more than…
Titan Behind Saturn and the Rings
This photograph shows Titan partly obscured behind Saturn and its rings. The image was taken from above the ringplane, and…
Supernovae Generated the Universe’s Early Dust
As early as 700 million years after the Big Bang, galaxies were already filled with cosmic dust. But where did…
Ancient Life Survived Snowball Earth
Approximately 2.3 billion years ago, bacterial life had generated enough oxygen to make the air breathable for larger creatures. Unfortunately,…
Hubble View of NGC 5866
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this magnificent view of disk galaxy NGC 5866, seen nearly edge on from our vantage…
How Super Earths Might Form
Although our Solar System only contains a "regular Earth", astronomers predict that other systems could contain "super Earths"; rocky planets…
Large Amounts of Carbon Around a Distant Star
Astronomers have discovered a solar system with an unusually high amount of carbon; it could be at the stage where…
First Images From Cloudsat
Meteorologists and scientists have a new tool at their disposal; NASA's new CloudSat satellite, which is capable of building 3-D…
Tau Scorpii’s Magnetic Fields Blaze X-Rays
Magnetic field lines at the surface of Tau Scorpii. Image credit: M. M. Jardine/J. F. Donati. Click to enlarge Our…
Amazing Astrophotos in the Forum
I just wanted to draw your attention to the Astrophotography section of the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum. Members have been…