Astrophoto: The Planet Jupiter by Mike Salway
The Planet Jupiter by Mike Salway Thirty years ago the clearest views of the planet Jupiter could only be obtained…
Book Review: Universe
Big topics need big books. You can't get a much bigger topic than the universe, and the book edited by…
What’s Up This Week – March 20 – March 26, 2006
M44: The Beehive. Image credit: NOAO/AURA/NSF. Click to enlarge. Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! This week brings darker skies, bright star clusters,…
Maybe Water Didn’t Make the Gullies on Mars
Mars gullies in Noachis Terra region. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge It was only a few years that researchers…
Watch Out for Moonquakes
Buzz Aldrin deploys a seismometer at the moon surface. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge During the Apollo Moon missions…
A River of Stars Streaming Across the Sky
Artist's illustration of the northern starry river. Image credit: Caltech Click to enlarge Astronomers have found a narrow stream of…
Early Universe’s Rapid Expansion Confirmed
A new detailed picture of the infant universe, where red indicates warm spots and blue for the cooler areas. Image…
Night of the Living Dead… Stars
Artist's view of an X-ray pulsar as seen by Integral. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge Like the shambling monsters…
Spitzer Sees Huge Clouds of Dust Around M82
An infrared image of the Cigar galaxy by Spitzer. Image credit: NASA/JPL Click to enlarge NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has…
Early Galaxies Looked Similar
A group of the newly discovered galaxies by the Lyman-break technique. Image credit: Astronomy & Astrophysics. Click to enlarge An…