Supernova in Galaxy NGC 1559
On the night of August 4, 2005, legendary amateur astronomer Reverend Robert Evans discovered a supernova just north of galaxy…
Future Ice Free Summers in the Arctic
Climate scientists are predicting that the Arctic Ocean could be completely free of ice during the summer within 100 years…
What’s Up This Week – August 22 – August 28, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! I'd like to thank all of you who took the time to write to me about this…
Pandora Hovers Above the Rings
As it passed through the ring plane, Cassini took this amazing photograph of Saturn's moon Pandora, hovering just above the…
Asteroid Close Call Will Be a Gain for Science
Researchers from the University of Michigan are predicting that when asteroid 99942 Apophis (2004 MN4) swings past the Earth in…
Proof of Life?
This is part 2 of an edited transcript of a presentation given by Pamela Conrad, a NASA astrobiologist who has…
Evidence of Our Violent Early Solar System
A researcher from the University of Toronto has found unexpectedly young material in meteorites, challenging theories about early events in…
SOHO Gets Its 1,000th Comet
The most successful comet hunter in history is actually the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft, which spends its time gazing at the…
Next Shuttle Will Fly in March 2006
Even after all their safety improvements, NASA engineers weren't able to completely solve the problem of foam shedding off the…
Newborn Black Holes
NASA's Swift satellite has found brand new baby black holes, just seconds after birth. These newborn black holes are created…