Hubble’s First Picture After Returning to Service. The Telescope is Fully Operational Again with Three Working Gyros
The Hubble Space Telescope is a hero in the astronomy world. And when it suffered a malfunctioning gyro on October…
InSight Deploys its Solar Cells, Prepared for Surface Operations on Mars!
The InSight Lander, which had touched down on the Martian surface just hours before, has deployed its solar cells and…
Some of the Stars in this Cluster are Almost as Old as the Universe Itself While Others Formed in a Second Generation. It Looks Young and Old at the Same Time
Star clusters are not rare. They're one of the most common arrangements of stars in the Universe. But star cluster…
InSight Lander Touches Down! Begins Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Mars
Earlier today, after a seven month journey through space, NASA's InSight Lander mission touched down on the Martian surface.
Carnival of Space #588
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by me at the CosmoQuest blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space…
Messier 72 – the NGC 6981 Globular Cluster
Welcome back to Messier Monday! Today, we continue in our tribute to our dear friend, Tammy Plotner, by looking at…
The Earth’s Wandering Poles Could Have Caused the Ice Age
A new study by a team of Rice University geophysicists indicates that the Earth's wandering poles could have triggered the…
Name Change Alert! SpaceX’s BFR is Now Just Called “Starship”
In September of 2016, Musk treated the world to an early sneak-peak at his proposed super-heavy launch vehicle. Previously known…
Europe’s Vision of a Future Moon Base. Made out of Moon Dust.
We all know that the time is past due for a Moon base. But the cost of sending everything needed…
Massive Triple Star System Creates this Bizarre Swirling Pinwheel of Dust. And it Could be the Site of a Gamma Ray Burst
An international team of astronomers recently located a triple star system in our galaxy that will someday unleash a massive…