Ancient Annular: Dating Joshua’s Eclipse
Astronomy turns up in fascinating junctures in history. Besides just the romantic angle, we can actually pin down some contextual…
See a Flirtatious Lunar Eclipse This Friday Night
This Friday evening watch the Moon tippy-toe right up to Earth's inner shadow for a sweet penumbral eclipse.
Juno Buzzes Jupiter a mere 4,300 Km’s above the Cloud Tops
Juno recently conducted its fourth close flyby of Jupiter (a perijovian maneuver), and NASA is once again seeking public input…
Used SpaceX Booster Set for Historic 1st Reflight is Test Fired in Texas
The first orbit class SpaceX rocket that will ever be reflown to launch a second payload to space was successfully…
The Race To Image Exoplanets Heats Up!
Thanks to the deployment of the Kepler mission, thousands of extrasolar planet candidates have been discovered. Using a variety of…
The Cassiopeia Constellation
In the northern skies (recognizable from its W shape) is the familiar constellation of Cassiopeia, one of the 48 traditional…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 3, 2017: Meredith Rawls & the LSST
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Meredith Rawls Meredith is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the…
Meteorite Confirms 2 Billion Years of Volcanic Activity on Mars
A Martian meteorite that landed in Africa in 2012 has confirmed that Martian volcanic activity lasted 3 billion years or…
A Novel Concept For Braking Breakthrough Starshot
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have come up with an interesting way to slow down Starshot's mission to Alpha…
Superbowl Smackdown: Watch the Moon Occult Aldebaran on Sunday
Sure, this Superbowl Sunday brings with it the promise of sacks, fumbles and tackles... but have you ever seen the…