Astronomy
Once Around The Sun With Jupiter
For Jupiterians (Jovians?) a trip around the Sun takes 12 Earth years. If you were born today on the planet…
Is Kapteyn B Not to Be?
Are the ancient planets discovered around Kapteyn’s Star for real? As the saying goes, all that glitters isn’t gold, and…
Catching Earth at Aphelion
Do you feel a little… distant today? The day after the 4th of July weekend brings with it the promise…
Newest Planet: Is it Pluto, Eris or Extrasolar?
With astronomers discovering new planets and other celestial objects all the time, you may be wondering what the newest planet…
What is the Roden Crater?
Imagine a volcano powerful enough to leave a massive crater in the Earth that could be seen from space. Now…
NASA Loses Contact with New Horizons; Probe Now in Safe Mode
For a nail-biting hour and 20 minutes, NASA lost contact yesterday afternoon July 4 with the New Horizons spacecraft just…
Who Was Nicolaus Copernicus?
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized astronomy by proposing that the Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun
Red-faced Pluto Full of Surprises
Hey, Mars, you've got company. Looks like there's a second "red planet" in the Solar System — Pluto. Color images…
River of Fire Smoke Darkens Sun and Moon
My eyes are burning. The morning Sun, already 40° high, glares a lemony-orange. It's meteorologically clear, but the sky looks…
Uranus’ Moon Titania
Thanks to the Voyager missions, which passed through the outer Solar system in the late 1970s and early 1980s, scientists…