Astronomy
Crossing Quarters: Would the Real Astronomical Midway Point Please Stand Up?
Happy May Day Eve! Maybe May 1st is a major holiday in your world scheme, or perhaps you see it…
New Horizons, Approaching Pluto, Detects Signs of Polar Caps
The latest set of images from the long range imager, LORRI, on New Horizons now reveals surface features. At a…
The 2015 Lyrid Meteors Peak Tomorrow Night!
April showers bring May flowers, and this month also brings a shower of the celestial variety, as the Lyrid meteors…
Close Encounter of the Asteroid Kind – 2015 HD1 Skims By Earth Tonight
If you wake up in the middle of the night with weird dreams about flying asteroids, I wouldn't be surprised. Around 3 a.m.…
100,000 Galaxies, and No Obvious Signs of Life
Beam us up, Scotty. There's no signs of intelligent life out there. At least, no obvious signs, according to a…
Lunar ‘Fountain of Youth’ Challenge / Mercury Returns with Gusto
16th century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León looked and looked but never did find the Fountain of Youth, a…
Dawn Rises Over Ceres North Pole
Brand new images taken on April 10 by NASA's Dawn probe show the dwarf planet from high above its north…
Stars: A Day in the Life
There is something about them that intrigues us all. These massive spheres of gas burning intensely from the energy of…
Help Researchers Track Comet 67/P Through Perihelion
Calling all light-bucket scope owners: the folks at the European Space Agency want to enlist you in the quest to…