Astronomy
The Mini-Moon Cometh: Catch the Smallest Full Moon of 2015 This Thursday
Supermoons. Blood Moons. Moons both Black and Blue… by now, you’d think that there was nothing new under the Sun…
Kamikaze Comet Loses its Head
Like coins, most comet have both heads and tails. Occasionally, during a close passage of the Sun, a comet's head will…
No, a Dinosaur Skull Hasn’t Been Found on Mars: Why We See Familiar Looking Objects on the Red Planet
What is up with the fossils on Mars? Found - a dinosaur skull on Mars? Discovered - a rat, squirrel…
Ceres Bizarre Bright Spot Now Has a Companion
Aliens making dinner with a solar cooker? Laser beams aimed at hapless earthlings? Whatever can that - now those -…
What is Mars Made Of?
For thousands of years, human beings have stared up at the sky and wondered about the Red Planet. Easily seen…
Peer Into the Distant Universe: How to See Quasars With Backyard Telescopes
“How far can you see with that thing?” It’s a common question overhead at many public star parties in reference…
Winds of Supermassive Black Holes Can Shape Galaxy-Wide Star Formation
The combined observations from two generations of X-Ray space telescopes have now revealed a more complete picture of the nature of…
Fake Winter Solstice Image is Fake. But Cool.
[/caption] Editor Note: We originally wrote this article back in 2008, but I've decided to pull it back out and…
How to Photograph Tonight’s Spectacular Triple-Play Conjunction
Tonight the thin, 2-day-old crescent Moon will join Venus and Mars in the western sky at dusk for one of…
How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light?
Cosmologists are intellectual time travelers. Looking back over billions of years, these scientists are able to trace the evolution of…