Astronomy
Elon Musk and the SpaceX Odyssey: the Path from Falcon 9 to Mars Colonization Transporter
In Kubrick’s and Clark’s 2001 Space Odyssey, there was no question of “Boots or Bots”[ref]. The monolith had been left…
iPhone Astrophotography: How to Take Amazing Images of the Sky with Your Smartphone Tonight!
Got a smartphone and a telescope? It’s a sight now common at many star parties. Frequently, you see folks roaming…
Astronomers See a Massive Black Hole Tear a Star Apart
A telescope peers into the blackness of deep space. Suddenly - a brilliant flash of light appears that wasn't there before.…
Luna vs. the Hyades! The 1st of 13 Occultations of Aldebaran Set For January 29th
The cosmos is continually in motion. Be it atoms, stars or snowflakes from the latest nor’easter pounding the New England…
Are Asteroids the Future of Planetary Science?
I don't think I ever learned one of those little rhymes - My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine…
Astronomers Catch A Quasar Shutting Off
Last week, astronomers at Yale University reported seeing something unusual: a seemingly stedfast beacon from the far reaches of the Universe went quiet.…
What Are The Benefits Of Space Exploration?
Why explore space? It's an expensive arena to play in, between the fuel costs and the technological challenge of operating…
Latest Research Reveals a Bizarre and Vibrant Rosetta’s Comet
We've subsisted for months on morsels of information coming from ESA's mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Now, a series of scientific papers in…
There’s a Crack Forming on Rosetta’s 67P. Is it Breaking Up?
Not all comets break up as they vent and age, but for Rosetta’s comet 67P, the Rubber Duckie comet, a…
What Is The Difference Between the Geocentric and Heliocentric Models of the Solar System?
What does our Solar System really look like? If we were to somehow fly ourselves above the plane where the…