Astronomy
100,000 Ice Blocks Mapped Out at the South Pole … of Enceladus
Ever since the Cassini space probe conducted its first flyby of Enceladus in 2005, the strange Saturnian moon has provided…
Comet K1 PanSTARRS: See It Now Before it Heads South
Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS, one of the most dependable comets of 2014, may put on its encore performance over the…
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Why Watch ESA Rosetta’s Movie ‘Ambition’? Because We Want to Know What is Possible
NASA has taken on space missions that have taken years to reach their destination; they have more than a dozen…
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Making Cubesats do Astronomy
One doesn't take two cubesats and rub them together to make static electricity. Rather, you send them on a brief space voyage…
Asteroid 2014 SC324 Zips By Earth Friday Afternoon – Tips on How to See it
What a roller coaster week it's been. If partial eclipses and giant sunspots aren't your thing, how about a close flyby…
Rosetta’s Comet Springs Spectacular Leaks As It Gets Closer To The Sun
Jet! The comet that the Rosetta spacecraft is visiting is shedding more dust as machine and Solar System body get…
Unusual Distributions of Organics Found in Titan’s Atmosphere
A new mystery of Titan has been uncovered by astronomers using their latest asset in the high altitude desert of…
Two Comet Groups Discovered Around Beta Pictoris
Between the years 2003 and 2011, the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher - better known as HARPS - made…
X-Ray Telescope Cracks Open Archives, Comes Up With Gassy Black Hole Gem
What a gem! This huge black hole in the middle of Hercules A is making gas around it super-heated to…
How to Take Great Photographs of the October 23rd Partial Solar Eclipse and More
Get those solar viewers out… the final eclipse of 2014 occurs this Thursday on October 23rd, and most of North…