Astronomy
The Science Behind the “Blood Moon Tetrad” and Why Lunar Eclipses Don’t Mean the End of the World
By now, you may have already heard the latest tale of gloom and doom surrounding the upcoming series of lunar…
Quasars Tell The Story Of How Fast The Young Universe Expanded
For those who saw the Cosmos episode on William Herschel describing telescopes as time machines, here is a clear example…
El Gordo Galaxy Cluster Even Bigger Than Thought
The Hubble Space Telescope has a new calculation for the huge El Gordo galaxy cluster: 3 million billion times…
Could This Be The Signal Of Dark Matter? Unsure Scientists Checking This Out
Sometimes a strange signal comes from the dark and it takes a while to figure out what that signal means.…
Night of the Red Planet: Mars Opposition 2014 Coming Soon!
Mars attacks and comes to a night sky near you this month, and the folks at the Virtual Telescope Project…
Is Andromeda Drifting Towards Us?
In a Universe that's expanding apart, isn't it strange that Andromeda is actually drifting towards us? Dr. Thad Szabo from…
Fly to Rosetta’s Comet with this New Interactive Visualization
Hang onto your space helmets. With a few moves of the mouse, you can now follow the European Rosetta mission…
Three NASA Telescopes Begin Hunt For Earliest Galaxies
Talk about turning back time. Three NASA observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Spitzer…
Get Ready for the April 15, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse: Our Complete Guide
April the 15th: In the United States, it’s a date dreaded by many, as the date to file taxes –…
Tranquil-Looking Galaxy Bears ‘Battle Scars’ From Ancient Struggles
Shining 60 million light-years away all serene-looking is NGC 1316 (left) and a smaller galaxy NGC 1317. This new picture…