Astronomy
Enter the Red Planet: A Guide to the Upcoming Mars 2014 Opposition Season
Get those telescopes ready: the coming months offer Earthbound viewers some great views of the planet Mars. Mars reaches opposition…
50 Years After Taking Over Earth, The Beatles’ Space Invasion Is Well Underway
As the Beatles strummed the opening notes to "All My Loving" on the Ed Sullivan Show 50 years ago yesterday,…
Found! Distant Galaxy Spotted Just 650 Million Years After Big Bang
Peering deep into the universe with the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of researchers have found an extremely distant galaxy.…
Two Comets Pass in the Night Bound for Your Telescope
Remember comets Lovejoy and C/2012 X1 LINEAR? We dropped in on them in late January. On Feb. 6 the two cruised…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 334: Chelyabinsk
Around this time last year a space rock crashed into the Earth above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It brightened the skies for…
Kapow! Black Hole’s Jet Highlights A Galactic ‘Dust Lane’ 12 Million Light-Years Away
This image, right here, shows us the value of long-term observations. It's a composite of pictures taken between 1999 and…
Robots And Astronauts Feature In First Glimpse of Canada’s New Space Policy
About six years ago, the Canadarm -- Canada's iconic robotic arm used in space -- was almost sold to a…
Surprise! Brown Dwarf Star Has Dusty Skies, Appearing Strangely Red
Dust clouds on a brown dwarf or "failed star" are making it appear redder than its counterparts, new research reveals.…
Milky Way-Mapping Telescope Nabs Its First Pictures In Space
From a lonely outpost in space, the European Space Agency's Gaia telescope is getting ready to map out the Milky…
A History of Curious Artifacts Sent Into Space
Since the dawn of the Space Age in 1957, thousands of artifacts and memorabilia have been flown into space. Some…