Astronomy
Galaxy May Host ‘Death Spiral’ Of Two Black Holes Becoming One
Two black holes in the middle of a galaxy are gravitationally bound to each other and may be starting to…
Speedy Particles Whip At Nearly The Speed Of Light In Earth’s Radiation Belts
The radiation-heavy Van Allen Belts around Earth contain particles that can move at almost the speed of light across vast…
Now is a Great Time to Try Seeing Venus in the Daytime Sky
Here’s a feat of visual athletics to amaze your friends with this week. During your daily routine, you may have…
How Does a Star Form?
We owe our entire existence to the Sun. Well, it and the other stars that came before. As they died,…
Mother of All Slingshots Set to Hurl India’s MOM Probe to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MOM - India’s first ever interplanetary spacecraft - is spending her last day around Mother Earth.…
ISON Appears To Be Fading, But Astronomers Keeping Eyes Peeled
A brief morning update (EST) from Karl Battams, who studies sungrazing comets at the Naval Research Laboratory, confirms social media…
Zombie ISON ‘Behaving Like A Comet’, Stunned Astronomers Say
Talk about the Comeback Kid. After Comet C/2012 S1 ISON rounded the sun yesterday afternoon, professional astronomers around the world looked…
Forging Stars – Peering Into Starbirth and Death
Some 160,000 light years away towards the constellation of Dorado (the Swordfish), is an amazing area of starbirth and death.…
ISON Watch: A Post-Perihelion Viewing Guide
"ISON Lives!!!" "ISON R.I.P..." Those are just some of the possible headlines that we've wrestled with this week, as Comet…