Astronomy
What Are The Odds Of Spotting A Milky Way Supernova From Earth?
An exploding star in our home galaxy might be visible to Earth in the next 50 years, astronomers say in…
What Is The Hottest Place on Earth?
We’ve talked about Venus, the hottest planet in the Solar System, but we know things can get pretty hot here…
Catastrophic Impacts Made Life on Earth Possible
How did life on Earth originally develop from random organic compounds into living, evolving cells? It may have relied on…
Four Comets Haunt the Halloween Dawn! Here’s How to See Them
Get your astronomical trick-or-treat bags ready. An excursion under the Halloween morning sky will allow you fill it in a…
Fluorescent and Starry: New Zinger Space Images From Chandra’s X-Ray Archives
You know that moment when you're flipping through old digital pictures (on your computer or phone or whatever) and you…
‘Shockwave Of Fire’ Rained Down After Old Comet Strike On Earth, Scientists Say
Speak about destruction. A comet slammed into Earth's atmosphere 28 million years ago and basically killed everything with fire below,…
Rare ‘Hybrid’ Solar Eclipse on November 3, 2013: How to See It
It’s almost upon us. The final eclipse of 2013 occurs this coming weekend on Sunday, November 3rd. This will be…
How Far is Earth from the Sun?
It’s amazing to think that for the majority of human history, we had almost no understanding about the Sun. We didn’t…
ALMA Warms Up the View of the Coldest Place In the Universe
Where is the coldest place in the Universe? Right now, astronomers consider the “Boomerang Nebula” to have the honors. Located…
‘Light Echos’ Reveal Old, Bright Outbursts Near Milky Way’s Black Hole
How's that for a beacon? NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked down evidence of at least a couple of past…