Astronomy
Observing Alert: Rare Meteor Shower May ‘Outburst’ on June 11
Back on June 11, 1930 three members of the American Meteor Society (AMS) in Maryland saw a half-hour-long bright outburst of meteors…
Kapow! Keck Confirms Puzzling Element of Big Bang Theory
Observations of the kaboom that built our universe -- known as the Big Bang -- is better matching up with…
Astronomers Refine Distances to our Closest Spiral-Galaxy Neighbors
M31 and M33 are two of the nearest spiral galaxies, and can form the basis for determining distances to more remote…
How a Hubble Image Goes from Photons to Finished Beauty
How does raw data from the Hubble Space Telescope end up to become a finished gorgeous color image, like the…
Spectacular Night Launch from NASA Wallops Shines Bright Beacon on Star Formation in Early Universe
Night time blast off of 4 stage NASA Black Brant XII suborbital rocket at 11:05 p.m. EDT on June 5,…
June Arietids – The Invisible Meteor Shower You Just Might See
I've never seen an Arietid meteor and chances are you haven't either. Peaking on June 7-8, the Arietid (AIR-ee-uh-tid) meteor shower is…
ALMA and the Comet Factory
"Ooompah, loompah, roopity rust... ALMA finds comets hiding in dust." According to many studies over recent years, astronomers are aware…
New Hotspot Identified For Star Birth
A nebula named after a cat's paw may be a stealthy spot for a lot of star birth. New observations…
Can You See the Great Wall of China from Space?
One popular myth about space exploration is that the Great Wall of China is the only human-built structure that can…