Astronomy
Milky Way to Concordia Base… Come In, Concordia Base…
This stunning photo of the Milky Way was captured from what may be the coldest and most isolated research facility…
Gamma-ray Outbursts Shed New Light on Pulsars
Researchers using the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have developed a new method to detect a…
Galactic Close Call Leaves a Bridge of Gas
[/caption] An ancient passing between two nearby galaxies appears to have left the participants connected by a tenuous "bridge" of…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 11-17, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! You can breathe now... the Venus Transit is over and we're back to the mundane astronomical…
Clouds part for Transit of Venus from Princeton University
[/caption] Despite a horrendous weather forecast, the clouds parted - at least partially - just in the nick of time…
The Antikythera Time Machine
[/caption] Leonardo da Vinci may have left behind sketches of helicopters, tanks and submarines but it is rare that we…
Earth Threatened By Glowing Green Asteroid?
[/caption] The Daily Mail is reporting that a youtube user has found a strange object while poking around in Google…
Enter the Universe Today “Wonders of the Universe” Contest!
If you've seen the excellent BBC/Science Channel series "Wonders of the Universe," you know that host Brian Cox's natural enthusiasm…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 4-10, 2012
[/caption] Greeting, fellow SkyWatchers! It's gonna' be a great week! We start off with a partial lunar eclipse of the…
Help Astronomers Collect Venus Transit Data!
[/caption]During June 5th/6th 2012, Venus will be transiting the Sun, where it will make a rare appearance as a small…