Astronomy
Clockwork Planets
[/caption] While the Perseid meteor shower has been putting on quite a show, there's an awesome "no telescope needed" eye-catching…
Einstein@Home Citizen Scientists Discover Weird Pulsar
[/caption] Hooray for citizen scientists! The Einstein@Home project has discovered a unusual pulsar approximately 17,000 light-years away in the constellation…
Ambitious Survey Spots Stellar Nurseries
[/caption] ESO’s VISTA telescope has begun a new survey of the Magellanic Cloud, and this spectacular image of the Tarantula…
2010 Perseid Meteor Shower
In just a few days - during the evening hours of August 12 and morning of August 13 - one…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Strange Stars
[/caption] Atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons. If you cram them together and heat them up you get…
Stunning Aurora Videos
If you weren't lucky enough to be in the right place or the right time to see any of the…
Telescope’s Laser Pointer Clarifies Blurry Skies
[/caption] While it's handy for us humans (and all of the other life on our planet for that matter), the…
Antarctic Observatory Finds Weird Pattern of Cosmic Rays
From a University of Wisconsin press release: Though still under construction, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole is…
Stunning New Image of Wolf-Rayet Star and the Carina Nebula
[/caption] Massive stars live fast and die young. But they are also beautiful. This amazingly spectacular new image from ESO…
Most Massive Star Discovered: Over 300 Suns at Birth!
[/caption] Often, writing about astronomy tends to mirror the job of those writing for the Guinness Book of World Records…