Astronomy
Astronomers Find a New “Minor Planet” near Neptune
[/caption] Astronomers announced today that a new "minor planet" with an unusual orbit has been found just two billion miles…
Astronomers Answer Your Questions About “Celestial Geode”
[/caption] Last week, we posted the image above as part of our "Where In The Universe" challenge, where we test…
Can Google Earth 4D Ionosphere Aid Amateur Meteor Observers?
Since Universe Today's Ian O'Neill first introduced the idea of Google Earth's 4D Ionosphere tool, it set my mind to…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – August 15-17, 2008
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Heads up to observers in most of Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and South America for Saturday…
Ghost of Summer – M20 by Toni Heidemann
[/caption] Are you seeing a ghost? It could be. When most people think of the Trifid nebula they think of…
Our Solar System: An Island of Calm in a Violent Universe (and it’s special, too)
[/caption] We humans like to think we're special, but astronomically speaking we've been shot down quite severely and humbly put…
Starlight Zone Interview
Update: A recorded version of the interview is available here or just listen in the embedded media below. Nancy will…
New Study Finds Clumps and Streams of Dark Matter in the Milky Way
[/caption] One of the leading theories for how the universe evolved after the Big Bang is the Cold Dark Matter…
Phil Plait for President
[/caption] This news came out last week, but I've been out of town and now want to offer congratulations to…
Globular Clusters Like to Be Near the Center of the Action
[/caption] Globular clusters are gravitationally bound, dense concentrations of stars. There can be hundreds of thousands of stars in a…