Kepler’s Third Law
[/caption] "The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of…
Abiogenesis
[/caption] How did life on Earth arise? Scientific efforts to answer that question are called abiogenesis. More formally, abiogenesis is…
Finding Buried Treasure on Mars: Radar Map Confirms Climate Cycles
[/caption] A radar instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has essentially looked below the surface of the Red Planet's north-polar…
High School Student Discovers Strange Pulsar-Like Object
[/caption] A high-school student from West Virginia has discovered a new astronomical object, a strange type of neutron star called…
Battlestar Photoshopica: Otto Travels to Pluto
[/caption] Our "Astro Art" feature needs a catchier name, and frankly we need more people to read this feature or…
Earth’s Circumference
The Earth's circumference - the distance around the equator - is 40,075 kilometers around. That's sounded nice and simple, but…
New Chandra Deep X-ray Image of the Galactic Center
[/caption] Chandra has done it again in creating some of the most visually stunning images of our Universe. This time,…
Carnival of Space #121
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang over at Next Big Future. Click here to read the…
New Equinox Stunners From Cassini
[/caption] Every 14.8 Earth years, equinox occurs at Saturn. But this is the first time there has been a spacecraft…
Spectacular Videos of Shuttle Piggyback Flight
With the shuttle retirement looming, you never know if or how often you're going to see this sight again. So…