IYA (Almost) Live Telescope!
Greetings! In case you weren't tuned into Galactic TV yesterday... We had us a regular skyfest! Truly pristine dark skies…
Planck First Light
[/caption] One of the newest telescopes in space, the Planck spacecraft, recently completed its "first light" survey which began on…
A New “Drake” Equation for Potential of Life
[/caption] The famed Drake equation estimates the number of technologically advanced civilizations that might exist in our Galaxy. But is…
This Week’s Where In The Universe Challenge
Here's this week's image for the WITU Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You know what to…
Composite Volcano
[/caption] Geologists have identified 3 major types of volcanoes. There's the shield volcano, formed from low viscosity lava that can…
Who Discovered Jupiter?
[/caption] Jupiter is one of the 5 planets visible with the unaided eye. That means you can go out on…
Best Ever View of Andromeda in Ultraviolet
[/caption] Normally, the Swift satellite is searching for distant cosmic explosions. But recently it took some time to take a…
Phoenix’s Telltale Tells All About Winds and Weather on Mars
[/caption] On board the plucky little Phoenix Mars lander was an even pluckier and littler device called the Telltale. It…
What! No Parallel Universe? Cosmic Cold Spot Just Data Artifact
Rats! Another perplexing space mystery solved by science. New analysis of the famous "cold spot" in the cosmic microwave background…