“What Was That Big Star Next to the Moon Last Night?”
[/caption] Anyone ask you that question this morning? Jupiter was only 3 degrees from the Moon last night, making a…
UFOs, a Green Venus and Sun Gobbling? Isn’t That Going a Little Far, Mrs Hatoyama?
[/caption]"While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus." This might…
Climate Change and Earth’s Cryosphere
Even though most of us do not live in the polar regions or don't even see icebergs or ice sheets…
Fake But Funny NASA Press Release
It's nice to see the folks at NASA have a sense of humor and can poke fun at themselves. The…
What Planets Are Visible Tonight?
Are you interested in knowing what planets are visible tonight? Almost every night of the year, some planet in our…
Where In The Universe #69
Here's this week's image for the WITU Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos, and I swear, this…
LRO Sees Bouncing, Rolling Boulders on the Moon
[/caption] Think nothing ever happens on the Moon? New images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera shows spectacular views of…
Do We Look Like This Edge-On?
[/caption] Unfortunately, the Universe isn't equipped with any three-panel dressing room mirrors, so we can't see what our own Milky…
Astronomers Find Most Distant Supermassive Black Hole Yet
[/caption] A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there was a supermassive black hole….. Astronomers from the…
New Way to Measure Curvature of Space Could Unite Gravity Theory
[/caption] Einstein's general theory of relativity describes gravity in terms of the geometry of both space and time. Far from…