Virgo Cluster
[/caption] The key force in astronomy is gravitational attraction. Planets orbit stars, and stars are part of galaxies. But even…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – May 8-10, 2009
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for the weekend? Then step outside and see if you're able to spot Mercury…
‘Astro-comb’ Will Aid Search for Extra-terrestrial Planets
[/caption] As the race ramps up to find Earth-like planets around other stars, lasers are a viable option. That according…
NASA is Running Out of Plutonium
[/caption]Decommissioning nuclear weapons is a good thing. But when our boldest space missions depend on surplus nuclear isotopes derived from…
Did a Russian Home Get Hit by Progress Space Debris?
[/caption]The Russian supply ship for the International Space Station successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:37 pm EDT…
Dwarf Galaxies
[/caption] Our own Milky Way is an example of a grand spiral; a vast collection of 200 to 400 billion…
Blazars
There's a list out there somewhere of the most extreme things in the Universe. Blazars must certainly be on that…
Superclusters
Everything in the Universe seems to be part of something bigger. Our Earth is part of the Solar System, the…
What is the Large Magellanic Cloud?
Astronomers in the southern hemisphere are lucky enough to have a clear view of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.…
What is the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)?
[/caption] If you live near the equator or in the Earth's southern hemisphere and you watch the skies at night,…