Look Into the Cat’s Eye…
[/caption] Are you ready for more stereo vision? This haunting Hubble Telescope image has been visualized for dimension by the…
Satellite Images of 2009 Australian Bushfires
[/caption] UPDATE: Satellite Images from February 9 have now been added below. As of this writing, 94 people (update 2/9/09)…
Next-Generation Telescope Gets Team
[/caption] Astronomy organizations in the United States, Australia and Korea have signed on to build the largest ground-based telescope in the…
New Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Discovered
[/caption] While observing a known asteroid on January 31, 2009, astronomer Robert Holmes from the Astronomical Research Institute near Charleston,…
T Tauri Star
[/caption] When a star is still in the earliest stages of formation, it doesn't have enough temperature in its core…
Birth of Stars
[/caption] There are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way alone; young and old, large and small, quiet…
What are Stars Made Of?
[/caption] Did you ever wonder what stars are made of? You might not be surprised to know that stars are…
NASA Launch Notes: Go/No-Go
[/caption] Just a few notes on a couple of NASA launches; one was a go, and the other is a…
Star Luminosity
[/caption] Small stars release small amounts of energy, and huge stars release tremendous amounts of energy. Astronomers refer to the…
Temperature of Stars
[/caption] You might be surprised to know that the color of stars depends on their temperature. The coolest stars will…