Carnival of Space #74
This week the Carnival of Space moves to Kentucky Space. This week we've got naked singularities, a tour of the…
Podcast: Alignment with the Galactic Plane, Destruction from Venus, and the Death of the Solar System
[/caption] Another week, another roundup of your questions. This week listeners asked: are we all going to die in 2012…
Podcast: The Life of Other Stars
[/caption] Last week we looked at the complete life of the Sun, birth to death. But stars can be smaller,…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – October 10-12, 2008
Greetings, fellow Skywatchers! It's Friiiiday! Are you ready for the weekend? Sure, it's going to be a rather moony affair,…
365 Days of Astronomy Podcast
Hopefully you've heard about the International Year of Astronomy -- a year long celebration in 2009 of the 400th anniversary…
How Many Moons Does Jupiter Have?
When it comes to the mighty Jupiter - and seeing Jupiter's moons through a small telescope or binoculars - timing…
ExoFly: Future Space Exploration Super Hero?
This is perhaps the coolest thing I've ever seen. Ray Villard, the news director for the Hubble Space Telescope, also…
Energizer-Bunny Odyssey Spacecraft Will Keep Going
[/caption] Seems like everyone at Mars is getting an extended mission these days – every spacecraft, that is. The Mars…
NASA Does Space-Age Archaeology, Uncovering Apollo Heatshields to Help with Orion
[/caption]NASA scientists currently working on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle had the rare opportunity to unpack a little piece of…
Is the Impossible “Emdrive” Possible?
A controversial concept called the electromagnetic drive, or Emdrive for short has been called impossible. But one company believes the…