Deep Inside a Giant: Part 2 – Centaurus A by Mike Sidonio
[/caption] Our first glimpse into the intricacies of Centaurus A was the big picture. We soon found out that not…
Angle of the Sun
[/caption] The amount of the Sun's energy falling at any point on the Earth depends on the angle of the…
Planetary Scientists Studying Changes in Red Spot Junior
As far as storms go, nothing will rival Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS). But of interest is a smaller and…
Why is Mars’ Southern Polar Cap Crooked?
[/caption] Like Earth, Mars has frozen polar caps, but unlike Earth, these caps are made of carbon dioxide ice as…
Earth’s Precious Metals Could Be From Meteorites and Asteroids
[/caption] Meteorites and asteroids from the inner solar system could be responsible for Earth's store of precious metals such as…
Deep Inside a Giant – Centaurus A by Mike Sidonio
[/caption] Before you dismiss this as just another photo of Centaurus A, you better look again. It's way deeper... First…
Helium Leak Forces LHC Shutdown for at Least Two Months
[/caption] It's this sort of news I really did not want to wake up to. At 0927 GMT Friday morning,…
Pentax Eyepieces – Observatory Quality
Back awhile ago I did a review on plossl eyepieces. In that article I was trying to reach for the…
Gamma Ray Burst From the Edge of the Universe
[/caption] NASA's Swift satellite captured the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. The blast came from an exploding star 12.8…
History of the Sun
[/caption] Modern science tells us that the Sun is a big hot ball of hydrogen at the center of the…