History of the Sun
[/caption] Modern science tells us that the Sun is a big hot ball of hydrogen at the center of the…
The Cepheids Aren’t Falling
Cepheid variable stars have been used for years as a way to determine distance to other galaxies. The correlation between…
Two Shuttles on the Pad — The Last Time
It's a rare event anyway, but this is the last time ever. Two shuttles are now sitting on NASA's two…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 19-21, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you psyched up for tonight's Pleiades occultation? I am! While the Moon often passes near the…
Flyby Anomalies Explained?
[/caption] Several different spacecraft have exhibited unexplained changes in speed during gravity assists when flying by Earth. First there was…
Transformer Glitch Halts LHC Operations
[/caption]According to reports, only a day after the first successful circulation of protons in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) last…
The Moon Meets The Pleiades On September 19-20, 2008
Be sure to mark your calendar for tomorrow night. For lucky observers in northeastern North America, eastern Canada, and western…
See Doomed Spacecraft Before Its Fiery Demise
[/caption] The Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has done its duty – it even went above and beyond its…
Podcast: Black Hole Surfaces, Magnetic Field Strengths, and the Speed of Gravitons
[/caption] As you know, we wanted to answer listener questions regularly, but we found it was taking away from the…
Star Blasting Water From Its Surroundings
[/caption] The Spitzer Space Telescope has spied water in a cloud of gas and dust around a nascent star. That's…