Book Review: Alien Volcanoes
[/caption] Brilliant plumes of iridescent lava thrown skyward both awe and thrill us. Active volcanoes diminish our sense of importance…
New Technique Expands View of Young Exo-Planetary Systems
Using a new technique with a near-infrared spectrograph attached to ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have been able to study…
The Fire Cracker Galaxy – NGC 6946 by Dietmar Hager
[/caption] It's time to take a look back to what was happening 210 years ago on the night of September…
Opportunity Twitters Self Portrait
[/caption] The Mars Exploration Rovers are now tweeting on Twitter, and Opportunity recently shared what she's been doing since climbing…
Rosetta Flies By ‘Diamond in the Sky’ Steins
[/caption] ESA's Rosetta spacecraft successfully flew by the asteroid 2867 Steins, coming within 800 km (500 miles) and gathering images…
“Eight Minutes of Terror”: Solar Physicists Find a Supersonic Way to See the Transition Region
[/caption] Solar physicists will have the unprecedented opportunity to peer inside one of the most mysterious regions in the Sun's…
Goodbye Jules Verne: ATV Undocks From Station
[/caption] Europe's most advanced robotic spaceship, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has effectively ended its 6-month mission to the International…
Kuiper Belt Object Travelling the Wrong-Way in a One-Way Solar System
[/caption] A strange Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) has been discovered orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction. The object, designated…
Black Holes Can Only Get So Big
[/caption] Black holes are thought to exist throughout the universe, with the largest and most massive found at the centers…
Explore Earth’s Satellites with Google Earth
[/caption] OK, I've just wasted an hour in simulated space, checking out some of the active and junked satellites orbiting…