Astrosphere for January 30, 2008
Your space photo for today is Saturn, captured by Mike Salway. In his Cosmic Log, Alan Boyle talks about the…
New Technique for Finding Intermediate Mass Black Holes
It's one of the big mysteries in astronomy. There are stellar mass black holes and the supermassive variety, but nothing…
A Young Star Grows Up
Remember when you were young and how Mom always told you to eat everything on your plate so you would…
Venus and Jupiter Dazzle the Eye on February 1
Although no one likes getting up early, the morning of February 1 will be worth the effort. Just before local…
Method to Test String Theory Proposed
What is the universe made of? While general relativity does a good job providing insights into the Big Bang and…
Tricky January 30 Spacewalk to Repair ISS Solar Array
Space station astronauts will conduct a spacewalk on January 30 to replace a faulty positioning motor at base of the…
Are We Living in a New Geologic Epoch?
Have humans changed our planet Earth so much in the past 200 years that we are now living in a…
Alarmist Asteroid 2007 TU24 Video
At the time I'm writing this, asteroid 2007 TU24 has nearly passed the Earth. As we've been hammering on here…
Are the Martian Winds Still Resurfacing the Planet?
The Martian atmosphere is tenuously thin; just 1% as thick as the Earth's. And yet, it boasts a surprising array…
Stars Form Better in the Cosmic Suburbs
Galaxies, like people, tend to stick together. These galaxies collect together into communities large and small, called clusters and even…