Podcast: Venus
Last week we talked about Mercury, so this week our planetary parade proceeds to Venus. It's the brightest object in…
What’s Up this Week: August 20 – August 26, 2007
Monday, August 20 - Our first order of business for the evening will be to pick up a lunar club…
Arctic Ice Coverage Will Shrink to 2050 Projections… This Summer
Sometimes you wish records didn't get broken. A group of Japanese science agencies announced today that the area of the…
Bigelow Speeds Up Plans for a Human Habitable Space Station
Where are you planning to go on your next vacation? Hawaii, Mexico, or Europe would be nice. But what about…
Did Life on Earth Originate With Comets?
The traditional thinking is that life on Earth began... on Earth. At some point in our distant past, some mixture…
Astrosphere for August 17, 2007
Welcome back to your friendly astrosphere. This week, the photograph is of the Swan nebula, captured by seeker372011. It was…
Supermassive Black Holes May Snuff Out Star Formation
New observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope indicate that supermassive black holes at the heart of elliptical galaxies might keep…
Dead Star Found Polluted By Earthlike Planet
Astronomers have found a burned out white dwarf star with the remants of an Earthlike planet orbiting it. This chemical…
STS-118: No Repairs Necessary
NASA announced their final decision on Thursday: they won't have the astronauts repair the space shuttle Endeavour. According to the…
Galaxy Cluster Collision Creates a Dark Matter Core
This strange photograph is a composite image of Abell 520, a massive cluster of galaxies in the process of colliding…