COROT is Blasted Into Space
The debut launch of the Soyuz 2-1b rocket carried ESA's COROT space telescope into orbit today. The rocket lifted off…
What’s Up this Week: December 25 – December 31, 2006
It's a holiday week and even the stars are celebrating! Are you ready to join me in the last week…
Podcast: Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum
We see the Universe in visible light with our photon detecting eyes. We can feel infrared heat with our photon…
White Dwarf Recently Consumed an Asteroid
Astronomers have discovered a ring of metal-rich gas surrounding a relatively nearby white dwarf star that gives us a glimpse…
Use Galactic Gravitational Lenses to Really See the Universe
To see any distance in space, you need some kind of telescope. We've got some pretty powerful ones here on…
Insanely High Resolution Photo of the Tarantula Nebula
I'm not sure why, but the European Southern Observatory has decided to give their web servers and bandwidth a real…
Book Review: Team Moon
The Moon has always held a fascinating role in our existence. Visiting it was surely the most amazing feat we've…
Early Images of the Sun From Hinode
The recently launched Japanese Hinode spacecraft is turning in some amazing new photographs of the Sun as part of its…
Podcast: Listener Questions Answered
We finally get organized enough deal with several listener questions: isn't dark matter just regular stuff we can't see? how…
Next Up, the COROT Space Telescope
Step aside Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer, there's a new space telescope ready for launch. On December 27, 2006, the European Space…