Astronomy
Mystery Object Found Orbiting Brown Dwarf
[/caption] Big planet or companion brown dwarf? Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have discovered an…
Stunning Science Using Nature’s Telescope
[/caption] Einstein started it all, back in 1915. Eddington picked up the ball and ran with it, in 1919. And…
Universe Puzzle No. 8
As with last week's Universe Puzzle, something that cannot be answered by five minutes spent googling, a puzzle that requires…
Andromeda’s Double Nucleus – Explained at Last?
In 1993, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a close-up of the nucleus of the Andromeda galaxy, M31, and found that…
Magnetic Fields in Spiral Galaxies – Explained at Last?
[/caption] That spiral galaxies have magnetic fields has been known for well over half a century (and predictions that they…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: April 2-4, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Have you been out enjoying the Sun? You better be, because the Sun has been enjoying you…
NGC 1097 Galaxy Jets: They Aren’t Just For Breakfast Anymore
Some 45 million light years away in the direction of the constellation of Fornax, a supermassive black hole is consuming…
What Is Static Electricity?
[/caption]Wonder why you sometimes get zapped when touching a doorknob especially during winter? People will tell you it's a simple…
What Is Sound?
[/caption]Light and sound are both waves. However, the former can travel through a vacuum while the latter cannot. So what…
Oxygen Cycle
The oxygen cycle is the cycle that helps move oxygen through the three main regions of the Earth, the Atmosphere,…