Astronomy
Antarctica Pictures
Antarctica is one of the most remote places on Earth, and extremely difficult to visit. But there are many spacecraft…
Amazon Rainforest Pictures
Here are Amazon forest pictures from space. Satellite observation of the Amazon is the best way to keep track on…
Atomic Radius
[/caption] If you can imagine an atom, of an element, as a sphere, then the radius of that sphere would…
Long Anticipated Eruption of U Scorpii Has Begun
[/caption] Today, two amateur astronomers from Florida detected a rare outburst of the recurrent nova U Scorpii, which set in…
Main Sequence
If you make a plot of the brightness of a few thousand stars near us, against their color (or surface…
Supernova or GRB? Radio Observations Allow Astronomers to Find Unusual Object
[/caption] For the first time, astronomers have found a supernova explosion with properties similar to a gamma-ray burst, but without…
Kepler Goes Fishing and Reels in Two KOI
By now you've probably heard about the first results from the Kepler mission to find extrasolar planets. Five new exoplanet…
Path clear for STS 130 to attach Tranquility module
[/caption] Teams up in space and on the ground completed crucial tasks over the weekend to clear the path for…
Debunking Astrology: Mars Can’t Influence You
So you think the position of Mars in the sky at the time of your birth made you tall, dark,…