Astronomy
Hubble IMAX 3-D Trailer
The trailer gives me chills, so I can only imagine what the actual movie is going to be like! In…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: January 15-17, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's a dark weekend and time to get out and rock the night... If you're up to…
States of Matter
Solid, liquid, gas … those are the states of matter we're thoroughly familiar with, but what makes for a state…
Light Spectrum
Light spectrum can mean the visible spectrum, the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation which our eyes are sensitive to…
What is Loop Quantum Gravity?
The two best theories we have, today, in physics – the Standard Model and General Relativity – are mutually incompatible;…
Nebula Wallpaper
Want a nebula wallpaper to put as the background image of your computer desktop? Here's a handful of nebula images.…
Measuring the Moon’s Eccentricity at Home
Caption: View of the moon at perigee and apogee As a teacher, I'm always on the lookout for labs with…
Giant Magnetic Loop Stretches Between Two Stars
[/caption] Using a collection of radio telescopes, astronomers have found a giant magnetic loop stretched outward from one of the…
Time-Lapse Movie Shows Massive Stars Form Similarly to Smaller Stars
It has been difficult for astronomers to see how massive stars form, since these stars are rare, form quickly and…
The Week Long Messier Marathon
Are you ready to run the Messier Marathon? Doing all 110 objects in one night is both exhausting and rewarding...…