Astronomy
UK, US Astronomers: That’s One Cool Star
An international team, led by astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, has discovered one of the coolest sub-stellar bodies…
Orion’s Belt Sees More Action Than We Knew
Using infrared telescopes, European and American astronomers have peered through the opaque molecular cloud that obscures much of Orion's stellar…
Reporting From the NorthEast Astronomy Forum
So what's more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Try acres of telescopes and hundreds of amateur astronomers. If you're…
How to Keep Asteroids Away: Tie Them Up
[/caption] It may not look like much, but that drawing could save a life someday -- or 7 billion.…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – April 17-19, 2009
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for a much darker weekend? I'm off to NEAF, but while I'm gone, I…
Researchers Describe ‘Most Spectacular and Most Disturbed’ Galaxy Cluster
It's hot. It's crowded. And it's one of the most raucuous space parties astronomers have ever seen. A research team…
Bridge Between the Stars – NGC 602: Hubble Visualization by Jukka Metsavainio
[/caption] It's been awhile hasn't it? Time may have passed, but absence makes the heart grow fonder. For those of…
Constraining the Orbits of Planet X and Nemesis
[/caption] If Planet X was out there, where would it be? This question posed by an Italian researcher turns out…
Volcanic Ash
[/caption] When volcanoes erupt, they can release large quantities of lava, rocks, hot gasses and volcanic ash. This volcanic ash…
List of Volcanoes
[/caption] There are thousands and thousands of known volcanoes around the world. Many have no names, and most are located…