Astronomy
Lowest Point on Earth
The lowest point on land is the Dead Sea that borders Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. It's 420 meters…
Could Humans Move the Earth?
When people learn that energy output from the Sun is increasing, and will boil away the planet's oceans within a…
How Far Down is the Center of the Earth?
Everyone has wanted to dig a hole down to the center of the Earth at some time in their lives.…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – June 13-16, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's big... It's bright... It's the Moon! The greatest night sky light polluter is back on the…
Comet Boattini Sails Towards the Sun
Serious comet chasers have been watching Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini) for some time. For awhile, it exceeded its predicted brightness…
XMM-Newton Discovers Strange-Shaped Supernova Remnant
XMM-Newton has just released this beautiful image of a supernova remnant and its companion neutron star. To be more accurate,…
IAU Throws Pluto a Bone: “Plutoid”
Almost two years after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly demoted Pluto from a "real" planet to the new…
GLAST Blasts Off
A powerful new space observatory called GLAST launched successfully today, and will provide a huge leap in our capabilities to…
Phoenix Sprinkles Successfully
Successful Sprinkle The Phoenix Mars Lander used its Robotic Arm during the mission's 15th Martian sol to test the "sprinkling"…
New Details on Venus’ Clouds from Venus Express
Mysterious clouds blanket Venus, obscuring our sister planet from view. These clouds billow up between 45 and 70 km above…