Astronomy
Venus and Jupiter Dazzle the Eye on February 1
Although no one likes getting up early, the morning of February 1 will be worth the effort. Just before local…
Stars Form Better in the Cosmic Suburbs
Galaxies, like people, tend to stick together. These galaxies collect together into communities large and small, called clusters and even…
Natural Particle Accelerator Dwarfs the Power of the Large Hadron Collider
Years of work are about to pay off, as Europe's Large Hadron Collider is almost ready to come online. Soon…
A Nova Doesn’t Create, It Destroys
Astronomers used to think that brief stellar eruptions called novae generated massive amounts of dust. But new observations of a…
Hyperfast Star Ejected from the Large Magellenic Cloud
Occasionally, stars minding their own business around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy get chucked out…
Observing Near-Earth Asteroid TU24
Backyard astronomers the world over in the northern hemisphere are looking forward to the closest approach of Near-Earth Asteroid TU24…
“What’s Up” With Tammy Plotner?
Greetings, Fellow SkyWatchers! Have you missed me? All you have to do is take a look around the web for…
2007 was Tied for the Second Hottest Year on Record
You weren't imagining things, 2007 really was an unseasonably hot year. In fact, it was tied with 1998 for the…
High School Students Discover Asteroid
Here's another wonderful example of how amateur astronomers can make important discoveries. Three high school students from Wisconsin discovered an…
Gas Cloud on Collision Course with the Milky Way
Don't panic, but there's a giant cloud of hydrogen gas on a collision course with the Milky Way. When it…