The Year’s Best Astronomy Photos
The Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK has shortlisted its nominees for its annual Insight Astronomer of the Year competition. This competition is now in its ninth year. This year, […]
Interesting Stuff
How Far Does Light Travel in a Year?
Interesting article from Universe Today. How Far Does Light Travel in a Year?
Peter Beck and Rocket Lab
After decades of tinkering, Peter Beck and Rocket Lab are poised to bring low-cost launches to the world. A couple of interesting articles from Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-06-29/at-18-he-strapped-a-rocket-engine-to-his-bike-now-he-s-taking-on-spacex https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-06-29/the-tiny-satellites-ushering-in-the-new-space-revolution
How Quickly Are The Pillars Of Creation Being Destroyed?
The Eagle Nebula is a large, active, star-forming region located 7,000 light years away. Near its heart, beside a massive collection of new stars, lie the Pillars of Creation. There […]
Best Astronomy Headline Ever?
Couldn’t believe it when I saw it. http://bgr.com/2017/06/16/uranus-mission-probe-nasa/
Trump’s NASA Budget Eliminates Education Office, Plunging America Into The Dark
With the Trump administration officially announcing their budget for the next fiscal year, they provide only $37 million for NASA’s Education Office, with one major stipulation: the office must be […]
Juno Results Offer Tantalizing Hints of Jupiter’s Secrets
The first results from Juno’s brush with Jupiter reveal swarms of cyclones, massive ammonia plumes and complex interactions between a turbulent magnetic field and powerful streams of electrons. The findings […]
Our galaxy produces 9 trillion kilograms of antimatter a second—how?
Antimatter is rare in this Universe, but the Universe is a pretty big place, so even small quantities can add up fast. In our galaxy alone, there’s a steady bath […]
Exoplanet Puzzle Cracked by Jazz Musicians
A system of seven Earth-like exoplanets appeared to be unstable. Now their orbits have been rewritten in the music of the spheres. https://www.quantamagazine.org/exoplanet-puzzle-cracked-by-jazz-musicians/
Newly Discovered Exoplanet May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life
An exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth may be the new holder of the title “best place to look for signs of life beyond the Solar […]