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, […]
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 article from Universe Today. How Far Does Light Travel in a Year?
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
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 […]
Couldn’t believe it when I saw it. http://bgr.com/2017/06/16/uranus-mission-probe-nasa/
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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/
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 […]