Astronomy

Odd Alignment, Butterfly Nebulae rotate perpendicular to galaxy.

An interesting phenomena has been reported in a called "Alignment of the Angular Momentum Vectors of Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic…

11 years ago

Comet PANSTARRS Video as it passes Earth…Amazing.

Comet PANSTARRS, with Earth flying through space (stationary dot center+right), deep space stars background, and solar particles emanating from the…

11 years ago

Chandra sees giant black hole ejecting material.

(NASA) - Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have taken a major step in explaining why material around the giant…

11 years ago

Awesome image of light year long vapor trail

(NASA) - Harsh winds from extremely bright stars are blasting ultraviolet radiation at this "wanna-be" star and sculpting the gas…

11 years ago

Spitzer Telescope Mission Celebrates 10 years

(Source NASA) - Ten years after a Delta II rocket launched NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, lighting up the night sky…

11 years ago

WISE Spacecraft brought out if Hibernation to Hunt Asteroids

Probe Will Assist Agency in Search for Candidates to Explore (Source NASA) - A NASA spacecraft that discovered and characterized tens…

11 years ago

New Nova Delphini 2013 Naked Eye Visible!

UPDATE 8/19/13 The NOVA appears to have peaked at about magnitude 4.2 and has decreased but seems stable. This plot…

11 years ago

Peak Viewing for the Perseid meteor shower 2013

Tonight is the peak of the 2013 Perseids Meteor Shower, with predicted rates of up to 100 per hour. Perseids may…

11 years ago

NASA Kepler Recovery Continues, Wheel Two Shows Hope.

The primary tool in the search for exo-Earths may return to service. Recently the second of four reaction wheels failed…

11 years ago

Magnetic Poles of Sun about to flip, Solar Max Near

(NASA) According to recent measurements the magnetic field of the Sun is about to change indicating were very near the…

11 years ago