An interesting phenomena has been reported in a called “Alignment of the Angular Momentum Vectors of Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Bulge”, appearing in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. This…

Comet PANSTARRS, with Earth flying through space (stationary dot center+right), deep space stars background, and solar particles emanating from the left. This GIF was made from 72 NASA STEREO Behind…

(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have taken a major step in explaining why material around the giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy…

(NASA) – Harsh winds from extremely bright stars are blasting ultraviolet radiation at this “wanna-be” star and sculpting the gas and dust into this light year long shape. The culprits are…

(Source NASA) – Ten years after a Delta II rocket launched NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, lighting up the night sky over Cape Canaveral, Fla., the fourth of four Great Observatories…

Probe Will Assist Agency in Search for Candidates to Explore (Source NASA) – A NASA spacecraft that discovered and characterized tens of thousands of asteroids throughout the solar system before being…

UPDATE 8/19/13 The NOVA appears to have peaked at about magnitude 4.2 and has decreased but seems stable. This plot from the AAVSO appears to show a decreasing trend indicating…

Tonight is the peak of the 2013 Perseids Meteor Shower, with predicted rates of up to 100 per hour. Perseids may be seen any time after dark, but rates increase throughout…