What will happen when plasma from the first major solar storm of 2014 hits Earth? A dramatic display of Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights.
Keep Watching the Skies: Protecting Earth Against Asteroid Impacts
The B612 Foundation has a mission: To keep an eye out for asteroids that might hit the Earth. Are we really in danger from space’s flying objects?
New Horizons: NASA’s Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Keeps on Going, And Going
NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft is still on its journey to Pluto, calculated to successfully reach the “dwarf planet” in July of 2015.
Requiem for a Comet: ISON Burns Up
The famed Comet ISON has burned up in proximity to the sun, instead of reducing civilization to rubble. Was this astronomical event over-hyped?
Astronomers Announce Discovery of Most Distant Galaxy to Date
Astronomers have found the furthest galaxy from earth yet – billions of light years away. Z8 GND 5296 offers clues about the development of the universe.
In search of Vulcan (and Vulcanoids) to Explain Mercury’s Odd Orbit
Early astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier attempted to explain Mercury’s odd orbit by suggesting the presence of Vulcan: Another planet nearer the sun.
NASA Returns to the Moon With LADEE
LADEE, NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, is an unmanned spacecraft that is bringing us back to the moon, by proxy.
Comet ISON: A Legend in the Making?
Comet ISON is hot news among amateur astronomers, with thousands of people tuning in with their telescopes world-wide to capture the ‘Comet of the Century.’ Is ISON really so impressive?
What’s Around the Sun? Is Our Sun in a Vacuum?
Astronomy questions and answers: Although space is not a perfect vacuum, it surrounds the sun and other stars, unaffected by heat or other factors.
