Astronomers can discover a planet not by noticing the planet’s gravitational effects on its parent star but rather on a star much farther away.... Read More
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Moonrise: The Surprisingly Diverse Array of Moons in our Solar System
Moonrise: The Surprisingly Diverse Array of Moons in our Solar System
Dr. Bonnie Meinke, Space Telescope Science Institute... Read More
The Samsung Galaxy S5 Sandwich
With some simple ingredients, you can make your very own Tech Sandwich/Burger!
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Habitable Worlds: What Conditions for Life Are Really Important?
There is a fascinating workshop being held this week in Baltimore at the Space Telescope Science Institute: Habitable Worlds: Across Time and Space.... Read More
Terra Sapiens: The Human Chapter in the History of the Earth
Terra Sapiens: The Human Chapter in the History of Earth
Dr. David Grinspoon, Library of Congress... Read More
Tonight’s Sky: May 2014
Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” May features the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, and could feature a meteor storm later in the month as Earth passes through the debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR. ... Read More
Samsung Galaxy S5 & HTC One (M8) Giveaway!
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Evaporating Peaks: Pillars in the Monkey Head Nebula
The Monkey Head Nebula (also known as NGC 2174) is a star-forming region in which bright, newborn stars near the center of the nebula illuminate the surrounding gas with energetic radiation. This radiation, along with strong stellar winds, erodes away the lower density gas. Pockets of higher density gas resist this erosion, and form pillars and peaks along the inner edge of the roughly circular cloud.... Read More
New Technique Increases Hubble’s Precision by a Factor of 10
Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute have devised a new technique that allows the +Hubble Space Telescope to more accurately measure distances to stars within our galaxy – up to 10 times farther than previously possible using a method known as parallax.... Read More