Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
Why are there so many moonquakes? Analyses of seismometers left on the moon by the Apollo moon landings […]
Astronomy
Apollo 11 Landing Panorama
Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, […]
Apollo 11: Descent to the Moon
It had never been done before. But with the words “You’re Go for landing”, 50 years ago this […]
Apollo 11 Launches Humans to the Moon
Everybody saw the Moon. Nobody had ever been there. Humans across planet Earth watched in awe 50 years […]
The Space Station Crosses a Spotless Sun
That’s no sunspot. It’s the International Space Station (ISS) caught passing in front of the Sun. Sunspots, individually, […]
The Ghost of Jupiter s Halo
Close-up images of NGC 3242 show the cast off shroud of a dying, sun-like star fancifully known as […]
4000 Exoplanets
Over 4000 planets are now known to exist outside our Solar System. Known as exoplanets, this milestone was […]
Birds During a Total Solar Eclipse
What do birds do during a total solar eclipse? Darkness descends more quickly in a total eclipse than […]
The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT
What’s happening at the center of our galaxy? It’s hard to tell with optical telescopes since visible light […]
Crescent Saturn
Saturn never shows a crescent phase — from Earth. But when viewed from beyond, the majestic giant planet […]