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Making sense of astronomical misconceptions
Shortly after posting my last blog, I was abducted by aliens who flew me to Thermoman's home planet of Ultron where I was taught secrets of the universe.
October 10, 2012
Probing Earth’s mysterious radiation belts
They're home to killer electrons, plasma waves, and intense electrical currents that can destroy satellites' electronics - and they're unpredicatable.
October 8, 2012
Satellite detects new black hole in our galaxy
The video in this post shows how NASA's Swift satellite made the discovery of a new black hole in our Milky Way, one of only about a dozen known.
October 6, 2012
If I had a boat, I’d sail Titan’s seas
On September 27, 2012, Spanish engineers presenting to the European Planetary Science Congress in Madrid proposed to send a boat to Titan.
September 30, 2012
Zoom in on the Seagull Nebula
Start with a broad view of the Milky Way and zoom in on Sirius, the constellation Orion ... then the distant Seagull Nebula - a dramatic star formation region.
September 28, 2012
Planet Nibiru is not real
Nibiru, sometimes called Planet X, is not going to collide with our planet this year - or ever - because it doesn't exist.
September 26, 2012
Deepest-ever view of the universe
Peering deeper into the universe than ever before, the eXtreme Deep Field was assembled using 10 years of Hubble Space Telescope observations.
September 25, 2012
Hot-gas halo surrounds our Milky Way, scientists say
NASA scientists estimate the mass of the hot-gas halo to be comparable to the mass of all the billions of stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
September 25, 2012
Video: Final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour
Millions glimpsed and photographed Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 21, as it made its final aerial spin over California.
September 22, 2012
Bright meteor or space debris broke up over UK on September 21
The meteor sightings came around 2200 UTC (5 p.m. CDT) on September 21, 2012. The meteor was traveling east to west over U.K. skies. Many saw it!
September 21, 2012
