Clik here to view.
Weekend Sky Show: Moon Joins Stellar Gems
Skywatchers this weekend will get treated to some beautiful close encounters when the Moon glides past bright clusters of stars and planet Jupiter. Up first on Saturday, April 13, look towards the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Retired Space Observatory’s Watery Legacy
Illustration of Herschel Space Observatory in front of its own infrared image of the star forming region known as the Rosette nebula. Credit: ESA – C. Carreau After nearly four years of glorious...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Planet Debris Pollute Dead Stars
This is an artist’s impression of a a white dwarf with a disk of rocky debris left behind by the star’s surviving planetary system. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) A pair of dead stars...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Sky Events This Week: Three-Planet Huddle, Lunar Wall
As the sun sets this week and the stars come out to play, the moon makes for a convenient guidepost in tracking down some cosmic showpieces. Check out our five sky events not to miss. Moon Joins...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Sky Events This Week: Row of Planets, Summer Triangle
An artist’s concept of the asteroid belt filled with rocks and dusty debris orbiting between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Evening planets continue to dazzle all week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Sky Events This Week: Glimpsing a Green Giant, Big Dipper Rides High
The Big Dipper stellar pattern hangs on its side in the northwest in early June evenings. Credit: Starry Night Software / A.Fazekas Skywatchers this week get a chance to track down an elusive frozen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dying Galaxy Found Bleeding Out Into Space
This ultraviolet image of dwarf galaxy IC 3418 in the Virgo cluster shows a trail of fireballs of gas left behind it – evidence that a new study says points to the imminent death of this galaxy....
View ArticleNew Night Sky Timelapse Video: Stars and Storms Vie for Attention
Breathtaking shots of the ground and sky dominate this striking time-lapse video shot in South Dakota and Wyoming between April and October of 2012 by veteran photographer Randy Halverson. One...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smallest Galaxy Ever Discovered Bolsters Dark Matter Theory
This image shows a prediction for the distribution of thousands of dark matter clumps called halos within about 1 million light years of the Milky Way galaxy, The disk of the Milky Way sits within the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mysterious Martian Grooves Carved by Dry Ice Chunks?
It appears Mars may one day become a premier extreme snowboarding destination. NASA research released this week indicates that mysterious, long narrow grooves carved into the slopes of giant Martian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Sky Events This Week: Lord of the Rings Meets Luna, Solstice Supermoon
The beauty of the full moon rising, like this “super moon” near the Lincoln Memorial in March 2011, in Washington, D.C., is one of the most stunning sky shows not to be missed. Credit: NASA/Bill...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Primetime Views of Saturn And an Upcoming Planetary Family Portrait
While skywatchers may not get the same clear view of Saturn like this Hubble image, small telescopes can easily reveal its majestic rings. Credit: NASA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bumper Crop of Habitable Worlds Discovered?
This artist illustration shows one of three super-Earth exoplanet in orbit around Gliese 667c, a red dwarf star that is a companion to two other low-mass stars, which are seen here in the distance....
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Sky Events This Week: Venus Buzzes Beehive, Morning Return of Mars
The Beehive Cluster in the constellation Cancer will host Venus as it appears to glide through the 600 light year distant group of stars. Credit: Tom Bash and John Fox/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF Early...
View ArticleClik here to view.
4 Sky Events This Week: Cosmic Doughnut, Moon Meets Lion’s Heart
The Ring nebula in Lyra, imaged here by the Hubble Space Telescope, is one of the most famous deep-sky objects for backyard telescopes since it is conveniently located near the bright summer star Vega....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where are the Aliens? Interview With a SETI Researcher
Some future searches for alien civilizations will focus on potentially habitable planets, like in the Kepler 62 system, seen here in this artist illustration. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech. Yesterday...
View ArticleTop 10 Headlines Today: Neanderthal-Human Language, Starfish’s Bizarre Eyes…
The top 10 news stories on our radar today. Tell @NatGeo what you’re reading with #NatGeoDaily Neanderthals Shared Language With Modern Humans A new paper argues “that modern language and speech...
View ArticleClik here to view.
7 Sky Events This Week: Luna Joins Lord of the Rings and the God of War
This week the Cassini orbiter will take a special back-lit shot of Saturn, like this one taken in 2006, but this time a tiny Earth will also pose alongside the ringed-planet. Credit:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Earth’s Gold Forged in Stellar Collisions
This artist’s illustration shows two neutron stars at the moment of collision. New observations confirm that colliding neutron stars produce short gamma-ray bursts. Such collisions produce rare heavy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
6 Sky Events this Week: Pinwheel Galaxy Points to Comet, Moon Glides By Neptune
The Pinwheel galaxy near the Big Dipper, pairs up this week with fading comet PanSTARRS. Credit: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF Heading towards the end of July, a comet poses...
View Article
