Milky Way
Get Spooky This Halloween With NASA’s GALAXY OF HORRORS
Nothing says Halloween like the true terrors of outer space. And, NASA knows it. They’ve put together a fun, spooky ...
The Big Dipper Is Housing an Interloper
One of these things is not like the others. One of these things does not belong. There’s an interloper lurking ...
Hubble and Gaia Have Partnered to Find the Mass of the Milky Way
Astronomers are very interested in figuring out the true mass of our home galaxy. Knowing the mass of the Milky ...
Hubble Telescope Unveils Milky Way’s ‘Living Fossil’ Neighbor
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a previously undetected dwarf galaxy in the Milky Way’s backyard. It’s a mere 30 ...
The Unusual Atmosphere on Saturn’s Moon Titan May be Due to Home-Cooking
Scientists are enthralled and baffled by Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan. Titan and Earth are the only bodies in our solar ...
A Meteorite Struck the Super Blood Wolf Moon in the Face
Have you heard!?! For the first time in history, a meteorite has been recorded hitting the moon during a total ...
NASA Says Last Goodnight to Kepler Space Telescope
The Kepler Space Telescope is the “most accomplished planet-hunting machine of all time”, and it’s seen its last days. Kepler’s ...
Black Holes Could Reanimate Zombies
Just a little late for the Day of the Dead, news from the beyond is good for the deceased. Simulations ...
The Milky Way Has Been Hiding a Corpse
Did you know that the Milky Way is a cannibal? I didn’t either. But, apparently our galaxy has cannibalized a ...
Bright Green Comet Will Light the Sky in September
photo credit: Michael Jäger Stargazers, get your gear. You have a chance to see a comet in the sky this ...
NASA’s Spitzer Telescope Celebrates 15 Years in Space
The Eagle Nebula as seen by Spitzer. Image: JPL/Cal-Tech NASA’s Great Observatories continue to amaze. Three of four of their ...
Uranus Is Weird for a Reason
Uranus, the butt of every planetary joke in the solar system, is strange for more reasons than its name. And, ...
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Will Soon Meet Its End
NASA‘s great planet hunter, the Kepler Space Telescope, is running out of fuel. The end is near. NASA announced Friday ...
New Telescope Will Search for Earth-Bound Asteroids
An asteroid or asteroids will hit Earth. It’s not a matter of ‘if’, but a matter of ‘when’ and… ‘how ...
The Milky Way is Covered in Space Grease
Yes, the Milky Way is filled with trillions and more tons of toxic space grease. You didn’t see that coming? ...
