Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Milky Way Gets Downsized


Research reveals the Milky Way has only two major spirals of stars - not four as previously thought.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Russian Meteor


Neil deGrasse Tyson explains what happened with the Russian meteor.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Bombing the Moon ... for Science




Scientists crashed a booster rocket and its mother craft near the moon's south pole to discover what lies beneath. Results were inconclusive, but enough data was gathered to tell if the crater contains frozen water.

Results will be published soon.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

HD Video... of the MOON




Japan's Kaguya lunar probe has taken the closest and clearest video yet of the moon. The video appears like an animation, but it is the real deal.

But wait, there's more: video will continue for the next 2 days until the probe's crash landing.