Astronomy Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• Sun to Rain Death from Above in Solar Storms

  

  The next Armageddon: Solar storms to knock out electrical systems, telecommunications, satellites, so stock up on tins of tuna and baked beans now! Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Periscope
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• Stunning Close-Up Images Of Vesta Asteroid

  

  The first close-up images of the massive asteroid Vesta have revealed a northern hemisphere littered with craters - including a trio nicknamed 'Snowman' - and... Read more

  The 05 August 2011 by   Gerard
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• The Milky Way As Seen With The Naked Eye

  

  image credit A star-gazer has come a little bit closer to the final frontier - after spending 18 months photographing the night sky. With just an ordinary... Read more

  The 26 July 2011 by   Gerard
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• Hubble Telescope Discovers Fourth Moon Orbiting Pluto

  

  The Hubble telescope has discovered a fourth moon around Pluto. The moon, tentatively called P4, joins Hyrdra, Nix and Charon. Pluto was demoted from planet to... Read more

  The 21 July 2011 by   Gerard
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• Milky Way's Core Hides Big Twisted Ribbon

  

  A space telescope peering into the Milky Way galaxy's dusty core has spied a colossal twisted ribbon of super-cooled material. Until now astronomers had only... Read more

  The 20 July 2011 by   Gerard
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• Fun Facts About the Space Shuttle – [Infographic Monday]

  

  Hellow dear followers! Yes it is Monday.. and it is time for the Infographic Monday of the week! Today we want to present some cool facts about the Space Shuttl... Read more

  The 18 July 2011 by   Onthatpage
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• Solar Prominence

  

  Solar prominence are purple jets of heated matter that during the full eclipse can be observed by the edge of the Sun. Prominence are of the different shapes,... Read more

  The 09 June 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Interesting Facts About the Solar System

  

  The Solar System consists of the Sun (a star of medium size within the Milky Way galaxy) and the bodies orbiting around it: 8 major planets, at least 171... Read more

  The 31 May 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Jupiter's Great Red Spot

  

  Jupiter's Great Red Spot is the most interesting phenomena associated with Jupiter's atmosphere. The shape of this area is elliptical and is in Jupiter's... Read more

  The 27 May 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Infinite Planet Theory

  

  Rob Dietz over at the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) just e-mailed me and suggested I reproduce a recent post of theirs on... Read more

  The 24 May 2011 by   Bradshaw
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