Apr 24 This poet explores the high-flying realms of space — but also the earthly problems of growing up poor By Elizabeth Flock In his new books "Map to the Stars," Adrian Matejka writes about his childhood fixation on space, which offered a distraction from living in poverty. Continue reading
Jan 19 How a photographer captured these stunning views of space By Alaska Public Media Travis Rector photographs the far-flung corners of space that are normally undetectable to the human eye. Continue reading
Jan 07 You can read a star’s age by its spin By Justin Scuiletti It turns out, like us, stars slow down in their old age. That observation is the key to a new method astronomers are using to accurately tell the age of cool stars — stars that match the size of, or… Continue reading
Jun 04 Looks like there’s a party in deep space and Hubble’s got the photos By Jenny Marder If a tractor full of confetti was launched into the night sky and then beamed with a strobe light, it might look something like the Hubble Space Telescope image above. It is, according to NASA, among the most colorful of… Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch Discovery of Earth-size planets rouses search for intelligent life Discovery of Earth-size planets incites the search for intelligent life… Continue watching
Jul 12 African Cosmos: Stellar Arts By Extra DA From a gigantic rainbow serpent fashioned out of recycled jerry cans to a painting of girls dancing against a Milky Way backdrop, the Smithsonian's "African Cosmos: Stellar Arts" exhibit examines how African artists through time have looked to the sky,… Continue reading
Apr 18 Space Tornadoes, Baby Stars, and Ancient Galaxies By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy After a thousand days in space, the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope has sent back thousands of images of stars being born, space "tornadoes" and galaxies at the edge of the universe. To commemorate its voyage, the… Continue reading
Mar 06 NASA Telescope to Search for Earth-like Planets By PBS News Hour A NASA telescope is set to launch Friday night from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on a three-and-a-half year mission to scan the Milky Way galaxy for Earth-like planets. Continue reading