Aug 03 2011
A True Story of Astronomy in the Desert
During a three-week trip to South Africa, Nicole Gugliucci helped to build an exciting astronomical experiment in the desert.
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Jul 27 2011
Monster Waves Behind Sun’s Coronal Heating Mystery?
Powerful Alfvén waves have been detected deep inside the sun's atmosphere, possibly explaining why the solar atmosphere is so hot.
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Jul 24 2011
Where Do You Put a Gigantic Telescope?
Radio astronomers have longed for a telescope with a full square kilometer of collecting area. Now, as it comes closer to reality, they are trying to decide where to put it.
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Jun 24 2011
SETI Needs YOUR Help to Catch an Alien
SETI has shut down its most powerful telescope through lack of funds. It's time for us to step up. What's the search for extraterrestrial intelligence worth to YOU?
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Jun 21 2011
Monster Chinese Telescope the Next ET Hunter?
In radio astronomy, the bigger the telescope, the better. And the next big Chinese telescope is expected to blow the competition out of the water.
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Jun 16 2011
Star SOS Detected From Space
Astronomers pick up a mayday call from a star being ripped apart by a black hole 3.8 billion light-years from Earth.
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Jun 07 2011
Twitter Helps Astronomers Zero-In on M51 Supernova
Q: What do you get when you combine a supernova, Twitter and a bit of luck? A: A night in Hawai'i astronomer Alex Filippenko will never forget.
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May 27 2011
Radio Telescopes Get Powered Up
The coolest radio telescope around just got better. Several orders of magnitude better.
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May 27 2011
Observing Our Nearest Star, Safely
Astronomer Mark Thompson is getting ready for summer, sharing some important solar astronomy advice.
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May 13 2011
Advancing the Frontiers of Amateur Astronomy
Astronomer Mark Thompson explores how amateur astronomy has benefited from the unrelenting advance of technology.
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