Vermin of the Skies

Let's close out Asteroid Day with a look at what our local neighborhood looks like. Think our skies are clean? Guess again!

Home, Home on LaGrange

1,000+ people working in space in 30 years? Maybe, if ULA's plans come to pass.

Addendum: Many plans for the Moon are in the works. How to build a moonbase.

Electricity

The Hubble Space Telescope images Jupiter and captures the dance of the aurora.

The Decline of the Night Sky

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows you how hard it is to get a good view of the night sky these days.

Across the Alphabet

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us the night sky over Crete, from Centaurus A to Omega Centauri.

Juno Approaches

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a short video outlining the Juno mission to Jupiter!

Spreading Rays

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows anticrepuscular rays in the skies of Colorado. I see these every now and again and they are always astounding sights.

Slingshot View

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day came courtesy of the New Horizons vehicle. While using Jupiter as a slingshot to gain speed on the way to Pluto, the probe snapped this astounding view of Jupiter's cloud tops.

Lunar Streak

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the changing appearance of the Moon from first appearance over the horizon to near zenith: from blood to honey.

Flames and Sunflowers

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows emission nebula and stellar birthing chambers in the constellation of Sagittarius. Colors are tweaked to mirror van Gogh's Sunflowers.

Rock Rats

Will asteroid mining be the salvation of a resource-thin future?

Bono!

A great collection of artwork based on the designs of space engineer Philip Bono.

Landing Zone

Launched by the United States to help its return of crewed missions to the Moon, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is helping to determine a landing site to be explored by a future Russian rover.

City

Two-time Fourth Hoarseman Paul Weimer takes a look at Clifford D. Simak and his most famous fix-up: City.

Commerical Space

Is there a market for a "commercial" space station? One former NASA space station manager seems to think so.


(Addendum: And how to service a commercial space station? How about an increasing fleet of commercial vehicles?)

Solstice Moon

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us the dawn of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere along with the setting full Moon.

Wisps

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows wispy clouds over the City of Lights.

Tales of the Future

An in-depth look at Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, concentrating on...oddly enough...fonts. But with plenty of other interesting bits as well!

Less is More

Minimalism. Is it making a comeback?

//looks around at a room with a part of a multi-thousand volume book collection// O.K., maybe not here.

FIFTEEN DAYS

Juno is coming to Jupiter. Be afraid.

Amateur Photo

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day appears to have been done by a non-professional astronomer. Let me pick my jaw up off of the floor.

Crescent at the Edge

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a hauntingly beautiful shot from the New Horizons probe of a waning crescent "dwarf" planet Pluto.

Comes the Red Horse

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Horsehead Nebula (one of the most difficult things I ever hunted in my backyard; I'm still not 100% sure I got it!) in infrared light, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Night on the Planet of Love

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day brings us a view of the night side of Venus, as imaged in infrared by JAXA's Akatsuki probe (which spent a long five years arriving at its destination).

Lots of Intergalactic Bam

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows UGC 9391. Sure a lot of supernova activity going on out there!

Apollo Applications

Another infographic! This time, America's first space station!

Travels with PanSTARRS

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) as it passes the Helix Nebula. PanSTARRS was not a spectacular naked-eye comet, but has provided some fantastic imaging opportunities for equipped amateurs (and professionals).

The Quest for Reuse

A infographic showing the quest for reusable space vehicles. We're inching closer!

The Big Ear

Is the Arecibo Radio Telescope on the chopping block?

First Steps

A very brief (very) overview of Space Station Mir.

Peeking into the Sound Stage

It won't convince those who think the whole space race ended on a sound stage in California (or at Area 51), but today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Surveyor 1 on the plains of the Ocean of Storms,

The Dog and the Whale

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows NGC 4631, popularly known as The Whale Galaxy. The dog? The dog is the constellation: Canes Venatici, the hunting dogs.

It's Nice to Have the Big Toys

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows three of our neighbors as imaged from a (cough) small ground-based observatory. (What detail!!!!!)

Feeling Expansive

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a short video showing how the remains of Tycho's Supernova have expanded.