Category Archives: Astronomy

200,000 galaxies in a single photo!

Posted on 03/27/2012 by Zed

The above photo is a 55-hr exposure from the VISTA telescope in Chile. And even though there are many stars in the picture–mostly the blue dots, there are over 200,000 galaxies in it! What’s insane is that this picture is just … Continue reading →

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NASA spoils the 2012 doomsday fun with new video

Posted on 03/09/2012 by Zed

A short 3:32 video from NASA debunks the 2012 doomsday prophecies. It was uploaded to YouTube by JPL. “Since the beginning of recorded time, there have been literally hundreds of thousands of predictions for the end of the world and … Continue reading →

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Footage of Sun’s big flare

Posted on 03/08/2012 by Zed

This movie (above) of the March 6, 2012 solar flare was put together at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, by video producer Scott Wiessinger. Rated at class X5.4, it is one of the largest flares seen in the recent cycle. … Continue reading →

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Oxygen detected on Saturn’s icy moon Dione

Posted on 03/02/2012 by Zed

Saturn’s icy moon Dione against the rings of Saturn, as seen by the NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The NASA spacecraft Cassini has detected sign of Oxygen on Dione, one of Saturn’s moon. Dione has no liquid water, which makes it improbable … Continue reading →

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Comet Lovejoy prepares to slam into the sun

Posted on 12/15/2011 by Zed

Comet Lovejoy (bright streak at bottom)  heading into the sun. Photo by NASA’s SOHO satellite. Comet Lovejoy is headed directly into the sun and you can watch it here, live! The fiery explosion is expected today, Dec 15th, at about 4 … Continue reading →

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The fastest spinning star

Posted on 11/11/2011 by Zed

Photo Credit: Morgan Fraser/Philip Dufton/Paul Dunstall/Hubble Legacy Archive Astronomers have discovered a star in another galaxy that is spinning at the rate of 370 miles per second. As a comparison, this star–named VFTS 102, is spinning over 300 times faster … Continue reading →

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Watch Mars Rover’s 3-year and 13-mile journey in 3 minutes

Posted on 10/12/2011 by Zed

Mars Rover Opportunity has travelled 13 miles–from Victoria Crater to Endeavour Crater, in 3 years. At the end of each drive the Rover took a horizon photograph. They are presented below as a series of 309 images.

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Orionid meteor shower peaks on Oct 21st

Posted on 10/11/2011 by Zed

The Orionid meteor shower is the result of earth passing through the dust cloud of the Comet Halley. It is called “Orionid” because the meteors seem to originate from the constellation Orion, the dude with the sword. The Orionids period … Continue reading →

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NASA footage of a comet hitting the sun

Posted on 10/07/2011 by Zed

I have never seen anything like this footage. A bright comet headed right towards the Sun and disintegrated on Oct. 2, 2011. It was a sungrazing comet of the type known as a Kreutz sungrazer and a particularly bright one … Continue reading →

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Astronomers detect oxygen molecules in Orion nebula

Posted on 10/03/2011 by Zed

                    The spectrum lines reveal the signatures of oxygen molecules, detected in the Orion nebula by the HIFI instrument on the Hershel Space Observatory. (ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech) European Space Agency (ESA) working with … Continue reading →

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