Artist's conception of what the Milky Way looks like from above the galactic plane. Click to enlarge and see labels. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, appears to be about 50% more massive than we previou… more →
//Jacob's//Weblog//Ed wrote 4 days ago: M31-Andromeda Galaxy on 11/25/09 I recently bought a 135mm f/2.8 lens off of eBay. It’s an old … more →
Marco Sparks wrote 1 month ago: That’s the lovely Felicia Day in a PSA from the Spitzer Science Center explaining why we shoul … more →
Ruth wrote 1 month ago: A WORTHY WORRY By Ruth Minshull We’ve been worrying about all the wrong things. We stew over the po … more →
bdwarf wrote 1 month ago: Felicia Day: don't fear the Andromeda! Some time back I wrote a post on the reporting of astrono … more →
Tyler wrote 1 month ago: With the size of the universe as it is, I cannot believe there isn’t something else out there. … more →
Greg Stone wrote 2 months ago: Seeing a bow, a demon, and a few hundred billion stars – meanwhile, Jupiter slams it into fo … more →
monstermike wrote 2 months ago: The vast Andromeda galaxy has expanded by consuming stars from smaller galaxies, research shows. Sou … more →
tuesdaymidnight wrote 2 months ago: Suppose there is intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe. The odds, of course, are greatly in fa … more →
santitafarella wrote 2 months ago: An image of the Andromeda Galaxy from a book published in 1899: The Andromeda Galaxy is still there. … more →
necohofa wrote 5 months ago: ARCA series returns to Kansas Speedway on Oct. 1 – Kansas City Star Kansas Speedway confirmed … more →
metousiosis wrote 5 months ago: What an incredible photograph… From Wikipedia: Photo of M31, Andromeda Galaxy, from bedfordnig … more →
Vincent Safuto wrote 6 months ago: It was kind of a bittersweet night last Saturday at the “Sidewalk Astronomy” event in Lakewood Ranch … more →
noseycow wrote 8 months ago: The Highland Astronomical society are planning a half marathon faint fuzzie spotting session , over … more →
BobG in Vancouver wrote 10 months ago: Image by makelessnoise via Flickr Changes are what it’s mostly about these days in DC and in a … more →
Editor wrote 10 months ago: > CIA operatives baffled with Obama’s pick of budget guy to run spy agency > Astronomers … more →
David Spira wrote 10 months ago: It turns out that the Milky Way (mmm Milky Way) is bigger than originally thought. Fifty percent big … more →
jacob1207 wrote 10 months ago: Artist's conception of what the Milky Way looks like from above the galactic plane. Click to enl … more →
aamerriaz wrote 1 year ago: The Andromeda Galaxy ( also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224; is a spiral galaxy approximately 2 … more →