NASA Captures ‘Night-Shining’ Noctilucent Clouds
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
by AJ Plunkett
The night-shining clouds are back and as beautiful as ever.
NASA posted a few photos of these noctilucent clouds on its website recently, including this one.
Posts Tagged: Astronomy
NASA’s ‘Spy’ Satellites to Snoop Outer Space
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
by Jason Taetsch
It’s not everyday that the phrase, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, can be applied to the space industry. But last week news broke that NASA will receive an unforeseen boost from the hardships of the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office in the form of two powerful telescopes designed for satellite imagery. Read more.
Picking the Brain of a Sci-Fi Scientist
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Let’s take a break from science fact for a minute to get behind the scenes of a whole new world for the UrtheCast blog — science fiction.
Recently, we decided to pick the brain of Dr. Kevin Grazier, former NASA scientist and science advisor on television programs such as Battlestar Galactica and Eureka, in order to peer further into the world of sci-fi. First off, why exactly does sci-fi (and space in particular) intrigue us so much?
Buckyballs: Mini Spaceballs Make Major Headlines
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Buckyballs are everywhere. You couldn’t open a news browser last week without seeing the usually modest spaceballs splashed across your screen.
Last week, it was reported that NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope detected a massive cloud of buckyballs speeding through space, 6,500 lightyears away. This week we’re learning a little more about what these intriguing orbs have to offer… namely, the building blocks of life.
Alien Planets and Beyond: Highlights from an Astronomy Conference
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
This week’s astronomy conference contained some major findings presented by the brightest stars of the space science and astronomy world. These astronomers and scientists congregated from all corners of the globe in Austin, Texas, from January 8 to 12, for what was heralded as the ‘Super Bowl’ of Astronomy.
Telescope Array Field. Credit: Shutterstock.com
Held in the summer and winter of each year, this season’s conference had the potential for scientific buzz, and it delivered. In the face of a floundering economy and numerous cut-backs, the 219th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting left a nice array of impressive discoveries in it’s wake: