Technically, we still haven’t imaged the actual black hole…

26 Sep 201924 Sep 2019

Alright, that's not just nitpicking, that's misunderstanding what language is for. This, right there, with its global network of collaborators turning their telescopes on the same object at given times,…

Now, I’ve seen everything!

22 Aug 201922 Aug 2019

I found an image by the Hubble telescope that I had, in fact, not seen yet. And what an amazing one it is, too! I dare you to go to…

No comet

8 Aug 20198 Aug 2019

You know what strikes me about asteroid Gault (6478)? Astronomers believe it might be disintegrating due to the sunlight's effect on its spin velocity. Yes, I just wrote that. Photons,…

Going to Mars…

20 Jun 201910 Jun 2019

In economy, there is a rather rough concept called "sunk costs". Going to #moononmars may just very well lead to the James Webb Space Telescope and others being considered sunk…

8-micron green

7 Mar 20196 Mar 2019

Messier 81 - the Green Monster of the universe. Or is it the Green Lantern of the universe? Green oasis? Green party? Other green things? Ok, seriously now. You probably…

Peering into that deep sky

30 Nov 201828 Nov 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDtKcvGcOo The video above shows you old galaxies. Really old galaxies. It's been put together based on images taken by the Hubble Telescope. I sometimes snarl at my TV, when…

Kepler’s dead

23 Nov 201810 Nov 2018

I apologize. That title is horrible. If it did get you to click on the article, please do not feel bad about yourself, or about me. This refers to the…

If humans could see magnetic fields…

5 Oct 201828 Nov 2018

I am never really sure what to write or say about ESA's Planck mission. So, I let ESA's moderator of the comment section below the image at the source link…

Zooming in on a sunspot

28 Sep 201829 Nov 2018

There are two conclusions one can draw from an image like this, which shows a sunspot close up. 1. Apart from NASA's IRIS telescope, which is space-bourne, ground-based telescopes have…