Sorry for not posting yesterday and today. My little daughter has got chickenpox, and I'm taking care of her. Trying to keep her from scratching herself... it's a battle! I might be able to post tomorrow. While I'm away, check out...

Astronauts working outside the International Space Station on one of the trusses at the Earth side. When they passed over Europe, at least one of the spacewalkers were captured with a telescope from the Netherlands

Well, the WISE infrared all-sky satellite may be delayed until Monday, but the new infrared southern sky survey telescope VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) right here on Earth has gone online and released its first few...

An international team of scientists has observed four super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies, which may provide new information on how these central black hole systems operate. These super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies are...

A distant galaxy with a giant black hole in its center has been acting up recently, emitting extremely bright flashes of gamma ray light. The flares began Sept. 15, making the galaxy currently the brightest source of gamma rays in the sky and boosting...