The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens Credit & Copyright: J. Rhoads (ASU) et al., WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSFExplanation: Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image.

... to be seen clearly with the naked eye. During these instances, Leica spotting scopes would be much more functional because they have stronger zoom capabilities that provide a more vivid picture of the distant birds. Usually, Kowa spotting scopes should be set on tripods for steadiness. The reasons why angled spotting scopes are preferred: * Birding partners can share more conveniently. ...

... look at Titan's insides reveals even more oddities: Beneath the brittle crust of ice lies a layer of slush. Deeper still is an underground ocean over a solid core of rock and ice. This new picture is based on measurements of Titan's gravity field. The measurements were made by clocking the speed of the NASA-ESA Cassini orbiter with extreme precision—gaguing how many five-thousands of a ...

... “Jupiter-sized” planet, and its picture is worth … well, you know the cliche, so let’s just say it’s ... . Berkeley astronomer and adjunct associate professor of astronomy (try saying that five times fast) Paul Kalas and his team members ... , 2008, and May 31, 2009.” OK, OK, not too shabby. The picture along with the paper written about it will earn the team $25,000 ...

... reveal what was previously unseen. Yeah... so that might take a while. This is the first batch of photos they've released and they're pretty damn cool. According to a professional nerd at Bad Astronomy, WISE makes Hubble look like a bitch. It's a little more technical than that, but it's essentially because WISE can grab bigger pictures of the sky and do it all over the infrared ...

... the free Virtual Moon program. Video astronomy was much rarer back in 1961. Hence this image of Gil ... technical expertise through his work. The back of this picture is inscribed: Armchair Astronomy! A prominent member of the Belfield ... night at about that time. What impressed most was the equipment visible in the picture in the right foreground for tracking artificial satellites. There was a row ...

... you can find out what each said-- and how each explained their research in 30 seconds or less.  For the big picture, the stories of why ordinary, sane people become astronomers, it turns out we get bit by the astronomy bug early. Either in elementary school, we've already decided, or in high school, we get inspired.  ...

... unusual shapes originate from fine interstellar dust reacting in complex ways with the energetic light and hot gas being expelled by the young stars. The brightest star on the right of the above picture is S Mon, while the region just above it has been nicknamed the Fox Fur Nebula for its color and structure. The blue glow directly surrounding S Mon results from reflection, where neighboring dust ...

... , my favorite source of friendly astronomy-news commentary, Phil Plait (BadAstronomy.com) published a post regarding a new picture taken by Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut on ... around 400km above the Earth. Actually, we might be able to see the pyramids from 30,000km if we have better resolution in the picture, but the farther out you go, the harder it is to make up items on the Earth’s surface. ...

How much in scientific conclusion is speculation, and how much realistic? This image is from today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). APOD: 2010 March 14 - Binary Black Hole in 3C 75 The caption reads: Quote: Explanation: What's happening in the middle of ...

... now, the ISRO has been launching some outstanding Earth-orbiting satellites, some for astronomy and some for observing the Earth itself. In all of our discussions about the exploration of other bodies in the solar system and ... at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston: “The emerging picture from the multiple measurements and resulting data of the instruments on lunar missions indicates ...

... when they wrote that, didn't you, Mr. Vidal? Because the marvelous is right in front of us. Yesterday's Astronomy Picture of the Day was this shot, from 2005, of Saturn. Looking at one picture like this, what strikes me is just how much we can learn about our giant, ringed neighbor just by looking at this shot. (Click here for ...

... community -- enjoy! @NLSI recommends APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day), and has this breathtaking view of the night ... site for some nice spacey backgrounds, and has a classic picture of STS-71/Mir on his desktop now. (Matt, ... space. You can view the photos that he has taken during the mission so far, which includes this very popular picture of Endeavour (and my current background image): I' ...

... Superdawg and Garrett’s Popcorn. you look quite different in your banner compared to the picture with you in sunglasses. Yeah, I know. I don’t like either of those pictures. I need to redesign this ... your links on the sidebar. Do you make those all yourself? What program do you use? They are taken from the archives of Astronomy Picture of the Day and inspired by Tavi. I cropped them ...

... and thirteen million light years distant from APOD Astronomy Picture of the day. Crop the image to 1359 x 1037 ... the square corners provided courtesy of Microsoft Picture Manager. 1359 squared is 1846881, 1037 squared ... no image width scale without which it remains a pretty picture with absolutely no scientific value whatever!! With good sky maps available, ...