Knowledge Bomb: NASA Releases New WISE Mission Catalog of Entire Infrared Sky

PASADENA — NASA unveiled a new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky today showing more than a half billion stars, galaxies and other objects captured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer… Read More →

Knowledge Bomb: Week long sun-spots continue!

I came across this in my regular NASA and other scientific scannings this morning and HAD to share it with everyone – the image alone makes it worthwhile! But also I have to… Read More →

Knowledge Bomb: Revisiting the ‘Pillars of Creation’

Found this awesome celestial imagery over at NASA and simply had to share it with everyone who drops in here! I remember seeing the original 1995 image and being in awe of it… Read More →

Knowledge Bomb: Chandra Finds Fastest Wind From Stellar-Mass Black Hole

This latest from the good folks at NASA is truly remarkable and something out of science fiction and wildest fantasy! Just imagine it: A Black hole that literally pulling a sun (or some… Read More →

Knowledge Bomb: Smaller than Uranus (snicker, snort!)

Okay, so I’m a little childish – but come on, some stuff just is flat out funny and it being a MONDAY and all that I thought everyone could use an additional moment… Read More →

Knowledge Bomb: Milky-way’s black hole eats asteroids!!

The giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be vaporizing and devouring asteroids, which could explain the frequent flares observed, according to astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray… Read More →