Space Porn

A team of astronomers at Johns Hopkins University recently used space and ground-based telescopes to capture the death of a star that was "shredded" by the gravity of a supermassive black hole.  This violent event itself was no space oddity. Black holes routinely swallow stars. Yet it is rare ... Read More

If you saw Martin Scorcese's film Hugo you will no doubt remember the homage to the iconic 1902 Georges Méliès film A Trip to the Moon . The film depicts a lunar voyage by six astronomers who travel in a bullet-shaped space capsule that hits the Man in the Moon square in the eye.  A Trip to the ... Read More

With its space shuttle program grounded, NASA has found a great way to stay relevant with its daily release of images and videos, which we are happy to serve up to you in this blog whenever we come across something particular spectacular in the cosmos. For instance, the video below is an animation ... Read More

The Red Planet will be the closest distance to Earth in over two years tonight in an event called The Mars Opposition. That means martian features and polar caps will be as visible as it gets.  Slooh, the robotic telescope that offers real-time web-based views of space, will be bringing you the ... Read More

The largest solar storm in seven years is expected to peak tomorrow, threatening GPS signals and the electrical grid. The cloud of particles streaming from the sun is headed for the Earth at 4.5 million mph and is set to hit us at around 9:00 a.m. EST tomorrow. The faster the radiation travels ... Read More