Astronomers are keeping an eye on a moving body ca...  ...asteroid and the debate over intervention at Bad Astronomy . Link

(YouTube link) This video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows plasma spinning around on the surface of the sun, looking a lot like what we'd call tornadoes. Except these whirls are as large as our entire plan...

(vimeo link) Get a good look at the workings of the Keck Observatory atop atop Mauna Kea volcano in Hawai'i. I can't say I understand what's going on, but it sure looks impressive! The topper is the infinitely appropr...

(vimeo link) You've seen time-lapse videos of t...  ...ebsite. Link -via Geeks Are Sexy See also: Bad Astronomy

(YouTube link) An "image enhancement engineer" explains how he cleans up images of outer space so we can make out the details. His most common challenge? Photobombers. -via Buzzfeed...

This is not the first picture you've seen of t...  ...ory’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), a 4.1 meter telescope in Chile. Equipped...  ...tails about the Eye of Sauron Helix Nebula at Bad Astronomy

The semi-annual meeting of the American Astron...  ...him pictures, which he put into a gallery at Bad Astronomy . Each has a link to more information about the pi...

This photograph of Saturn was taken by the Cassini spacecraft in December. The rings are completely horizontal, and appear as a razor-thin line in the middle. The shadows of those rings are evident on the planet. And tha...

Last week, Phil Plait posted his year-end gall...  ...d and asymmetric. See the other 23 images at Bad Astronomy

On July 14, 2015, the spacecraft New Horizons will come within 7,767 miles of (former planet) Pluto. The probe has been traveling for six years already, covering a million kilometers every day, and broke a record on Frid...