Perseid Meteor Shower 2016
This year is an 'outburst' year for the Perseid Meteor Shower. What does that mean? Where should you look? What are meteors? Read on below and enjoy some meteors!
What’s Up August 2016
Here’s your latest issue of What’s New? Your Monthly Astronomy News. #KtSeery #WhatsNew For more information on these stories: First Juno view of Jupiter: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-spacecraft-sends-first-in-orbit-view Exoplanet with 3...
It’s that Perseid Time of Year
It’s that time of year again, the time when Earth zips through the dusty debris of comet Swift/Tuttle resulting in a pretty spiffy display of meteors flashing through the night sky, for those lucky enough to have both clear AND dark skies overhead. Yes, it’s time for...
Under Construction
Sometimes change is unexpected. Yesterday we had an unfortunate chain reaction of Wordpress updates (an auto update forced a manual update, that required a bigger update, ...). The end result was our customised theme no longer worked, and the site wouldn't load. We...
Help Us Improve CosmoQuest!
Our goal here at CosmoQuest is to create a community of people wanting to work together to understand the universe; a community of people doing science and who can explain why what they do matters. We have resources available to help others get involved with...
Citizen Science in SPAAAAAACE!
Hey folks, we know that you love citizen science! And while we at CosmoQuest are working on revamping our old projects and ramping up our new projects, we'd like to share some great opportunities for you to branch out your citizen science work! Over at PLOS Blogs,...
Carnival of Space #468-469
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by me, Susie Murph, over at Universe Today. Check out this week's sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #468-9. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s...
Missing Craters: A Ceres Mystery
Who would have expected a mystery on Ceres? The largest asteroid in the belt located between Mars and Jupiter seems fairly straightforward. The scientists expected similar results to the ones they gleaned from the study of Vesta, another asteroid being studied by...
First 3D Tools Printed in Space!
Earlier this summer, astronauts on the ISS accomplished a task that was previously only done on scifi TV shows - they ordered a tool from a computer, and the computer created it on the spot. While not nearly as quick or fancy as Star Trek's replicators, the Additive...
The Woman Who Put Men On The Moon
This infographic from Luke Kingman at Futurism tells the story of Margaret Hamilton, one of the world's first software engineers. Her code saved the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Visit Futurism.com here to see the whole work!
Join the Crew!
Escape Velocity Space News