20+ hour, 1+ min ago   (471+ words) Dear readers, faithful companions of the lantern and the basketball, There are evenings when the astronomer in me no longer contents himself with measuring, calculating, demonstrating. There are evenings when the silent contemplation of the starry vault gives rise to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (593+ words) Dear readers, faithful companions of the lantern and the basketball, Allow me to take a moment to tell you what Switzerland is, beyond the clichés of chocolate and mountains. Our nation was born of an oath. In 1291, three cantons — Uri,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (396+ words) “Tasman Arc” by Luke Tscharke, Nightscapes, Honorable Mention Category, David Malin Awards 2026 “The Wishing Tree”, Luke Rasmussen, Nightscapes, Honorable Mention Category, David Malin Awards 2026 “Milky Way and Zodiacal Light”, Lucy Yunxi Hu, Honorable Mention, Nightscapes (International) Category, David Malin Awards…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (138+ words) A new study reports the discovery that the exoplanet LHS 1140 b is a rocky planet with an atmosphere that is situated in the habitable zone of its star, a red dwarf. As such, the planet has a reasonable chance of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (345+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. Newly discovered on May 10, this Apollo class asteroid measuring up to 115 feet (35 meters) in diameter is due to make its closest approach to Earth…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (144+ words) Image of Supernova SN 2025wny. Multiple images are caused by gravitational lensing. Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site’s best, funniest, most mojo’d & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!!...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (213+ words) launched OTD in 1990, on Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-31 mission. 36 years and 5 servicing missions later, with only 2 out of 6 gyros now operational, Hubble is still going strong, unfolding the mysteries of the Universe from its perch 540 km above earth....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (148+ words) On the morning of April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The following day, the state-of-the-art telescope was deployed from the shuttle into low Earth orbit. More than three decades later, Hubble remains…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (109+ words) Daily Kos White to move and mate in two #804 - The Cosmic Puppets ‘Thank God,’ Barton whispered hoarsely. He staggered back and threw himself flat. The plucking feelers of filth, the extensions of Ahriman, were sliding and oozing over the side…...