Back Alley Astronomy

Figure 1. Notable stars in the Sun’s back yard, inside a radius of 10 parsecs (32.6 light years). Stars whose names appear in light bl...

The sad news broke this afternoon. By now it's been around the world a few times. The Kepler spacecraft has suffered serious equipment...

Figure 1. Artist’s view of Kepler-62f, a likely terrestrial planet orbiting in the habitable zone of an amber K2 star located about 36...