Many people's initial exposure to science is through astronomy, and they are inspired by that first look through a telescope or their first glimpse of a Hubble image. Several software packages are ...

[The Desktop Project is my attempt to clear off all the amazing images I’ve been collecting on my computer’s desktop over the past few weeks - I’ll post one great picture every day until they’re gone.

[I have a lot of astronomy pictures I’ve saved to my computer’s desktop, so I’ve pledged to post one every day in an attempt to regain control of my machine. I call this my Desktop Project.] Mars is a ...