The Total Solar Eclipse Down Under: How to Watch it from Anywhere in the World
Scientists and interested skywatchers have been flocking to Cairns, Australia to witness one of the most spellbinding astronomical sights: a…
Astrophoto: Deep Sky Treasury
The view of the Paranal Observatory: Credit: ESO/Babak Tafreshi A new image captures the stunning view of the night sky…
A Primer on Cosmic Sprinklers
The planetary nebula Fleming 1, as seen with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/H. Boffin The neat thing about planetary…
Here There Be Planets: Stellar Disk Gap May Reveal Newborn Worlds
HiCIAO near-infrared image of the protoplanetary disk around PDS 70. The circular mask hides the star itself, as well as…
Swirling Vortex and Mini Moons: Spectacular Views of the Little Things Around Saturn
High-altitude clouds in Titan's seasonal south polar swirl glow dimly in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. With wild storms…
Curiosity Rover Update: Sniffing Mars’ Atmosphere
What has Curiosity been up to lately? The rover's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments makes up more than half…
This is Awesome: U.S. Space Team’s “Up Goer Five”
xkcd presents a Saturn V schematic using the 1,000 most used English words (xkcd.com) Randall Munroe at xkcd did it…
Carnival of Space #275
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at Next Big Future. Click here to read Carnival of…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: November 12-18, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! While we might have to contend with the Moon again, it's still going to be a very…
Radiation Belt Mission Renamed to Honor James Van Allen
The recently launched Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission, which is studying the Van Allen radiation belts, has now been…