Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – April 16-22, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's International Dark Skies Week and a great time to enjoy astronomy! We'll start off with…
Scientists Suggest Evidence of Recent Lunar Volcanism
[/caption] A team of researchers at India's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) claims it has found evidence of relatively recent volcanic…
See Big and Bright Saturn at Opposition This Weekend
[/caption] Now is the time to take a look at the planet Saturn, as the ringed planet will be at…
Intelligent Alien Dinosaurs?
I for one welcome our alien dinosaur overlords…maybe. Dinosaurs once roamed and ruled the Earth. Is it possible that similar…
Thin Skinned and Wrinkled, Mercury is Full of Surprises
[/caption] Until relatively recently, Mercury was one of the most poorly understood planets in the inner solar system. The MESSENGER…
Hubble Reveals Curious Auroras on Uranus
[/caption] Astronomers have finally succeeded in capturing the first Earth-based images of the curious and fleeting auroras of Uranus using…
Poetry from the Space Station
[/caption] Astronaut Don Pettit is not only a scientist and on-orbit fix-it guy extraordinaire, but he is also a poet.…
Breaking News – Controversial North Korean Rocket Launch Apparently Fails in Flight
[/caption] North Korea has just gone ahead with their announced intentions to defy international warnings and launched the highly controversial…
A Galaxy’s Bulge Divulges Its Spin
[/caption] Although somewhat blobby and deformed, this is in fact a spiral galaxy, located in the southern constellation Hydra. Imaged…
Asteroid Lutetia Flyby Animation
In today's Weekly Space Hangout, Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society mentioned an animation of recently released images from the…