Your Chance to Weigh in on NASA’s Future Destinations
Where do you think NASA's next destination should be in space? Asteroid? The Moon? Mars? The Planetary Society is hosting…
Carnival of Space #162: World Cup/Eclipse Edition
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Paul Sutherland at Skymania. Click here to read the Carnival of Space…
Hubble, Bubble, Toil and Star Formation
[/caption] OK, that headline doesn't rhyme, but this incredible new Hubble image looks like a witch's cauldron of an exotic…
Conduct Virtual Explorations of Mars with New WorldWide Telescope Feature
[/caption] Love 3-D imagery of Mars? There's now a firehose just for you! The WorldWide Telescope has teamed up with…
Dying Star or Beautiful Bird?
[/caption] What a gorgeous new Hubble image! At first glance this object looks like a beautiful, giant, translucent bird. But…
Searching for the Elusive Type Ia Supernovae Progenitors
[/caption] Astronomers have Type Ia supernovae pretty well figured out. The way these exploding stars brighten and then dim are…
Rosetta Meets Asteroid Lutetia
[/caption] Over the weekend, the Rosetta spacecraft flew by asteroid Lutetia, returning the first close up images of this battered,…
Bright Outburst of QZ Virginis In Progress…
According to AAVSO Special Notice #212: "Hiroshi Matsuyama (MTH), Kanimbla, Queensland, Australia, reports and Rod Stubbings (SRX), Tetoora Road, Victoria,…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Coloring In The Oort Cloud
[/caption] It's possible that if we do eventually observe the hypothetical objects that make up the hypothetical Oort cloud, they…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 9-11, 2010
Greetings, Fellow SkyWatchers! Is it hot enough for you where you live? Not if you're in the southern hemisphere... But…