My Dad’s Treehouse
I know this has nothing to do with space exploration, but my Dad posted a video of his trip up…
Space Shuttle Loses Battle of Launch Dates
[/caption] It's the old shuttle shuffle. The launch of Atlantis for the STS-129 mission has been pushed back by four…
Giant Impact Near India — Not Mexico — May Have Killed Dinosaurs
[/caption] A huge, mysterious basin off the coast of India could be the largest, multi-ringed impact crater ever found on…
HARPS Discovers 32 New Exoplanets
[/caption] Astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system with the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better…
Opportunity Discovers Still Another Meteorite! Find It on Google Mars
[/caption] Mackinac on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/ colorization by Stuart Atkinson Opportunity must be driving down Meteorite Alley on Mars. The…
Moon Crash Plume Visible to Spacecraft But Not Earth Telescopes
Nine science instruments on board the LCROSS spacecraft captured the entire crash sequence of the Centaur impactor before the spacecraft…
Satellite Finder
[/caption] There are some amazing resources on the Internet that will let you track and find satellites in the sky.…
Hot Crescent Rolls… A Bubble?
[/caption] The Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888, is a very well renown and most intriguing object located in…
Request For Twilight Observations of U Scorpii
Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 367 and Special Notices 127 and 141, the AAVSO requests twilight observations of the recurrent…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – October 16-18, 2009
[/caption] Greetings, fellow Stargazers! Were you up early this morning? If so, you were greeted by an awesome scene, much…