SkyWatcher Alert: Pleiades Occultation on April 8
Sure. For those of us who hang around the night sky, we know the Pleiades and the Moon frequently venture…
Meteorites Make a Big Splash on Mars: New Images of Secondary Craters by HiRISE
They look like pockmarks caused by shrapnel from a huge explosion. Actually they are surface features on Mars as seen…
Did a Cooked Meteorite Seed Life on Earth?
Earth, four billion years ago, was a lifeless, hot and violent place. Not exactly a world where you'd expect life…
Supernova Precursor Discovered in Spiral Galaxy NGC 2397
It's a bit like trying to find a needle in a haystack when looking for a star in a galaxy.…
Carnival of Space #48
Slightly delayed, but the Carnival of Space is here again. This week, it's hosted over at Next Big Future, with…
UK “Time Machine” Reveals The Formation Of Distant Galaxies
If you thought the Hubble Deep Field galaxy photo was the most incredible thing you've ever seen, wait until you…
Star Formation Extinguished by Quasars
According to new research, a galaxy with a quasar in the middle is not a good place to grow up.…
Report: Constellation Program Has Serious Issues
NASA is facing some serious problems, and whether these problems are perception or truth remains to be seen. A government…
Rocks Roll on Mars Too: New Images From HiRISE
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has done it again. When the…
What’s Up – The Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Right now is a splendid time of year for those who live in high northern latitudes to…