Syndication Service Offline for a While
For various reasons, I've decided to take my syndication feed offline while I think of a new solution. Hopefully this…
What’s Up this Week: July 31 – August 6, 2006
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you chasing Comet 177/P 2006 M3 (Barnard 2)? If so, I'd like to hear your comments…
Crashing Into the Moon… On Purpose
It might sound hard to believe, but dozens of spacecraft have crashed themselves onto the surface of the Moon. All…
Strange Difference Between Gamma Ray Bursts and Quasars
Look at a quasar and a gamma ray burst - two of the most luminous objects in the Universe -…
Electrical Dust Storms Could Make Life on Mars Impossible
New research is suggesting that planet-wide dust storms on Mars could create a snow of corrosive chemicals toxic to life.…
No, Mars Won’t Look as Big as the Moon in August
Have you gotten a copy of the email yet? If you haven't, you probably will. Forwarded from a friend, forwarded…
Saturn’s Ring Spokes are Back
Nope, that's not an error in the photograph. The ghostly white stripe in Saturn's rings was captured by Cassini on…
The Largest Structure in the Universe
Astronomers have used the Subaru and Keck telescopes to discover gigantic filaments of galaxies stretching across 200 million light-years in…
Liquid Methane Drizzles Down on Titan
New research from NASA, published in the journal Nature suggests that it's always raining on Titan. Not thunderstorms, but a…
Starburst Galaxy NGC 908
This photograph of galaxy NGC 908 was taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. This spiral galaxy was…