What’s Up This Week – October 24 – October 30, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers... I'd once again like to express my thanks to the hundreds who took the time to write.…
Book Review: Year of the Comets
Everyone has their own personal reason for taking up astronomy. Some want to make it a career. Others need to…
Astrophoto: Southern Star Trails by Anton Nel
Anton Nel took this star trail image of the South Celestial Pole in mid-August from Witsand ("White Sands") Nature Reserve…
Podcast: Astrophotography with Tom Davis
My guest today is an amateur astrophotographer named Tom Davis. Those of you who subscribe to the Universe Today newsletter…
Podcast: Astrophotography with Tom Davis
My guest today is an amateur astrophotographer named Tom Davis. Those of you who subscribe to the Universe Today newsletter…
Astrophoto: Northern Lights by Andrzej Baran
Andrzej Baran took this beautiful picture of the Northern Lights above the Skibotn Observatory, close to Tromso, Norway - the…
Mars Once Had Plate Tectonics
NASA scientists have found evidence that Mars once had plate tectonics reshaping its surface. Data from Mars Global Surveyor has…
Planets Could Be Common Around Brown Dwarfs
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what could be the early stages of planets forming around a failed star. The…
Middle Latitude Clouds on Titan Are Familiar
For the most part, Titan is an alien world with methane rain, lakes of hydrocarbons, and very little that reminds…
Final Titan 4 Launches
A Titan 4B rocket carrying a classified cargo for the National Reconnaissance Office blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base…