Bob King
How to Photograph Tonight’s Spectacular Triple-Play Conjunction
Tonight the thin, 2-day-old crescent Moon will join Venus and Mars in the western sky at dusk for one of…
When Light Just Isn’t Fast Enough
Take a speed of light trip across the solar system starting at the Sun We've heard it over and over.…
An Even Closer View of Ceres Shows Multiple White Spots Now
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of the mysterious dwarf planet world Ceres. These latest images,…
Rosetta to Snuggle Up to Comet 67P for Closest Encounter Yet
Who doesn't like to snuggle up with their Valentine on Valentine's Day? Rosetta will practically whisper sweet nothings into 67P's…
Jupiter and the Full Snow Moon Come Together In a Beautiful Conjunction Tonight
The Full Moon celebrates Jupiter's coming opposition by accompanying the bright planet in a beautiful conjunction tonight. Even last night Jupiter and…
Rosetta Sees Fascinating Changes in Comet 67P
It only makes sense. Sunlight heats a comet and causes ice to vaporize. This leads to changes in the appearance…
Awesome New Radar Images of Asteroid 2004 BL86
New video of 2004 BL86 and its moon Newly processed images of asteroid 2004 BL86 made during its brush with Earth Monday…
What Asteroid 2004 BL86 and Hawaii Have in Common
At first glance, you wouldn't think Hawaii has any connection at all with asteroid 2004 BL86, the one that missed Earth by…
News Flash: Asteroid Flying Past Earth Today Has Mini-Moon!
Wonderful news! Asteroid 2004 BL86, which passed closest to Earth today at a distance of 750,000 miles (1.2 million km),…
Latest Research Reveals a Bizarre and Vibrant Rosetta’s Comet
We've subsisted for months on morsels of information coming from ESA's mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Now, a series of scientific papers in…