Bob King
360 Degrees of Milky Way at Your Fingertips
Touring the Milky Way's a blast with this brand new 360-degree interactive panorama. More than 2 million infrared photos taken…
Happy Equinox! – A Perfect Time to See the Zodiacal Light
Welcome to the first day of spring! If you have a clear night between now and April 1, celebrate the…
Clouds May Scotch Tomorrow’s Rare Erigone-Regulus Occultation
North America's brightest predicted asteroid occultation may be one-upped by a much bigger occultation - a solid blanket of clouds.…
Zoom to the Moon’s North Pole with this Incredible New Gigapixel Map
OMG - breathtaking! That was my reaction when I clicked on this incredible new interactive map of the moon's north…
Till Hellas Freezes Over – See Frost and Clouds in Mars’ Largest Crater
Earth's changing weather always makes life interesting. Seeing weather on other planets through a telescope we sense a kinship between…
New Comet Jacques May Pass 8.4 million miles from Venus this July
Congratulations to Cristovao Jacques and the SONEAR team! On March 13 they snared C/2014 E2 (Jacques) in CCD images taken with a…
Watch a Bright Star Disappear Behind the Moon Monday Night
Ever dabbled in the occult? You'll have your chance Monday night March 10 when the waxing gibbous moon glides in…
Rocket Launches Into an Aurora to Study Auroral Swirls
If you've ever wondered what makes the aurora take on the amazing forms it does you've got company. Marilia Samara…
‘Moby Dick’ Asteroid 2000 EM26 is Missing – Help Astronomers Find It
Yesterday evening you may have dropped by to watch Slooh's live coverage of asteroid 2000 EM26 as it passed just 8.8…
Happy 1st Anniversary Chelyabinsk! The Fireball that Woke Up the World
Wonder and terror. Every time I watch the dashcam videos of the Chelyabinsk fireball it sends chills down my spine.…