Bob King
Search Narrows For Planet Nine
US astronomers announced last month they may have found a ninth planet beyond Neptune, but conceded they had no idea…
Your Favorite Planet May Soon Turn Up In The Mail
Pluto has been explored, and now the USPS has released new stamps to celebrate this accomplishment. And that's not all,…
Does Antarctica Have A Hidden Layer Of Meteorites Below Its Surface?
A team of University of Manchester researchers proposes an intriguing answer to the puzzle of why we've found precious few…
Hubble Directly Measures Rotation of Cloudy ‘Super-Jupiter’
Astronomers use the Hubble Space Telescope to pin down the rotation rate of an exoplanet 170 light years from Earth…
Send Your Sweetie An Out-Of-This-World Valentine
Looking for a cosmic way to say "I love you" this Valentine's Day? Let Mars, Pluto and Bennu help you…
NASA Says Indian Event Was Not Meteorite
On Feb. 6th a bus driver in India was reportedly struck and killed by a falling meteorite. Did this really…
Peculiar ‘Cauliflower Rocks’ May Hold Clues To Ancient Mars Life
An Arizona State University research team hypothesizes that strange "cauliflower-shaped" rocks discovered by the Spirit Rover in 2008 may have…
Space Station Back At Dusk / See Orion’s Curlicue and Five Dawn Planets
Here are some cool things to look for in the night sky this coming week including many passes of the…
Viewing Guide to the 2015 Geminid Meteor Shower
2015 looks like a fantastic year for the Geminids. With the Moon just 3 days past new and setting at the end…