David Dickinson
Watch Asteroid 1998 OR2 Zip Past Earth This Week
A fascinating asteroid nammed 1998 OR2 pays our neck of the inner solar system a visit early Wednesday morning, and…
Catching the Peak of the 2020 April Lyrids
Stuck at home with clear skies? We’re all in a similar situation, as the ongoing pandemic sees most of the…
Comet Y4 ATLAS Breaks Up…Enter Comet F8 SWAN
When it comes to comets, the only thing that is certain is the orbit. Though the cosmos has yet to…
Study Finds Bizarre Exoplanet Orbits for Binary Stars
There’s an iconic scene in the original Star Wars movie where Luke Skywalker looks out over the desert landscape of…
New Find Shows Uranus Loses Atmosphere to its Magnetic Field
NASA’s researchers at the Goddard Space Flight Center recently did just that, looking at Voyager 2’s lone encounter with the…
Following Comet Y1 ATLAS: the ‘Lost Comet’ of Spring
Got clear skies? If you’re like us, you’ve been putting the recent pandemic-induced exile to productive use, and got out…
Dawn Patrol: Following this Month’s ‘March of the Planets’
Are you hanging out at home this week, and looking to observe some naked eye planets? As we mentioned last…
Astronomers Spot Rare Brown Dwarf Pair
Sometimes, the strangest stellar finds are right in our own cosmic neighborhood. Astronomers recently made an interesting discovery while putting…
Following the Inner Worlds: Mercury and Venus in 2020
Where have all the planets gone in early 2020? While all of the naked eye planets are hiding in the…
XMM Newton Catches a Tiny Flare Star in Action
Sometimes, even small stars can pack a mighty punch. And in the case of a flare star, the results can…