Astronomy
See a Flirtatious Lunar Eclipse This Friday Night
This Friday evening watch the Moon tippy-toe right up to Earth's inner shadow for a sweet penumbral eclipse.
Juno Buzzes Jupiter a mere 4,300 Km’s above the Cloud Tops
Juno recently conducted its fourth close flyby of Jupiter (a perijovian maneuver), and NASA is once again seeking public input…
The Race To Image Exoplanets Heats Up!
Thanks to the deployment of the Kepler mission, thousands of extrasolar planet candidates have been discovered. Using a variety of…
The Cassiopeia Constellation
In the northern skies (recognizable from its W shape) is the familiar constellation of Cassiopeia, one of the 48 traditional…
A Novel Concept For Braking Breakthrough Starshot
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have come up with an interesting way to slow down Starshot's mission to Alpha…
Superbowl Smackdown: Watch the Moon Occult Aldebaran on Sunday
Sure, this Superbowl Sunday brings with it the promise of sacks, fumbles and tackles... but have you ever seen the…
What is the Weather like on Mars?
Martian weather is both fascinating and extreme, involving such things as dry ice snows, planet-wide dust storms, and aurorae.
Vortex Coronagraph A Game Changer For Seeing Close In Exoplanets
A new instrument installed on the Keck Observatory allows astronomers to see exoplanets that are very close to their stars.
What is a Planet?
The concept of a planet has evolved considerably over time, thanks to ongoing discoveries and refinements in the field of…
Messier 33 – The Triangulum Galaxy
Located in the Triangulum constellation, about 3 million light-years from Earth, is the Triangulum Galaxy (aka. Messier 33).