Astronomy
What I Learned Writing ‘Night Sky with the Naked Eye’
My book Night Sky with the Naked Eye publishes today. It would have never seen the light of day much less…
Messier 26 – The NGC 6694 Open Star Cluster
Located in the direction of the Scutum Constellation, about 5,000 light years from Earth, is the open star cluster known…
A Pulsar and White Dwarf Dance Together In A Surprising Orbit
The discovery of a millisecond pulsar orbiting a low-mass white dwarf star has astronomers puzzled, mainly because its orbit defies…
The Orbit of the Moon
The Orbit of the Moon is strange, which gives rise to changes in its appearance. It is also slowly changing,…
The Cancer Constellation
Located in the Zodiac, the asterism known as Cancer is a medium-sized and relatively faint constellation, and one of 88…
Beautiful Planetary Rings Are Dead Dwarf Planets! Dead Dwarf Planets!!!
A new study from a team of Japanese researchers shows that the rings of the gas giants might be the…
NASA’s New Asteroid Alert System Gives 5 Whole Days of Warning
NASA's Scout Program for the early detection of asteroids passed it's first test, giving us 5 days notice of 2016…
Watch Asteroid 2016 VA Pass Through Earth’s Shadow
Holy low-flying space rocks, Batman. Newly discovered asteroid 2016 VA snuck up on us last night, and crossed through the…
How Many Galaxies Are There in the Universe?
Did you hear that the Universe has 10x the number of galaxies? How did astronomers discover this, and what does…