Astronomy
What’s Up in the Night Skies for January 2013?
Jane Houston Jones from JPL provides a video preview of the night skies in the first month of the new…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 279: The Hubble Constant
When Edwin Hubble observed that distant galaxies are speeding away from us in all directions, he discovered the reality that…
Astronomer Giovanni Sostero, 1964-2012
Giovanni Sostero, 1964-2012. Image courtesy of the Remanzacco Observatory With sadness, we learned of the death of amateur astronomer Giovanni…
Remembrances and Reflections: Sir Patrick Moore 1923 – 2012
Sir Patrick Moore. Credit: sirpatrickmoore.com Astronomers, both professional and amateur, throughout the world, were saddened yesterday to hear of the…
Geminid Meteor Shower and Meteorwatch
The Geminid Meteor Shower is the grand finale of astronomical events in 2012 and is usually the most reliable and…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: December 3-9, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! With a whole lot less Moon present in the early evenings, it's time to do some very…
Stunning Star Trails Mania
You like star trails? We've got star trails! One of our favorite timelapse gurus, Gavin Heffernan from Sunchaser Pictures shot…
Gigantic Plasma Jets Pour From the Heart of Hercules A
Combined Hubble (optical) and VLA (radio) images show enormous radio jets shooting out from the galaxy Hercules A Talk about…
Brown Dwarfs Might Host Planets Too
This image shows the brown dwarf ISO-Oph 102, or Rho-Oph 102, in the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region. Its position is…
In the Shadow of the Moon: Experience a Solar Eclipse From 37 Kilometers Up
The Moon's shadow stretches over the Earth in this balloon-mounted camera view of the November 14 solar eclipse (Catalin Beldea,…