Astronomy
Help Astronomers Collect Venus Transit Data!
[/caption]During June 5th/6th 2012, Venus will be transiting the Sun, where it will make a rare appearance as a small…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: May 28 – June 3, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As the Venus Transit draws closer, our bright neighboring planet is quickly disappearing into the sunset…
How To Measure the Universe
Measuring distance doesn't sound like a very challenging thing to do -- just pick your standard unit of choice and…
SKA, the World’s Largest Telescope Will Be Built at Two Sites
[/caption] In an anticipated great compromise, South Africa and Australia will share their sites for the Square Kilometre Array telescope,…
Ecological Concerns in Losing Our Starry Night
[/caption] Images of the Earth at night, taken from space are always a stunning sight, with cities, countries and whole…
A Planetary System That Never Was Teaches About Those That May Be
While Kepler and similar missions are turning up planets by the fist full, there's long been many places that astronomers…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: May 21-27, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Here's hoping you had an opportunity to witness yesterday's eclipse! Even the partial phase here in…
Family Guy Creator To Bring Back COSMOS
COSMOS. Seth MacFarlane. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Need we say more? (If you DO want to find out more, read Dorothy…
How Do The Biggest Telescopes Work?
[/caption] Located high in the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert, the enormous telescopes of the European Southern Observatory have been…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: May 14-20, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Dark skies mean galactic studies and this is going to be a terrific week for sacrificing…