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Blues for the Second Full Moon of July

Brace yourselves for Blue Moon madness. The month of July 2015 hosts two Full Moons: One on July 2nd and…

9 years ago

Moonspotting-A Guide to Observing the Moons of the Solar System

Like splitting double stars, hunting for the faint lesser known moons of the solar system offers a supreme challenge for…

9 years ago

Naming Pluto: Christening Features on Brave New Worlds

‘Here be Dragons…’ read the inscriptions of old maps used by early seafaring explorers. Such maps were crude, and often…

9 years ago

Who Was Nicolaus Copernicus?

Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized astronomy by proposing that the Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun

9 years ago

A Brief History of Nukes in Space

In just a few short weeks, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will make its historic flyby of Pluto and its moons.…

9 years ago

About Time: Is the June 30th Leap Second the Last?

The month of June 2015 is just a tad longer than usual… but not for the reason you’ve been told.…

9 years ago

Neil Armstrong: The First Man to Walk on the Moon

Neil Armstrong is considered one of the greatest heroes of the space age, earning renown within the United States and…

9 years ago

NGC 2419: Wayward Globular or the Milky Way’s Own?

Turns out, we may not know our extragalactic neighbors as well as we thought. One of the promises held forth…

9 years ago

Returning the “Silent Sentinel” to Active Duty

Situated on the south shore of New Jersey’s Shark River lies 37 acres of land known as Camp Evans. On…

9 years ago

New NASA Documentary Chronicles 50 Years of Spacewalks

Spacewalks have been described by astronauts as magical, amazing, and “holy moly!” This new 30-minute NASA documentary called “Suit Up!”…

9 years ago