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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…
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…
Who Was Nicolaus Copernicus?
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized astronomy by proposing that the Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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!”…
Moon Myths: Looking at Lunar Tall Tales
Turns out it’s all a big cosmic blame game. Over the centuries, humans have attempted to link the phases of…