Moon
Jupiter and the Full Snow Moon Come Together In a Beautiful Conjunction Tonight
The Full Moon celebrates Jupiter's coming opposition by accompanying the bright planet in a beautiful conjunction tonight. Even last night Jupiter and…
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Obama Administration Proposes $18.5 Billion Budget for NASA – Bolden
The Obama Administration today (Feb. 2) proposed a NASA budget allocation of $18.5 Billion for the new Fiscal Year 2016,…
What it Would Look Like if the Sun was Replaced with Other Stars?
How would our horizon look if Earth orbited around another star, such as Alfa-Centauri, Sirius, or Polaris? Roscosmos TV has…
iPhone Astrophotography: How to Take Amazing Images of the Sky with Your Smartphone Tonight!
Got a smartphone and a telescope? It’s a sight now common at many star parties. Frequently, you see folks roaming…
Luna vs. the Hyades! The 1st of 13 Occultations of Aldebaran Set For January 29th
The cosmos is continually in motion. Be it atoms, stars or snowflakes from the latest nor’easter pounding the New England…
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NASA Marching Towards Milestone Test Firing of Space Launch System Booster
The first solid rocket booster qualification motor for NASA’s mammoth new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is aimed and ready…
See a Rare Comet-Moon Conjunction Tonight
I want to alert you to a rather unusual event occurring this evening. Many of you already know about the triple…
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First SLS Engine Blazes to Life in Mississippi Test Firing Igniting NASA’s Path to Deep Space
NASA’s goal of sending astronauts to deep space took a major step forward when the first engine of the type…
Will You Float Away on Jan. 4th? Nope!
When I first heard we were all going to float in the air at 9:47 a.m. PST on January 4th,…
Moonlight Is a Many-Splendored Thing
"By the Light of the Silvery Moon" goes the song. But the color and appearance of the Moon depends upon the particular set…