Observing
Get Set For a “Super Blue Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse”
Can you feel the tremor in the Force? Early next Wednesday morning internet astro-memes collide, in one of the big…
Top 2018 Astronomy Events
Happy New Year 2018. One of the toughest choices we made last year was to not write a full astronomical…
Here Comes Comet Heinze for the Holidays
Yeah, we're still all waiting for that next great “Comet of the Century” to make its presence known. In the…
First Cosmic Event Observed in Both Gravitational Waves and Light
About 130 million years ago, in a galaxy far away, two neutron stars collided. The cataclysmic crash produced gravitational waves,…
Tales of the King: Watch as the Moon Occults Regulus for North America This Weekend
Up early Sunday morning? Or perhaps, as we often do, you're “pulling an all-nighter,” out observing until the break of…
This Weekend: The Moon Photobombs ‘Planet-palooza’ at Dawn
Wondering where are the fleeting inner solar system planets are this month? While Jupiter and Saturn sink into the dusk…
Watch Asteroid 3122 Florence Zip Past Earth This Weekend
Ready to hunt for low-flying space rocks? We've got an interesting pass of a Near Earth Asteroid this upcoming U.S.…
Tales From Totality: Standing in the Shadow of the Moon
They came, they saw, they battled clouds, traffic and strange charger adapters in a strange land. Yesterday, millions stood in…
Prelude to Totality: A Final Look at the Total Solar Eclipse
It's hard to believe: we're now just one short weekend away from the big ticket astronomical event for 2017, as…
A Partial Lunar Eclipse Ushers in Eclipse Season
Live on the wrong continent to witness the August 21st total solar eclipse? Well... celestial mechanics has a little consolation…