Stars
Challenge-Watch the Daytime Moon Occult Aldebaran for North America This Friday
How about that total lunar eclipse this past Sunday? Keep an eye of the waning gibbous Moon this week, as…
Amateur Astronomer Chases Down Barnard’s Star – You Can Too!
Tucked away in northern Ophiuchus and well-placed for observing from spring through fall is one of the most remarkable objects in the sky…
Astro-Challenge: Splitting 44 Boötis
How good are your optics? Nothing can challenge the resolution of a large light bucket telescope, like attempting to split…
The Journey of Light, From the Stars to Your Eyes
This week, millions of people will turn their eyes to the skies in anticipation of the 2015 Perseid meteor shower. But what happens on less…
Astronomers Spot a Intriguing ‘5-Star’ Multiple System
An interesting multiple star discovery turned up in the ongoing hunt for exoplanetary systems. The discovery was announced by Marcus…
What’s the Big Deal About the Pentaquark?
"Three quarks for Muster Mark!," wrote James Joyce in his labyrinthine fable, Finnegan's Wake. By now, you may have heard this quote -…
Distant Stellar Nurseries: This Time, in High Definition
This article is a guest post by Anna Ho, who is currently doing research on stars in the Milky Way…
Solved: The Riddle of the Nova of 1670
It is a 17th century astronomical enigma that has persisted right up until modern times. On June 20, 1670, a new…
Stars: A Day in the Life
There is something about them that intrigues us all. These massive spheres of gas burning intensely from the energy of…
Turning Stars Into Art
We all have cameras, and the sky's an easy target, so why not have a little fun? Ever since I…