Astronomy
Notes from an Amateur Telescope Maker’s Journal, Part 1
A home-made equatorial wedge used with an off-the-shelf telescope, just one of the ways you can improve your telescope experiences.…
Final Push: Help Uwingu Create a New Concept for Funding Space Exploration and Astronomy
We've written about Uwingu previously, and this creative new concept for creating funding for space exploration and astronomy is now…
With Proposed Cuts, Can the US Continue to be a Leader in Astronomy? Q & A with NOAO Director David Silva
The Kitt Peak Observatory Last week, a report issued by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Astronomical Sciences suggested de-funding…
US Astronomy Facing Severe Budget Cuts and Facility Closures
The US astronomy budget is facing unprecedented cuts with potential closures of several facilities. A new report by the National…
A Creative New Concept for Funding Space Exploration and Astronomy
An impressive group of individuals from the space and astronomy community have teamed up to create an innovative, out-of-the-box concept…
Google’s 5 Most Memorable Space Doodles
Google's one of those tech companies that makes a big deal about space exploration. There's not only the Google Lunar…
CosmoQuest Offering Online Astronomy Course
Want to brush up on your astro-knowledge? Wishing you had taken that Astronomy 101 course in college? CosmoQuest – the…
Astrophoto: Milky Way Over Afghanistan
Here's a lovely image of the Milky Way as seen from Afghanistan -- Istalef Valley to be precise, about 20…
WISE Spies a Hunter’s Flame
A vast star-forming cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Orion shines brightly in this image from NASA's WISE…
Library of Congress Acquires Sagan’s Personal Collection, Thanks to Seth MacFarlane
Carl Sagan's personal archive -- a comprehensive collection of papers contained within 798 boxes -- was delivered to the Library…