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A Moon With Two Suns: Making Art from Science
A view of Kepler 47c and binary stars. ©Digital Drew. All rights reserved. What would it look like on a…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 18-24, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Let's begin the week with some awesome galactic studies and enjoy a meteor shower during Summer Solstice!…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: April 23-29, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! What a great week to just enjoy some great unaided eye astronomy observations. Who can resist…
Light Echoes: The Re-Run Of The Eta Carinae “Great Eruption”
[/caption] In this modern age, we're used to catching a favorite program at a later time. We use our DVR…
When Stars Play Planetary Pinball
[/caption] Many of us remember playing pinball at the local arcade while growing up; it turns out that some stars…
Recycling Pulsars – The Millisecond Matters…
[/caption] It's a millisecond pulsar... a rapidly rotating neutron star and it's about to reach the end of its mass…
Tatooine the Sequel: Kepler Finds Two More Exoplanets Orbiting Binary Stars
[/caption] For exoplanet fans, this week has been an exciting one, with some amazing new discoveries being announced at the American…
Dodging Black Hole Bullets
[/caption] In mid-2009 a binary star system cataloged as H H1743–322 shot off something very unusual. Poised about 28,000 light…
Supernova Candidate Stars May Signal “Impending Doom”
[/caption] This past year has given both backyard and professional astronomers a rare treat - a very visible supernova event.…
Solo Star Synthesis
[/caption] "Swing your partner round and round... Out of the cluster and out of town" While that's a facetious description…