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It’s Finally Here! Comet Catalina Greets Dawn Skywatchers
If you love watching comets and live north of the equator, you've been holding your breath a l-o-n-g time for…
Is Jupiter Our Friend Or Enemy?
Like me, you’re probably a little ego-geocentric about the importance of Earth. It’s where you were born, it’s where you…
Solar System Guide
The Universe is a very big place, and we occupy a very small corner of it. Known as the Solar…
What is the Oort Cloud?
At the edge of the Solar System, there exists a large cloud of icy material and rock, which is where…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 20, 2015 – Charles Black from SEN
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) Special Guest: Charles Black (@charlesblack / sen.com/charles-black)…
A Recipe for Returning Pluto to Full Planethood
A storm is brewing, a battle of words and a war of the worlds. The Earth is not at risk. It is…
A Star Passed Through the Solar System Just 70,000 Years Ago
Astronomers have reported the discovery of a star that passed within the outer reaches of our Solar System just 70,000…
Astronomers are Predicting at Least Two More Large Planets in the Solar System
Could there be another Pluto-like object out in the far reaches of the Solar System? How about two or more?…
The Dark Energy Survey Begins to Reveal Previously Unknown Trans-Neptunian Objects
Sometimes when you stare at something long enough, you begin to see things. This is not the case with optical…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 21, 2014: New Images of Europa
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz /…