PANSTARRS
Tatooines everywhere? Many of the Exoplanets Already Discovered are in Multi-Star Systems
Right now, we know of about 4,000 confirmed exoplanets, mostly thanks to the Kepler mission. TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
Comet Encke Reemerges in the Dawn Sky
Miss out on Comet 45/P Honda-Mrkos-Padadušáková last month? We'll admit, it was fairly underwhelming in binoculars... but fear not, there's…
Hunting for “Minimoons” Orbiting Earth
It’s an engaging thought experiment. What if Earth had multiple moons? Our world has one large natural satellite, just over…
Comet ISON Goes Green
As NASA and the European Space Agency prepare their remote photojournalists - Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Curiosity…
Bazinga: Mysterious Earth Orbiting Asteroid Turns Out to be Space Junk
Can’t find asteroid 2010 QW1 in the Minor Planet Database? No, the “Men in Black” didn’t secretly remove this Earth-orbiting…
Catch Comet Lemmon While You Can
If you honed your observing chops on Comet PANSTARRS this spring, consider dropping in on Comet Lemmon, now returning to the…
Keeping up with Comet PANSTARRS through the end of March
Wow - what an image! Michael Jaeger's photo of Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS on March 19 resembles those taken by…