Space Weather News for Dec. 13, 2011 http://spaceweather.com GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from near-Earth asteroid...

"Waiting for Godot follows a pair of men who divert themselves while waiting expectantly, vainly for someone named Godot to arrive. They claim he's an...

From my location, the Moon set right as it entered totality, just 8 minutes before sunrise. Made for some interesting shooting (especially as I first had to...

Fig. 1 below shows indisputable blood vessel remains found in a “moon rock” obtained by Apollo 17 astronauts: Fig....

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On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:59:20 -0800 (PST), Too_Many_Tools wrote: On Dec 10, 11:07*pm, Deucalion wrote: On...

Only 13 shopping days left 'til Christmas . ....

Space Weather News for Dec. 9, 2011 http://spaceweather.com LUNAR ECLIPSE: Sky watchers on the Pacific side of Earth should be alert for a total lunar...

NASA Mars rover finds strong evidence of water http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1208/NASA-Mars-rover-finds-strong-evidence-of-water/ "Here, both the...

NASA Science News for Dec. 5, 2011 In a significant milestone on the road to finding Earth's "twin" elsewhere in the galaxy, NASA's Kepler mission has...

Anyone have any ideas for outdoor Christmas lighting that has a astronomy theme?

I understand the Dominion Obs closed back in 1970. Did their library get absorbed into a new facility. How could I contact anyone that might know?

Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 220 of November 2011 (78 K) is available now as http://www.rmob.org/rmobtext/rmob1111.txt More information and the...

Hi, for all of you we´ve made new user-friendly interactive 3D model of solar system and night sky with real-time planet´s...

There will be people unmoved by the time lapse footage which contemporary images introduces into astronomy as they rely on focusing on graphs,models and what...

The great Andromeda Galaxy owes a bit of its beauty to a dalliance with another galaxy billions of years ago, according to new data gathered with NASA's...

Dear group, An opportunity last night to revisit WASP-12b in Auriga. This exoplanet requires just over one day to completely orbit its host star. Due to its...

How to Picture the Size of the...

NASA Science News for Nov. 26, 2011 On Saturday morning, Dec. 10th, sky watchers in the western United States and Canada will witness a total lunar eclipse...

You, too, can have your dog talking by the time Santa comes down the chimney. UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE. The Ed Conrad Canine Speaketh Society --...