I hope I can post this on here. We started a new astronomy forum http://telescopesandmore.com/bb/YaBB.pl

A picture-perfect launch. Hardly the hallmark of a product you scrapping. They still have B-52's built in the 1950's flying. Now they have to go to Russia to...

This is the first real video of a comet crashing into the Sun http://io9.com/5821131/this-is-the-first-real-video-of-a-comet-crashing-into-the-sun Don't...

I think pretty much zero of substance; however, within the last 6 months there was an article that stated a discovery of something was found that was...

From: http://spaceweather.com/ A coronal mass ejection (CME) that billowed away from sunspot 1247 on July 9th could hit Earth's magnetic field on July 12th....

Well, Webb is near dead. The encroachment of poverty in the U.S. is killing off projects that give America a huge edge in science. It will be a while, but...

Observations: Threat of James Webb Space Telescope Cancellation Rattles Astronomy...

Like most people there is no anger at the loss of the space shuttle program but rather the sadness of a void it will create yet in the long run it will a good...

I'm going to see if I can figure out, how it is that the googolplex gets items of yours into my line of sight. I mean, I actually try to read intersting math...

Herschel Helps Solve Mystery of Cosmic Dust Origins http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/herschel/news/herschel20110707.html "PASADENA, CALIF. -- New...

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mars -- Two Possible Sites for Next Mars Rover http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/4081/eeny-meeny-miny-mars "As a clay-bearing site...

"Yes, I SURE CAN, Ed. Your discoveries of petrified remains -- SOME HUMAN -- between coal veins simply boggles the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHJz-xPopU&feature=related Any input would be appreciated!

Electrical processes provide the initial spark for eyesight http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/46479 "It is long established that the first stage in...

I guess Obama must have been scratching his head, wondering what all the fuss was about? So now, the American's still servicing the junk pile known as the...

Whistleblower Outs NASA for Hiding Data of Global Cooling Written by John O'Sullivan, guest post | June 20 2011 As Earth enters deepest solar minimum in...

Looking around several groups trying to find Earlene Peters, who used to frequent here. She was, among other things, an amateur astronomer who observed/...

The last Shuttle Launch in 15 minutes Atlantis, is slated for liftoff 10:26:46 CDT (15:26:46 UTC) http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/135_splash/index.html

I bought 4 path solar charged LED lights to put along the path to my observatory. They don't put out a lot of light, but it would be good to "paint" them red...

I have often wondered why the Uranus time lapse footage has had no impact as it clearly shows two ways the planet turns to the Sun in its daily and annual...