Solar panels are fine for near-Earth operations on a small scale where their miniscule amounts of power can be used, but not for deeper...

Hmmm. Lifetime memberships were conferred a long time ago, I believe they constituted a contract. Meanwhile, here are the new...

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NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence for Asteroid Belt Around Vega http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/jan/HQ_13-006_Vega_Asteroid_Belt.html The discovery...

NASA Science News for Jan. 28, 2013 On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made...

You go begging, on hands and knees for an inferior space agency to launch your product. Still think it's cheaper? Instead, NASA is too busy trying to sell...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-tegmark/religion-and-science-distance-between-not-as-far-as-you-think_b_2664657.html http://tinyurl.com/ab9px4w "only 11...

Or did 2012 DA14 get us all?? - - - - - - - - - There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas...

Oakland, California's Chabot Observatory had a bonanza at it's regular Fri viewing event, as it was able to track the asteroid with the 36in telescope and...

I found the quote It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity. I hope that someday, our humanity might yet surpass...

Went outside ~3:00am EST, for approx 35 minutes. Clear sky. Counted ~12-15 Geminids. Most were mag 2-4, and did not leave any trails. -- Email...

A cap fell off my scope today. It sort of looks like a thumb or gravestone, and has a trash can icon with an X through it. Where does it go? During...

I found a webpage describing observing in the parking lot there but it was last updated in 2001. Is the site still open to the public at night? -- FF

Space Weather News for Oct. 8, 2012 http://spaceweather.com METEOR OUTBURST: Radars in Canada are reporting a major outburst of Draconid meteors...

The first time this insight appeared in written form was the Canopus Decree - ".. on account of the procession of the rising of the Divine Sothis by one day...

There is a turf war going on at the moment between meteorologists who love to discuss the ingredients that went into making Sandy the destructive storm that it...

NASA Science News for Nov. 8, 2012 Scientists and sky watchers are converging on the northeast coast of Australia, near the Great Barrier Reef, for a total...

Hello everyone You can find December's Pocket Sky Atlas Challenges he http://rasc.ca/rascblog/pocket-sky-atlas-challenges-december John

The Opteka T-mount adapter finally arrived, and it was nothing like the illustration. It is the same length as the "proper" Fotodiox T-mount adapter, which...

New Comet's Potential Mars Collision in 2014 Explained http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-comets-potential-mars The new comet C/2013 A1...