Since sometime in the late sixties, it has been my personal tradition to be outside at midnight on Christmas. It doesn't matter which midnight, (it's a busy...

NGC2035 is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The attached image shows a complex nebular region of clouds and dust where star formation is taking place,...

Check this out. A planet 180 light-years away is "located in a galaxy, light years from...

The entire planet turns as it moves through space and around the Sun however it is much easier to appreciate this surface rotation by way of the polar...

On Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:14:44 PM UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote: In any case, an extraterrestrial, post-cooling source of Earth's water remains...

Space Weather News for Dec. 22, 2014 http://spaceweather.com STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS: Around the Arctic Circle, sky watchers are seeing fantastic...

With the Earth roughly 28 million miles away from its orbital position where the North/South polar surface locations are midway between the circle of...

New record temperatures. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141129075729.htm January to October 2014 highest temperatures on record.

Space Weather News for Dec. 20, 2014 http://spaceweather.com Solar activity is high. A pair of large sunspots is crossing the center of the solar...

Many light years ago, on a Usenet group far away, walked a giant among men with the alias "Starlord" -- real name, Dennis. Anyone heard from him? Last I knew...

Finally found out what the current Orion, whose test launch was just scrubbed, is. I hope its launch goes well, but I'm surprised the first manned flights are...

Wow! That was quick. Just think. Had the lander had a nuclear power source instead of solar panels, it would be humming along for YEARS, sending back all...

Just for once the sky was clear herein Norfolk for an astronomical event. Despite the flashing Christmas lights of my neighbours across the road I managed to...

http://i.imgur.com/8wx48U4.jpg?1 Although I am not an astrophotograher, I am quite proud of that image which was taken on the Equinox insofar as the walls of...

http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/rtg.html

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/59/f4/05/59f405dc1f1ef8178a1ad1e50fa9bf6f.jpg But remember, boys, THIS ONE isn't a laughing matter. ....

Not very high resolution in the free to view version but an interesting early image of the Yerkes 40" scope during the installation in...

The PBS special on Neil Armstrong was a good show. The man was everything the kooks at NASA today aren't.

Jupiter in Oppostion Christmas Eve 22/1/14 BC (-13) 18:31:12 STD Midnight Location 86 degrees East. Noon Location 94 degrees West. Latitude of both...

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