NASA honors Pluto’s discoverer with New Horizons image http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/02/nasa-honors-plutos-discoverer-with-new-horizons-image/ ...

Ed Conrad contacted us to say he screwed up concerning the date of the publication of his original newspaper column, "How to Get Your Guardian Angel's Name." ...

I thought telescope users had an insatiable apatite for high-priced eyepieces, with TeleVue Ethos cracking $800 and Explore Scientific's rising above $1200. ...

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 10:32:01 PM UTC, RichA wrote: If you must cull the infidels, make sure it's people who have a lot more wrong with...

The world can support eccentric notions up to a point so long as they do not infect the education system however in this instance it became mainstream policy...

Have a look on Amazon - there is a 5 star review of the book by, wait for it, Ajay Sharma! The only other reviewer gives it 1 star and says "This is a totally...

While Southern and Northern hemispheres provide a wonderful framework for stars above or below the designated motion, there are others to consider. The orbital...

On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 04:33:09 -0800 (PST), ajay sharma wrote this crap: Beyond Einstein and E=mc2 pp.546, Chapters 7 Publisher,...

The essay of John Wallis to Robert Boyle in 1666 is one of those lovely artifacts in an era when they were trying to sort things out via the 'laws of motion'...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0112/JuSa2000_tezel.gif "Now what is said here of Jupiter is to be understood of Saturn and Mars also. In Saturn these...

This deserves its own thread. peterson wrote: "It isn't a matter of free. It's a matter of accessible without regard to the ability to pay."

It was with mixed feelings that I accepted my local Clear Sky Chart's forcast yesterday evening (Thursday, January 8th). The clearing of clouds after several...

I'm on the search for a good DIY barn door tracker. I'd like to have something that will handle larger lenses (300mm or less) and will allow very good...

More accurately it is the intrinsic rotation of the entire planet including the North/South poles which is the focus of this discussion and drawing on long...

Sometimes telescopes and binoculars are unnecessary or even interfere with an otherwise beautiful view. Such was the case last night. In an otherwise clear...

Space Weather News for Jan. 21, 2015 http://spaceweather.com Early next week, a large asteroid named 2004 BL86 will fly past the Earth-Moon system. ...

Few naked eye celestial spectacles can compare with the beauty of a crescent moon near Venus in the morning or evening sky. This evening the thin, illuminated...

All religions contain a pantheistic element including Christianity insomuch as inspiration is a backdrop against which all visible objects exist. I understand...

There are still a few people here who attempt to convince oriel36 of the error of his reasoning. I have claimed that he just simulates stupidity to annoy,...

When the contemporary reader comes across topics which are now considered 'fact' they are being fed a narrative which suits the audience and although not...