If a person were suddenly placed in a vacuum, e.g., thrown out of a spaceship without a protective/pressure-ized suit -- a la science fiction movies, would...

Added a Telrad this evening and out in the field had balancing the GEM. I left the original spotter scope on the optical tube for I still want it there. But...

Hello, I am a design researcher at the Royal College of Art. I'm looking for people to do an email questionnaire about "euphoric moments" in their lives....

I understand that metallic stars do not congregate in the center of the galaxies, but this does not make a lot of sense to me. Why should this be so? Don't...

In another thread 'Dave' asks, So if I have an uncharged black hole, then fire electrons it it, it'll become positive? Look at it this way- all the mass...

Blackhole was there first and draws all the material(star making material) towards it,and stars are formed,and over time you have a galaxy. A blackhole can't...

Hi All, I had an idea the other day and I am wondering if anyone has every proposed it or looked into the idea that the Pyramids of Egypt might be some sort...

I recently bought a pair of Barska Zoom binoculars :: 12x - 36x 70mm. At 12x, the image was fine, but when I zoomed in, the left side image was larger than...

My yard faces the Southwest sky in Northern NJ -USA. As I peered out my window last night (actually this morning at 4:00am), I saw a most brilliant array of...

During the solar storm & the one 2 days or so after, my pc's monitor kept changing picture width slightly (annoying) ! Today it started again, so is there...

I've just added 3 new panoramas to http://moonpans.com/prints They a Apollo 15 Station 2 Apollo 17 Station 3 Apollo 17 Station 6 south All are complete...

Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord -- "In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not...

Opinions expressed so far much appreciated. Meades seem to be obtainable from a wider range of suppliers in the UK, with room to barter. The prospect of...

I was under the impression that this is / was an Astronomy newsgroup......it certainly used to be. Reading through the current subject list it seems that the...

Just purchased a used meade 10 in f 4.5 reflector. The tube is made out of white cardboardand. Anyone know anything about this tube? Is it a good tube? What...

According to my information, Comet Encke should be right off the left hand star of the 'Northern Cross' in Cygnus. It also was predicted to be easily visible...

I have a Celestron Radial Guider and a Meade 1.25" flip mirror. Does anyone know how I can connect these two together so that coming from...

Does anyone know if a neutron star has been discovered at the center of the SN1987a explosion?

SkyTools 2 offers the comet observer the most complete set of observing tools available in any software product. From the most accurate size and magnitude...

Did NASA Accidentally 'Nuke' Jupiter? http://www.enterprisemission.com/NukingJupiter.html This allegation is from the well-known 'Face on Mars' guy with a...