Day Without Fusion Shirt
One day it’s gonna happen. We’ve even stuck it on our Google Calendar (tentatively busy June 15, 5,000,000,2008). On that date (give or take a few millennia), the sun will […]
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Astronomy Without A Telescope – A Photon’s Point Of View
The way Hollywood envisions moving at light speed doesn’t really work – since it still implies that you move a certain distance over a certain time period. As far as […]
96 New Reasons To Love Star Clusters
Using data from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, an international team of astronomers has discovered 96 new open clusters hidden by the dust in the Milky […]
Now in the Night Sky: Comet Garradd
Comet Garradd on Aug. 1. 2011 as seen from Australia. Credit: Peter Lake. If you haven’t already, it’s time to start looking for Comet Garradd! This comet, with the nomenclature […]
Sky and Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas
Children eight and up will enjoy this conversational but information-packed introduction to astronomy and stargazing, which includes the achievements of the great scientists, the history of space exploration, the story […]