The BBC website has an interesting story on the ESA SMOS spacecraft, with an image showing a large section of…
Mystery object in Solar System continues to puzzle
Around April 15th this year, a mystery object in the inner solar system drew attention to itself by brightening from…
See Jupiter and Uranus in the pre-dawn sky
Early morning risers can look above the Eastern horizon in the pre-dawn sky and easily see the planet Jupiter. To…
May 2010 Night Sky Youtube video
A summary of the major predictable astronomical events occurring in May 2010. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYtEvavBCbk
See Saturn tonight
Saturn can be easily found high above the Northern horizon. Print off a copy of the below finder chart, step…
Asteroid 2005 YU55 won’t impact Earth in next 100 years
The potentially Earth threatening asteroid 2005 YU55 was imaged by the Arecibo Radar (Radio) Telescope in Puerto Rico on April…
Moon and Antares
Use the Moon to find Antares, the star the ancient Greeks referred to as the heart of the constellation Scorpius…
Jet passes Venus
I quickly rushed home and grabbed my camera outside to take the below photograph. I am assuming that I the…
Water ice found on asteriod
An asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter has ice on its surface. More information can be found here.
New images released from ESA’s Plank Observatory
The European Space Agency has released new images captured by the Planck space observatory. The Planck observatory collects information at…