21.9.9 Will Kepler spot “exo-moons?”
Let the staring begin… the Kepler spacecraft has its shutters open and is now ready for business. Just out the gate, the results have been astounding. First, there was the discovery of HAT-P-7b, a...
View ArticleAstroEvent: The Passage of 61 Cygni.
A Finderchart for 61 Cygnus (Photo & Graphic created by author). To the naked eye observer, the positions of the stars will appear pretty much the same on the day you die as the day you were...
View Article03.02.11: Kepler Hits Paydirt.
The Brave New Worlds of Kepler-11… (Credit: NASA/Tim Pyle). The number of potential exoplanets has more than doubled in one press release! Wednesday at 1PM EST, NASA researchers have revealed the...
View Article13.10.11-The Great World-Wide Star Count Wants YOU!!!
Save our skies… (Photo by Author). Ever wanted to do something about light pollution? Now you can, by bearing witness to the conditions of your (hopefully not deteriorating) night-time sky. This...
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