Sky and Rockets

SN 2026aaiv is classified as a Type Ia supernova. It was discovered on September 1, 2026 in the spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in the constellation ...

The JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission successfully completed an Earth flyby on September 28, 2026, passing about 5,369 miles (8,640...

Early Tuesday morning, October 6, is a rare astronomical event in which the waning crescent Moon passes directly in front of Jupiter. Known ...

The European Space Agency's JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft, launched in April 2023, is on its way to Jupiter, but it is t...

On September 14, 2026, I completed the majority of the build of my POD-S and installed most of the equipment. The first imaging run in the n...

Last week I completed the installation of the telescope(s) on the pier and routed the power and signal (USB) cables through the mount. I sti...

A photo from NASA's Curiosity rover has sparked attention because a cluster of rocks appears to resemble a tiny alien walking down a hal...

Today marks a milestone in the Night Sky Observatory build - the completed observatory (in manual mode)! In the next few days I will be star...

Astronomers have confirmed a remarkable new feature at Saturn’s south pole: a giant 10-sided atmospheric wave, known as a decagon. The struc...

Day 14, August 29th, the dome assembly was completed - stainless steel track plates were screwed to the bottom flange of the dome to provide...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to transform astronomy by combining Hubble-like image quality with an enormously wider ...