Sky and Rockets

After the clouds rolled away late Saturday evening, and it was obvious that Sunday evening would be clear, I rushed home from church service...

With the skies not cooperating very much this year, getting a nice clear night with fairly steady atmosphere is rare, and you have to grab t...

Scientists using NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are eyeing a rock layer surrounding the base of a small butte, called "Mount Remarka...

It's been awhile since the last time the earth's shadow crossed the full moon; back in 2011 to be exact. Well the wait is over and t...

Check out how this crow 'thinks' his way through an elaborate eight-stage puzzle to get to the food. You won't believe it.  ...

Yep, that's right, an asteroid with rings. Read all about it on EarthSky .

Check out this picture from Hubble and this article about a galaxy that is being tugged at and torn apart. Really cool!!

Video footage of a record-breaking meteorite strike on the moon , which occurred on Sept. 11, 2013 and was unveiled today (Feb. 24), shows a...

With a little more fiddling with the software, here is the same image as earlier but I was able to bring out more of the detail.

Got my new planetary imaging camera for the telescope on Friday, and since the skies cleared out a bunch on Saturday, I decided to bear with...

Since it's been cloudy, snowy, rainy, and just downright not conducive to astrophotography these past few days (actually, weeks!) I deci...