Sky and Rockets

Wouldn't you know it. As soon as I told friends that the clouds would prevent us from seeing the eclipse on Sunday evening, the sky deve...

Last month I was experimenting with imaging the moon through my 80mm guidescope.  The entire moon would not fit in the field of view, so I d...

The New Horizons probe has started it's year long task of transmitting the high resolution images from July's historic flyby of Pl...

Monday was such a great day (clear blue skies) and I was planning on spending the evening imaging some Deep Space Objects (DSOs), that I dec...

The new up-close view of Occator Crater from Dawn's current vantage point reveals better-defined shapes of the brightest central spot...

A so-called "floating spoon" on Mars spotted by NASA's Curiosity rover is cooking up a storm on the internet but it's ac...

The construction milestone, known as Critical Decision 3, is the last major approval decision before the acceptance of the finished 3.2-...

Recently a few of my friends have approached me asking about the rare occurrence of a 'Double Moon' - that Mars will be so close to ...

The Perseids meteor shower will peak this evening in what should be a great show for meteor lovers.  This year the moon is out of the pictur...

With all the attention being given to Pluto, it was nice to see this outstanding photo of our home from way up in space - far enough awa...