In The Sky This Month – September 2009

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of September 2009. … More

In the Sky This Month – August 2009

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of August 2009. … More

Hubble Observes the Impact on Jupiter

The Hubble Space Telescope was used to take the sharpest images yet of the recent comet/asteroid impact on Jupiter. Hubble … More

More on the Jupiter Impact

Two nights ago an Australian amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley, observed a dark spot in the South Polar region of Jupiter. … More

Probable Asteroid or Comet Impact on Jupiter

Amateur astronomers from Australia and Japan may have detected the results of an asteroid or comet impact on Jupiter. This … More

In the Sky This Month – July 2009

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of July 2009. … More

In The Sky This Month – June 2009

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of June 2009. … More

In The Sky This Month – May 2009

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of May 2009. … More

Two Reasons to Wake Up Early Wednesday Morning

Reason #1 … On the morning of April 22, the Moon will occult (or pass in front) of Venus for … More

Another New Comet – C/2009 G1 (STEREO)

Yet another relatively bright comet has been discovered. Jiangao Ruan of China found the 10th magnitude comet on images taken … More