by Frank Tomaras | Mar 31, 2015 | News
This diagram depicts conditions observed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during a flyby in Dec. 2013, when Saturn’s magnetosphere was highly compressed, exposing Titan to the full force of the solar wind. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.. Full story on the...
by Frank Tomaras | Mar 21, 2015 | News
This amazing Solar sequence was taken from the Svalbard penninsula in Norway. Image courtesy of Jia Jun Chen (@ch3chen) from Shanghai, China. Click on image below for higher resolution: Here is the Sky + Telescope report from the March 20 2015 Solar Eclipse Reports...
by Frank Tomaras | Mar 17, 2015 | News
New Nova Discovered in Sagittarius – Full story below: New Binocular Nova Discovered in Sagittarius Click on image to enlarge...
by Frank Tomaras | Mar 12, 2015 | Events
Earth Hour Event runs from 6:00 – 10:00 PM Lights out @ 8:30 pm: Click on the link below for the complete Earth Hour Program for the evening. Link: Earth Hour programme Mar 28 2015
by Frank Tomaras | Mar 5, 2015 | News
Kepler-186f, the first Earth-size Planet in the Habitable Zone The artist’s concept depicts Kepler-186f , the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone—a range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on...