by Frank Tomaras | Oct 13, 2018 | News
This graphic shows the position of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes relative to the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto. Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, or the edge of the heliosphere, in 2012....
by Frank Tomaras | Oct 2, 2018 | News
Dubbed ‘The Goblin’, newly discovered object supports theory of a giant planet on edge of our solar system An artist’s concept of the distant Planet X, which — if confirmed — could be shaping the orbits of smaller extremely distant outer...
by Frank Tomaras | Aug 9, 2018 | News
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. The habitable zone, also identified as the Goldilocks zone, is...
by Frank Tomaras | Aug 4, 2018 | Events
Our next members only Dark Site observing is scheduled for Saturday Aug 04 2018 at the Wooly Woods Observing site near St.Chrysostome. Note: The backup ran-date will be Friday Aug 03 2018. This is the Montreal Centres Darkest observing site which is only within a 45...
by Frank Tomaras | Jul 17, 2018 | News
Monday, July 16, 2018 Washington, DC—Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found—11 “normal” outer moons, and one that they’re calling an “oddball.” This brings Jupiter’s total number of known moons to a whopping 79—the most of any planet in our Solar System....
