While news reports have been scant, there was a major cosmic event over California and Nevada this past Sunday. A meteor weighing approximately 70 tons rocketed across the sky at a stunning 33,500 mph and exploded in the atmosphere. The…
Eyewitness reports have been pouring in about sightings of a meteor in the skies above New Zealand. The fireball passed over large population areas like Wellington and Christchurch giving the opportunity for anyone with a camera handy to grab shots.…
Earlier this month our favorite astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, went before Congress to plead his case for NASA. In recent years the budget for NASA has been slashed mercilessly by the folks down in Washington DC, all many of whom…
For the second time in a few weeks the moon, Venus, and Jupiter will come together in our night sky for a great viewing opportunity. The alignment will be at it’s peak both tonight and tomorrow night (March 25 and…
In a very quick bit of non-CES news, check out this picture taken during Tuesday’s solar eclipse by photographer Thierry Legault. It shows the International Space Station in front of the Sun as the Sun itself is partially occluded by…
If you love astronomy, like I do, then you are always on the lookout for cool places on the web to get information on what is going on above your head. So, let’s take a look at three sites I…
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