Solar system in true color and size. Distances not to scale. Credits: NASA, Kevin M. Gill,…
Category: Astro Blog
Astro Blog
Why Do We Think Triton Is a Captured Moon?
Montage of Neptune and its moon Triton. Credit: NASA/JPL. Have you ever wondered why scientists believe…
The Fascinating World of Asteroid Davida
3D model of asteroid 511 Davida based on lightcurve modeling. Credit: Marchis et al. (2006). License:…
Why Is Venus the Hottest Planet?
Why is Venus the hottest planet? Hint: the atmosphere. Here’s a photo of the cloud structure…
Where Are Most Asteroids Found?
A plot of inner solar system asteroids and planets in a manner that exposes the Kirkwood…
Stargazing Calendar for November 2023
Hyades open cluster. Photo by Todd Vance. License: CC BY-SA 2.5. As November unfurls its celestial…
Unveiling the Majestic Beauty of the Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula in narrowband sulfur-hydrogen alpha-oxygen modified Hubble palette with a 384 mm telescope by…
Light Pollution Solutions
When Apollo 17 launched in 1972, one of the commentators memorably announced: “it’s lighting up the…