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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Juno probe captures Jupiter’s polar cyclones in all their psychedelic glory in RSS Feeds.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft is the first to capture clear images of Jupiter’s polar regions and in this extreme false-colour view, a striking...

Yesterday at 1:06 PM
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Listening to the music of the Milky Way in RSS Feeds.

A composite view of the Milky Way’s central regions, merging imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and...

Saturday at 10:11 AM
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Diana Hannikainen posted the thread Sky & Scope International Observe the Moon Night Is Here in RSS Feeds.

International Observe the Moon Night is here. Step outside Saturday evening and admire our closest celestial neighbor with your family...

Friday at 11:39 AM
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Alan MacRobert posted the thread Sky & Scope This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 25 – October 3 in RSS Feeds.

The Moon waxes through first quarter to gibbous this week, passing Jupiter and Saturn along the way. And by the end of twilight...

Friday at 11:39 AM
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Scott Levine posted the thread Sky & Scope See Beyond the Celestial Sphere: Follow These Lines into Space in RSS Feeds.

For a little perspective, observe along a line that takes you to the Moon, past Jupiter and Saturn, the Kuiper Belt, and onward into our...

Thursday at 11:52 AM
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Black hole’s shadow is wobbling, providing insights into dynamics of accretion disc in RSS Feeds.

The Event Horizon Telescope project captured the first image of a supermassive black hole’s shadow at the heart of the galaxy M87 last...

Wednesday at 8:39 PM
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Join us for the Cosmic Clouds 3-D book launch in RSS Feeds.

Join us at 8pm BST (1900 GMT) for the launch of Cosmic Cloud 3-D, hosted by London’s Science Museum. Featuring a breath-taking...

Wednesday at 8:39 PM
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Bob King posted the thread Sky & Scope Explore Caroline Herschel's Celestial Showpieces in RSS Feeds.

More than 200 years ago Caroline Herschel pointed her telescope at the heavens and discovered some of the finest deep-sky objects...

Wednesday at 8:39 PM
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Researchers find exoplanet with pi-like 3.14-day orbit in RSS Feeds.

Astronomers find an exoplanet with a pi-like orbit. This whimsical view was provided by MIT. Image: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle...

Tuesday at 11:55 AM
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Infrared map of Enceladus shows “tiger stripes” and hints of recent resurfacing in RSS Feeds.

NASA’s Cassini probe orbited Saturn for 13 years, studying the planet’s atmosphere, its spectacular ring system and its many moons...

Tuesday at 11:55 AM
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Monica Young posted the thread Sky & Scope Comets Have (Ultraviolet) Aurora, Too in RSS Feeds.

Observations from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft show that Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has its own aurora. The post...

Tuesday at 11:55 AM
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Arwen Rimmer posted the thread Sky & Scope Giant Planet Found Around a White Dwarf in RSS Feeds.

Astronomers have found a hot Jupiter orbiting a white dwarf much smaller than itself. The discovery shows what a system might look like...

September 21, 2020
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Giant Magellan Telescope wins grant to help develop advanced technologies in RSS Feeds.

An artist’s rendering of the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile. Image: M3 Engineering The Giant Magellan Telescope has received a $17.5...

September 20, 2020
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David Dickinson & Sabrina Garvin posted the thread Sky & Scope Mount Wilson Escapes Wildfire; Amateur Observatory Destroyed in RSS Feeds.

Firefighting crews held the line as wildfire threatened Mount Wilson; an amateur observatory built by the Tri-Valley Stargazers was not...

September 18, 2020
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Space Telescope Science Institute posted the thread HubbleSite Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter's Storms in RSS Feeds.

More massive than all the other planets combined, Jupiter truly is the king of our solar system. The swirling clouds, arranged in...

September 18, 2020

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