Best Way to View Mars at Opposition on March ...
February 24th, 2012 | Astro News | 1 Comment
Mars will be at opposition at 20:35 03 March 2012 UT. Mars will have a visual magnitude of -1.23, a size of about 13.9 arcseconds and be about 0.67 AU ...
Robb Walker: Dark Sky Advocate
February 2nd, 2012 | Astro News | No Comment
Some might call Robb Walker an amateur astronomer, but that goes a little further than his knowledge, the Elgin man admitted.
“I am a night sky enthusiast,” said Walker, who grew ...
Failed space probe to fall to Earth in days, ...
January 12th, 2012 | Astro News | No Comment
A Russian probe that was supposed to reach one of Mars' moons but failed to escape Earth orbit is expected to fall to Earth between Saturday and Monday, Russia's space ...
“El Gordo” Galaxy – DEMO PO...
January 12th, 2012 | Astro News | No Comment
El Gordo — which means "the fat one" in Spanish — is officially known as ACT-CL J0102-4915 and "is located more than 7 billion light-years from Earth, at a time ...