Solar: Buy, lease — or forget the whole thing?
It was hard to imagine a few short years ago. Here in upstate New York, where it’s cloudy half the
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2016 has plenty of astronomical treats in store
It’s a New Year in the sky, so let’s preview it. But first, step outdoors just after everyone has stopped
The global warming hiatus: It’s critical — but is it real?
Billions of dollars, countless Prozac tablets, the fate of our planet – they all revolve around a simple issue: whether
See the year’s best meteors on Sunday night
The year’s very best night to watch the sky? It’s this Sunday, the 13th. You’ll see the finest meteor shower
If you were born in the ’50s, you’re radioactive
One result of the many atom bomb tests of that period? If you were born in the ’50s, you have much more carbon 14 in your tooth enamel and elsewhere in your body than the rest of us. So even if you want to keep your age a secret, “they” could find out by testing you.
Finding the universe: Is your house Code Green?
I just got back from leading a tour in Chile, exploring the amazing southern skies. We annually go into the Andes
I returned to the Moon
My first look at the Moon through binoculars changed my life. I was maybe nine years old. The reality of its craters
The glory of the Seven Sisters: When have you gazed at the Pleiades?
It’s an annual autumn ritual: the reappearance of the glorious Seven Sisters. This moonless week, they rise in the east
New experiment shows space doesn’t exist
The idea of a kind of inseparability so far as space and time are concerned was dealt with by John
Eerie times and a near miss by an asteroid named Spooky
Halloween will be spookier than usual this year. It’s already a dark and sort of creepy time in the heavens,