Astronews – March 2006
Get Stellarium – it is fantastic… and free! My friend Peter just turned me on to Stellarium!It is a FREE (open source) planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic 3D sky, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a scope.It is...
Astronews – February 2006
New “Planet X” Is Definitely Larger than Pluto Good news for textbook publishers! Astronomy textbooks will soon be rewritten following confirmation that a new object discovered at the edge of the solar system is bigger than the ninth planet,...
Astronews – January 2006
Spacecraft Takes off for 9 year trip to Pluto Mark your calendars for July 14, 2015 – the date that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will reach Pluto. New Horizons was lauched this week, the first probe that will ever study the small distant planet Pluto and...
Astronews – November 2005
Two More Moons Discovered Orbiting Pluto Pluto now officially has three moons!The newfound moons orbit about 27,000 miles (44,000 km) from Pluto, over twice as far as Charon, Pluto’s other satellite.They are 5,000 times dimmer than Charon, and were found using...