Monday, June 30, 2008

Tunguska Remembered

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100 years ago today a small asteroid or comet fragmented and exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia. Everything directly below the explos...
Sunday, June 29, 2008

Happy Birthday Dr. Hale

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George Ellery Hale was born on 140 years ago today. We should all try to live by his motto: Make no small plans. Dream no small dreams.
Thursday, June 26, 2008

New Instrument. New Planets?

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Project 1640 , a new instrument for the Hale Telescope has arrived. With this new instrument astronomers hope to actually photograph exopla...

Remembering a big day for Public Outreach

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Yesterday, marked the three year anniversary of the 2005 Palomar Observatory Open House. By some estimates we gave tours of the 200-inch Hal...
Saturday, June 21, 2008

Light Pollution on the Radio

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Light pollution was featured yesterday on National Public Radio's Marketplace Morning Report. You can listen and read the transcript h...
Friday, June 20, 2008

A Cosmic Showing

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If you are in Southern California sometime from June 21 - August 3 you should visit the "Capturing the Cosmos: a Personal Journey...
Saturday, June 14, 2008

Plutoids

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Have you heard the news? Pluto is the defining object for the other round ice balls of the outer solar system. The new IAU-approved term f...
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Friday, June 13, 2008

More from the IDA Annual General Meeting

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The second full day of the annual general meeting of the International Dark-Sky Association brought a wide-range of sessions. Paul Bogard ...
Monday, June 9, 2008

The IDA Turns 20

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This week the International Dark-Sky Association is holding its 20th annual meeting. Yup, the IDA has been fighting for your right to see th...

Quark Stars?

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One story from the AAS meeting that I haven't had the time to post about concerns the announcement from some Canadian astronomers that a...