Skytalk Archive

2014 was a spectacular year in space exploration/astronomy – headed by accomplishments of NASA’s Curiosity ...

Image by Matt Gibson on flickr – Yesterday Earth arrived at a point in ...

– Winter Solstice arrives Sunday at 6:03 pm – The Mars Rover Curiosity discovers evidence of lacustrine deposits in Gal ...

-Geminid Meteor Shower peaks Friday -Earliest sunsets of 2014 will occur over the next few days -NASA Orion launch completely ...

Earliest Sunset – This week Friday 4:34 and we dwell there for a week. Then sunsets slowly drift later. But sunr ...

The Philae comet lander is fine – hibernating until next summer when extra sunlight can recharge its batteries an ...

Leonid Meteors are visable late tonight into dawn tomorrow, although Leonids are a weak shower. Other night sky treats ...

Earth watery from birth – A geological study of meteorites and asteroids indicates that surface water was here at ...

Chinese spacecraft Change’e 5T1 launched last Wednesday, did a swing around the moon and is now on its way back t ...

Halloween and cross-quarter day comes this Friday with a first quarter moon, followed by All Saints Day November ...

A partial solar eclipse will begin just as the sun is setting Thursday afternoon. Derrick offers tips for safe viewing. ...

Mars and its red twin Antares cozy up to each other in the night sky. A small nearby galaxy intrigues astronomers focus ...

ISSpresso anyone? Espresso supplier Lavazza has teamed up with an Italian engineering company to produce a zero-gravity ...

Two New Spacecraft in Orbit at Mars; MAVEN (atmospheric studies) and the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM); (atmospheri ...

Summer ended at 10:29 p.m. Monday. If we were on Mars we could enjoy summer for a whole 6 months, thanks to it’s ...