Magazine

Astronomy and the night sky

Interesting bits to read about Astronomy and what to watch out for in the night sky. I use this to call up information quickly when viewing the night sky at astronomy groups.

42 Viewers•116 Page flips•11 Followers•28 Stories

Curated byJim Atkinson

Photo: i.space.com

Most recent stories in Astronomy and the night sky

Jim Atkinson
Stunning New Vista Of Pluto Reveals Features Hidden In Darkness
iflscience.com - Jonathan O'Callaghan
It’s that time of the week again: NASA has released new images and data on Pluto and its moon Charon from the New Horizons spacecraft, and the latest …
Jim Atkinson
42 Mind-Blowing Photos Of Space From The Hubble Telescope
BuzzFeed - Gavon Laessig
Cosmic eye candy. This week marks the anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope way back in 1990. Thanks, Hubble, for providing us with "whoa" fodder for 22 years!
Jim Atkinson
The Universe
sway.com
A Cheat Sheet for What's Beyond the Planet Earth
Jim Atkinson
Binary Star Systems: Classification and Evolution
space.com - Space.com Staff
More than four-fifths of the single points of light we observe in the night sky are actually two or more stars orbiting together. The most common of …
Jim Atkinson
Venus, Jupiter and Mars align for skyline display
bbc.co.uk - By Alex Therrien
Venus, Jupiter and Mars can all be seen together in the sky this week, in a rare grouping of the three planets. The planetary conjunction - in which planets "line up" due to the timing of their orbits around the Sun - has been visible for days and will continue until at least the end of the week. The …
Jim Atkinson
Yes, That Picture of the Moon and the Andromeda Galaxy Is About Right
slate.com - Phil Plait
In my line of business—trying to spread the word about science and trying to grind anti-science under my heel—I post a lot of articles with the word …

See more stories

Astronomy and the night sky

Magazine

More Magazines by Jim Atkinson