<p><a href="http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2015-12-a-web_print.jpg" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Launched in 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made more than 1.2 million observations of more than 38,000 celestial objects.</p> <p>In its 25-year lifetime the telescope has made nearly
<p><em><strong>by Magdalena Szczypa</strong></em></p> <p>We have all gone through this. You decide to do something with your passion for astronomy and want to buy a telescope, but you have no idea of
<p>Progress continues with Planetary Resources, the private syndicate that proposes to mine asteroids in the near future for rare metals. Here’s their latest communication:</p> <p>We’ve been working our tails off at
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://spaceobs.org/en/tag/comet-elenin/">Comet Elenin</a> is coming to the inner-solar system this fall/autumn. Comet Elenin (also known by its astronomical name C/2010 X1), was first detected on Dec. 10, 2010
<p>Meade is introducing the $399 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMeade-Instruments-MySky-Telescope-Accessory%2Fdp%2FB001ECIW0S%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Delectronics%26qid%3D1244492626%26sr%3D8-3&tag=dublinnightskyob&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">mySKY</a>, a GPS-based point and shoot personal planetarium that can locate and identify 30,000 celestial objects and display sky maps, videos, images, and