ExoPlanets
Amateur Detection Amateur astronomers can detect exoplanets from their back yards! While finding new planets is probably not possible from a backyard telescope, the professionals have a list of known planets continue...
Category Archives: Astrophysics
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Storm on Saturn
Massive storm pulls ices from Saturn’s depths Cassini spacecraft images show the development of the largest storm seen on the planet since 1990. On Saturn, not only are storms much continue...
Variable Stars
Types of Variable Stars: Cepheid, Pulsating and Cataclysmic Artist’s impression of the eclipsing binary system, including a pulsating star called a Cepheid variable. (Image: © ESO/L. Calçada) A variable continue...
ET – Europa or Enceladus?
There’s been a lot of chatter in the news about Europa and the possibility of life. Europa has been the astrobiology darling for a few years – but I think continue...