Adam Block • May 25, 2017
Award-winning astrophotographer Adam Block brings us more of his stunning images of the universe—this time of cosmic dances through space.
Peter Rosén • May 09, 2017
Peter Rosén shares an amazing animation of Jupiter made from more than 1,000 images taken by 91 amateurs from around the world.
Adam Block • November 25, 2016
Award-winning astrophotographer Adam Block shares some of his beautiful photos showcasing interstellar phenomena.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 10, 2016
Damian Peach's marvelous Jupiter photography, endlessly rotating in GIF form.
Jason Rhodes • August 10, 2016
NASA’s next big “flagship” astronomy mission, following the ambitious James Webb Space Telescope due to be launched in 2018, is currently known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)—but it's had a slew of different names.
Emily Lakdawalla • May 26, 2016
It's a great time to go outdoors and look at planets. I have three glorious planetary portraits to share today, sent to me by amateur astronomer Jean-Luc Dauvergne.
Adam Block • May 18, 2016
Astrophotographer Adam Block shares his latest image, this time of a menacing spiral galaxy.
Joseph Masiero • January 26, 2016
The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope has discovered its first comet of 2016.
Adam Block • January 18, 2016
Adam Block brings us his first images processed in the new year, showcasing the beautiful interplay of light and dark.
Adam Block • December 24, 2015
Astrophotographer Adam Block shares stunning his images of far-away spiral galaxies.
Adam Block • November 13, 2015
Award-winning astrophotographer Adam Block shares stunning images of a few rarely-imaged pieces of our universe.
Emily Lakdawalla • September 22, 2015
There are no spacecraft at Uranus or Neptune, and there haven't been for 30 and 25 years, respectively. So we depend on Earth-based astronomers to monitor them, including Damian Peach.
Emily Lakdawalla • July 24, 2015
Damian Peach's photo-documentation of Jupiter helps us monitor the giant planet's ever-changing patterns of belts, zones, storms, and barges, during a time when no orbiting missions are there to take pictures.
Bruce Betts • March 31, 2015
Thanks to a new focal reducer and re-aluminized mirror from a Shoemaker NEO grant, a 0.81-meter telescope in Italy is performing astrometric follow-up observations and physical studies of asteroids.
Bruce Betts • January 30, 2015
Camera purchased with the support of a 2009 Shoemaker NEO Grant is now on a new telescope providing follow-up measurements for even fainter near-Earth objects.
Bruce Betts • January 16, 2015
Quan-Zhi Ye was an 18 year-old college student and the principal investigator of the Lulin Sky Survey when he won a 2007 Shoemaker NEO grant. He's now a Ph.D. candidate and provides an update on his work in meteor studies.
Bruce Betts • January 06, 2015
Telescope purchased in 2007 with the support of a Shoemaker grant is still in service and has worked on over 100 near-Earth asteroids over its 8 years of operation.
Jason Perry • August 12, 2014
Jason Perry brings us a report on recent ground-based observations that shed new light on the most powerful of Io’s volcanic eruptions.
Emily Lakdawalla • July 16, 2014
What a great piece of news to receive upon returning home from vacation! There is now a small piece of the solar system named for me: asteroid 274860 has been formally named "Emilylakdawalla" by the International Astronomical Union. Here is everything I've been able to learn about my namesake asteroid.
Bruce Betts • May 08, 2014
Discover the Universe including the Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, galaxies, life and more in this video of class 13 of Bruce Betts' Introduction to Planetary Science and Astronomy class.
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