Here’s the follow-up on today’s highly anticipated news release:
This artist’s illustration shows an icy/rocky planet orbiting a dim star. Astronomers detected an extrasolar planet five times as massive as Earth circling a red dwarf, a relatively cool star. The distance between the planet, designated OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, and its host is about three times greater than that […]

This has been online for a while now, but it’s still noteworthy.
You have to see this if you haven’t already.

Image Credit: University of Utah
National Geographic’s online interactive edition includes this page, showing how storm chasers’ efforts can pay off in a huge way. Check this out:
It’s a technological first. A well-placed probe fitted with 7 […]

Phil Plait has posted on the Bad Astronomy Blog that tomorrow we’ll see a big announcement from ESA regarding the discovery of a new extrasolar planet.
Can’t wait to see what they’ve discovered. The catalog sure keeps on growing.

From the archives (as the local weather’s most uncooperative), here’s part of a series I shot back on 17 April 2005.

Canon 20D, 17-40L

Taken afocally back on 16 April 2005, I adore this view along the lunar surface. The separation between the sunlit and darkened areas of the Moon brings out lovely details.
Click for a higher-resolution version.

In coming days I should complete the move from ye olde Den to this new space. I’ve put some effort into retaining the same content but in a much more efficient layout with fewer graphics. Wordpress is marvelous in comparison, and in this new and improved format things should load much more smoothly.It’ll also be […]

Wow. What an image:

Image Credit: NASA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — From between lightning masts surrounding the launch pad, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the blue sky aboard an Atlas V rocket spewing flames and smoke. Liftoff was on time at 2 p.m. EST from Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. […]