Join us today and listen to Astronomy Without a Telescope series as @CheapAstro finds an exoplanet that’s strangely familiar. #365DaysOfAstro
Sep 26th: Bringing the Planetology Home
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Aug 17th: How to Measure Exoplanet Transit Light Curves with Amateur Telescopes
How to Measure Exoplanet Transit Light Curves with Amateur Telescopes. More with @DeepAstronomy at #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 22nd: Finding Dipper Stars while looking for Exoplanets
Cosmic chronicles the invention of radial velocity spectrometer around 1868 & how it lead to the search for extrasolar planets.
May 22nd: Is Pluto a Planet?
In 2006, Pluto was officially stripped of its planetary status. Now that debate is being reignited with some astronomers calling for the reinstatement of Pluto as a planet, arguing that the icy world should never have been demoted in the first place. So what is the deal? Is Pluto a planet?
May 4th: Observing With Webb in May 2019
May is looking to be a great month for catching up on constellations, enjoying the warm air, and checking out the Moon getting close to the planets.
Apr 6th: Observing With Webb in April 2019
April is fairly non-eventful, except for the annual Lyrid meteor shower and some good close encounters between the Moon and Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, and at least one rocket launch.
Mar 2nd: Observing With Webb in March 2019
A great morning lineup in the beginning of the month, all the naked-eye planets visible at some point in the month, and a great lineup ending the month is making March another great morning planetary astronomy month.
Oct 22nd: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely
How do we know what planets lights years away have in their atmosphere? What about the rocks all around Curiosity?
Oct 16th: Why Are Brown Dwarf Stars So Weird?
What do brown dwarfs teach us about stars? What do they teach us about planets? What keeps them warm, and how long do they live?
Oct 6th: Observing With Webb in October 2018
Get your last look at Jupiter while Saturn is staying up shorter amounts of time, the annual Orionid Meteor Shower and this year moonless Halloween skies.