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Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky

"Star Deck": It's All in the Cards

Here's a great free download that uses a deck of playing cards to introduce you to the night's sky's constellations in a fun, entertaining way.

Resources and Education

Annual Star Parties in North America

Here’s the info you’ll need to “save the date” for some of the top stargazing events in the U.S. and Canada for the coming year.

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Astronomy Questions & Answers

What’s Inside a Black Hole?

What’s inside a black hole? Wormholes? Alternate universes? If you fell into a black hole, only one thing’s for sure: its tidal forces would kill you.

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Astronomy Questions & Answers

Black Hole Facts

Learn what a black hole is, what we mean by “singularity” and “ergosphere,” and why we think black holes are real.

Sky & Telescope's Pluto globe

S&T's Astronomy Products

Sky & Telescope's Pluto Globe is Here!

This beautifully detailed 6-inch globe lets you explore the amazing geology revealed by New Horizons during its historic 2015 flyby.

Mike Massimino

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path Podcast: Warning! Space May Wreak Havoc on Your Body

Would you go into space if you knew your bones would turn into “pee brittle”? Dr. Michelle Thaller explores the effects of space on the human body.

Planet Nine orbit plots

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path Podcast: In Search of Planet 9

Astronomers are debating the existence of a big planet beyond the orbits of Pluto and Neptune. Dr. Michelle Thaller talks with planetary scientists Scott Shepard and Mike Brown about when we'll discover it.

Astronomy Questions & Answers

What Will Osiris-REX Discover at Asteroid Bennu?

Osiris-REX recently began a 2-year journey to the asteroid Bennu. The Kavli Foundation spoke with three experts about what the spacecraft may discover.

Start taming the cable monster

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques

Astrophotography: Cable Management

The art of astrophotography can quickly turn into the art of cable management. Learn how to tame the cable monster and get back to photographing the night sky.

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Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 11: Black Hole Breakthroughs

Michelle Thaller talks with three leading scientists about black holes - how do we know they exist, where do they come from, and how can we learn more about them without going too close?

Coronal mass ejection

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 10: Done in the Sun

Michelle Thaller speaks with NASA's Alex Young about the space agency's impressive fleet of Sun-monitoring spacecraft — including the upcoming Solar Probe Plus.

Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques

Astrophotography: The Benefits of Dark Skies

Can you shoot deep-sky objects from your backyard? That depends - how much time do you have?

NGC 5972 and the ghost of quasars past

Astronomy Questions & Answers

The Kavli Foundation Q&A: How Do Galaxies Die?

All galaxies are fated to "die" and stop making stars. The reason may lie with the supermassive black hole lurking in their cores.

illustration of Proxima Centauri b

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 9: Howdy, Neighbor!

For years astronomers anticipated a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri. Michelle Thaller talks with astrophysicist Patricia Boyd about NASA’s ongoing search for exoplanets and what’s next for exploring other worlds.

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Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 8: A Tale of Two Asteroids - Vesta and Ceres

Host Michelle Thaller speaks with Lucy McFadden, co-investigator of NASA’s Dawn Mission that traveled 130 million miles to orbit the asteroids Vesta and Ceres.

Total Solar Eclipse

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 7: Chasing a Total Solar Eclipse

Host Michelle Thaller and eclipse-chaser Michael Kentrianakis talk about how an Alaska Airlines flight was diverted to view an eclipse, and where best to view the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 6: A World Without Boundaries

Michelle Thaller speaks with NASA's Aprille Ericcson about her aerospace career path and how to recruit more women and minorities into engineering and space science.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 5: Michelle and Her Mom

In this special Mother’s Day episode, Michelle talks with her mom about what it was like raising a space-obsessed daughter in Wisconsin and watching her grow into a scientist.

Volcanic crater on Io

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 4: In Praise of Volcanoes

Astronomer Michelle Thaller talks with scientist Ashley Davies about the importance of volcanoes in the solar system and to life on Earth.

Neutron star collision

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller

Orbital Path 3: The Most Dramatic Sky

Dr. Michelle Thaller introduces us to Dr. Anna Moore, a scientist who travels to Antarctica to read the thermal (infrared) signals of a violent universe.