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Your Audio Sky Tour: April 2007
Some celestial carnivores are on the prowl in the eastern sky after sunset. Learn how to find them — and about a worldwide celebration called Astronomy Day — in this month's audio tour of the evening sky. Host: S&T's Kelly Beatty. (5MB MP3 download: running time: 5m40s)
Tour March 2007's Evening Sky
Winter's majectic constellations make a last stand before giving way to spring. Hear all about them — and about the lunar eclipse on March 3rd — in this month's audio tour of the evening sky. Host: S&T's Kelly Beatty. (5MB MP3 download: running time: 5m25s)
Tour February 2007's Evening Sky
After being absent from evening view for awhile, three planets can now be seen soon after sunset. Download this MP3 file to your iPod or other handheld device to learn how to find them and other celestial delights in the midwinter sky. Hosted by Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky…
Tour January 2007's Evening Sky
Ring in the New Year with a little stargazing! Download this MP3 file to your iPod or other handheld device to learn how to view the stars of Orion, the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters, and more! (5.6 MB file; hosted by Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky magazine.)
"Super-Earth" Found
Astronomers have detected a planet around a nearby star that's not too cold, not too hot, and not much bigger than Earth.
April's Stargazing Celebrations
This week amateur astronomers across the U.S. and around the world will host events designed to involve the public in appreciating the night sky.
Probing Mars's Hidden Glaciers
Using ground-penetrating radar carried by orbiting spacecraft, scientists can "see" huge slabs of nearly pure ice buried near the Martian poles.
Pluto's Shadow to Sweep Over North America
For the first time, professional and amateur telescopes from California to Texas will get to watch distant Pluto sweep directly in front of a star. The outcome will aid planning for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft.
NASA Craft Captures a Lunar "Transit"
The cameras were rolling on a recently launched solar observatory when the Moon crossed the Sun's disk.
March 3rd's Lunar Eclipse Favors East Coast, Europe
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Ulysses Starts Third Loop of Sun
A 16-year-old spacecraft is once again venturing where no other craft has gone before: over the Sun's polar regions.
DC to Host First "Night Symposium"
An unprecedented assembly of high-level experts will tackle the problem of saving dark skies.
Tour December's Evening Sky
Brave the cold and take in the winter's beautiful stars! Download this MP3 file to your iPod or other handheld device to learn how to view the Geminid meteors, Cassiopeia and her dysfunctional family, and more! (5.4MB file; hosted by Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky magazine.)
Tour November's Evening Sky
Download this MP3 file to your iPod or other handheld device to learn how to view the transit of Mercury on November 8th, the Leonid meteors, and more! (5.6MB file; hosted by Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky magazine.)
Tour February's Sky — By Ear and Eye!
Sure it's cold outside, but on February evenings you can spot wonderful Saturn rising in the east. To find out how, download our podcast to your iPod or other handheld device!
Pluto-bound Craft Nears Jupiter
With 1 year down and 8 to go until it reaches Pluto, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is preparing for a flyby of Jupiter and crucial tests of its instruments. That flyby will occur 1.4 million miles from the giant planet, far enough away to avoid a strong dose of the lethal charged particles trapped in its magnetosphere but close enough to study the planet and its moons in detail.
Long Island Gets a Big Scope
A nonprofit group has purchased a research-grade telescope for a planned public observatory in a dark-sky site.
Tour October's Evening Skies in 2006
Why is this month's full Moon called the "Harvest Moon"? And what two star patterns form a sandwich with Polaris, the North Star? Find out when you download this MP3 file to your iPod or other handheld device. (5.1MB file; hosted by Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky magazine.)
Tour September's Evening Sky in 2006
This is a great time of year to do a little stargazing. Just download this MP3 file to your iPod or other handheld device, and you'll get a guided tour of the evening sky. (4.9MB file; hosted by Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky magazine.)
Tour August's Evening Sky in 2006
Download this MP3 file to your iPod or other handheld device, and you'll be guided to Jupiter, the constellation Scorpius, the Milky Way, and more! You'll also get tips on when and how to watch the Perseid meteor shower. (5.5MB file; hosted by Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky magazine.)
