SUNSET: 
How to Stay Warm at Night
It's easy to stay warm on cold winter nights if you dress appropriately — and take a few common-sense precautions.
The Greatest Comets of the Past Century
In the November 2013 issue of S&T, Joe Rao redirects Comet ISON speculation to answer a different question: just how often do showstopper comets grace our skies? His answer might surprise you. Rao looks back over all the comets of the past century, calling out examples of showstoppers, showpieces, and…
How ALMA Works Its Magic
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) / C. Malin In the November 2013 issue of S&T, I write about a revolutionary new telescope being built in the Chilean Atacama Desert. The Atacama Large Millimiter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) explores a little-known region of the electromagnetic spectrum, waves that are longer than the farthest infrared but shorter…
Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO)
Star-Shredders in Action
In the cover story of the June 2013 issue, Suvi Gezari takes us into the den of hibernating black holes, showing us what happens when a star tickles the nose of a powerful beast: the black hole rips the unlucky star apart, lighting a flare that can be seen from…
Interview with Exoplanet Expert Greg Laughlin
An artist's illustration of a potential exoplanet named Fomalhaut b. If it exists, this planet may have migrated to its current orbit.ESA / NASA / L. CalcadaIn the May 2013 issue of S&T, astrophysicist Greg Laughlin of the University of California, Santa Cruz — a leading expert on extrasolar planet…
Guide to Messier 101
This is the web supplement to Howard Banich's article "The Determined Observer's Guide to M101," in the June 2013 issue of Sky & Telescope. In it, Banich describes observing M101 with his motorized 28-inch alt-azimuth Newtonian, preparing the sketch shown below at low resolution. M101 is extraordinarily rich in active…
A Civil War Submarine and the Moon
In the February 2013 issue, the article “The Moon and the Mystery of the Hunley” by William Stevenson describes how the tides and the phase and position of the Moon played a role in the first successful submarine attack in naval history. The assault took place during the American Civil…
Auroras Off the Page
Watch animations, listen to the aurora, and download forecast apps as part of our Beyond the Printed Page content for the February 2013 cover story.
How NuSTAR Catches X-rays
NASA's NuSTAR mission will give sharper-than-ever views of the high-energy universe. But corralling X-rays is like herding cats. These wily photons have enough energy to penetrate through our skin and muscles as if they weren't even there, and bringing them to a focus is no easy task. Principal Investigator Fiona…
New Meteor Showers Discovered:
More maps and links
With automated video cameras and sophisticated processing, astronomers are mapping meteor shower better than ever before, as told in the September 2012 Sky & Telescope. Here are more maps, information about them, and links to the CAMS project.
Interview with Thayne Currie and Carol Grady
S&T Editor in Chief Robert Naeye chats with astronomers Thayne Currie and Carol Grady of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center about how the fascinating young star LkCa 15 is shedding light on solar system formation.
Explore Binary Stars on Your Computer
Additional information from the August 2012 article Solve Binary Stars Yourself. Provides links to various programs that allow users to explore binary stars up close and personal.
Interview with Jim Bell
Planetary scientist Jim Bell chats with S&T's Camille Carlisle about NASA's incredible new moon images, featured in the June issue. Plus, see more spectacularly detailed lunar landscapes.
Annular Eclipse of the Sun, May 20-21, 2012:
More resources
As promised in the May 2012 Sky & Telescope, page 50, here is detailed further information on observing the annular/partial eclipse of the Sun that will cross eastern Asia and parts of North America on May 20th (local date in North America) and 21st (in Asia). Overview article about this…
Detecting Earth
Joseph LazioFor five decades astronomers have used some of the world’s largest radio telescopes to search for signals from other civilizations. So far, our best equipment has not picked up any confirmed signals from extraterrestrials. In his cover story for the January 2012 issue of Sky & Telescope, radio astronomer…
SkyWatch 2012: The Sun
The Sun is incredibly dynamic — something that's difficult to convey properly in the pages of a book or magazine. If you watch a major solar flare through a telescope, it will often change from one minute to the next. Time-lapse movies compress the time scale, allowing you to see…
SkyWatch 2012: Asteroids
Vesta, the 2nd-largest main-belt asteroid.NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDAMany asteroids have been visited by spacecraft since the Galileo probe flew by Gaspra in 1991 en route to Jupiter. These spacecraft encounters have yielded a treasure trove of detailed images and data. To study an…
Galaxy Zoo: A CItizen-Science Project: Links
Kevin Schawinski the co-founder of galaxy zoo discusses the project and the future of citizen-science projects
Super-Luminous Supernovae
Listen to a podcast interview with Bob Parks, exceutive director of the International Dark-Sky Association.
Interactive Sky Chart Restored
The Interactive Sky Chart is now working again after a 2-month hiatus.
