CBC Interview – Artemis II Crew Reveal
My interview with Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel talking about humans returning to the Moon after five decades.
Watch Moon Hide Mars!
The Griffith Observatory is running a livestream of the lunar occultation of Mars as seen from Los Angeles, California on Monday January 30th. For a rundown of major sky events this week including comet ZTF, then check out my livestream here
The Night Sky This Week January 30, 2023
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week In this episode we look at the Green comet ZTF as it makes its closest approach to Earth on February 1, 2023 and the lunar occultation of Mars.
Light Pollution Affects Most Astronomical Observatories around the World
Researchers from Italy, Chile and Galicia have studied and compared the light pollution levels at major astronomical observatories across the world. The study shows that light is polluting the sky above most observatories and that immediate action is needed to decrease the amount of contamination coming from artificial light. The work was published in Monthly Notices […]
Webb Takes Deep Dive into Cosmic Cliffs
Searching for buried treasure can be a painstaking, even frustrating, process. Sifting through the proverbial sand for hours and hours, to rarely hit the jackpot, is common. However, with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers are getting a taste of these often elusive bounties. A “deep dive” for buried treasure into one of Webb’s iconic […]
Webb Unveils Never Before Seen Distant Galaxies
For decades, the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have provided us with spectacular images of galaxies. This all changed when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in December 2021 and successfully completed commissioning during the first half of 2022. For astronomers, the universe, as we had seen it, is now revealed in a new way never imagined […]
Night Sky This Week December 12 2022
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week. In this episode we highlight the amazing Geminid meteor shower that peaks on December 13th and 14th.