TAGS
These tag channels match your search request. Click the tag for collection of related articles and information.
Bob KingArticles: 410 results from the past year. For older articles, see advanced options.
Astro Bob blog: See a 248-mile-high sunset, Mercury and the moon and Jupiter in upheaval
There's still time to watch the sun set on the International Space Station. About a week's work of evening passes remain. The moon joins Mercury on Thursday and Jupiter's clouds are mixing it up again.
Tuesday, June, 19, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
There's still time to watch the sun set on the International Space Station. About a week's work of evening passes remain. The moon joins Mercury on Thursday and Jupiter's clouds are mixing it up again.
Tuesday, June, 19, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: The eternal twilights of northern nights
Ever wonder why you're tired the next morning after a night out under the summer stars? It's because you had to wait forever for it to get dark. Learn why twilight lasts so long in June.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Ever wonder why you're tired the next morning after a night out under the summer stars? It's because you had to wait forever for it to get dark. Learn why twilight lasts so long in June.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Probing for MACHOs in the peanut butter and jelly galaxies
Ingenious techniques astronomers use to discover remote planets and maybe even that enigmatic "dark matter".
Sunday, June, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Ingenious techniques astronomers use to discover remote planets and maybe even that enigmatic "dark matter".
Sunday, June, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Aurora's out right now - Sunday morning June 17
The aurora started late Saturday night and is still out this early Sunday morning ... if you're still up! Find a place with a dark sky to the north and check it out if you can.
Sunday, June, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The aurora started late Saturday night and is still out this early Sunday morning ... if you're still up! Find a place with a dark sky to the north and check it out if you can.
Sunday, June, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Good chance for auroras tonight June 16-17
A geomagnetic storm is in progress early this evening before sunset. If it continues, there's a good chance sky watchers in the northern states will see auroras tonight.
Sunday, June, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
A geomagnetic storm is in progress early this evening before sunset. If it continues, there's a good chance sky watchers in the northern states will see auroras tonight.
Sunday, June, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Voyager tastes interstellar space; first Chinese woman in orbit
The 33-year veteran Voyager 1 spacecraft catches some galactic zing; China successfully launches two men and a woman into orbit today.
Saturday, June, 16, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The 33-year veteran Voyager 1 spacecraft catches some galactic zing; China successfully launches two men and a woman into orbit today.
Saturday, June, 16, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Turbulent Jupiter meets the moon; auroras possible this weeken
Jupiter's back with the moon to help you spot it. Solar flares earlier this week may mean the aurora borealis sometime this weekend.
Friday, June, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Jupiter's back with the moon to help you spot it. Solar flares earlier this week may mean the aurora borealis sometime this weekend.
Friday, June, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: 2012 LZ1 flyby tonight; pesky asteroids could get laser treatment
A new asteroid will pass near Earth this evening plus we learn how scientists might one day use lasers to deflect potentially dangerous asteroids.
Thursday, June, 14, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
A new asteroid will pass near Earth this evening plus we learn how scientists might one day use lasers to deflect potentially dangerous asteroids.
Thursday, June, 14, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Strange, night-shining clouds light up the summer sky
We may have cold weather and mosquitos, but we live far north enough to see rare noctilucent clouds shining long after sunset.
Wednesday, June, 13, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
We may have cold weather and mosquitos, but we live far north enough to see rare noctilucent clouds shining long after sunset.
Wednesday, June, 13, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Tektites - Black rocks of catastrophe
The crater might be missing but an asteroid impact 800,000 years ago showered Earth with millions of blobs of black molten rocks called tektites.
Tuesday, June, 12, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The crater might be missing but an asteroid impact 800,000 years ago showered Earth with millions of blobs of black molten rocks called tektites.
Tuesday, June, 12, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Morning of the blue moon
The moon was dipped in blue this morning, its seas "filled" with water. Learn why the moon has returned to the daytime morning sky.
Monday, June, 11, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The moon was dipped in blue this morning, its seas "filled" with water. Learn why the moon has returned to the daytime morning sky.
Monday, June, 11, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Shocking news about Earth's 182 craters
Earth didn't escape a pummeling from asteroids just like the moon. Learn how scientists unearth ancient impact craters.
Sunday, June, 10, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Earth didn't escape a pummeling from asteroids just like the moon. Learn how scientists unearth ancient impact craters.
Sunday, June, 10, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Far-out flora: Daisies bloom on Mars
Daisies on Mars? They're a little crusty but nearly as pretty.
Saturday, June, 09, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Daisies on Mars? They're a little crusty but nearly as pretty.
Saturday, June, 09, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Mercury spices up the evening as the Heavenly Palace glides by
Sure, it doesn't wow like Venus, but it's nice that Mercury has stepped in as "substitute" twilight planet this month.
Friday, June, 08, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Sure, it doesn't wow like Venus, but it's nice that Mercury has stepped in as "substitute" twilight planet this month.
Friday, June, 08, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Get your bib number on, the space station marathon starts now
Early June is a special season for seeing the space station. This week you can see up to five passes in a single night.
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Early June is a special season for seeing the space station. This week you can see up to five passes in a single night.
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Transit of Venus a huge hit across the country
Wherever is was clear, people looked to the sun yesterday. Peruse a gallery of photos of the Venus transit.
Wednesday, June, 06, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Wherever is was clear, people looked to the sun yesterday. Peruse a gallery of photos of the Venus transit.
Wednesday, June, 06, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Today's transit of Venus: Sight of a lifetime
What astronomers hope to discover during today's transit of Venus. Resources for you to get the most out of the event.
Tuesday, June, 05, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
What astronomers hope to discover during today's transit of Venus. Resources for you to get the most out of the event.
Tuesday, June, 05, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Cool stuff to see during Tuesday's transit of Venus
How to watch tomorrow's passage of Venus across the sun with a live webcast in case of clouds. UMD's Alworth Planetarium will also have scopes set up for safe viewing.
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
How to watch tomorrow's passage of Venus across the sun with a live webcast in case of clouds. UMD's Alworth Planetarium will also have scopes set up for safe viewing.
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Lunar eclipse just hours away
Don't forget - we have an eclipse tomorrow Monday morning. Learn how shadows make it happen.
Sunday, June, 03, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Don't forget - we have an eclipse tomorrow Monday morning. Learn how shadows make it happen.
Sunday, June, 03, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Venus takes another step toward the sun plus out-of-this-world star trail photos
Venus slenderizes even more plus check out these cool star trail photos taken from aboard the space station.
Saturday, June, 02, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
« Previous
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Next »
Venus slenderizes even more plus check out these cool star trail photos taken from aboard the space station.
Saturday, June, 02, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
RSS Feeds