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Curiosity rover ramps up for road trip to Glenelg
Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to Glenelg we go! Scientists with the Mars mission have chosen Curiosity's first exploration destination, a little place nicknamed Glenelg (after a village in Scotland) near t...
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Astro Bob blog: Explore this amazing, interactive 1.3 billion-pixel view of Mars

Wanna go to Mars? NASA just released a wonderful way to get there. With a few clicks of the mouse, you can zoom into a 360-degree scene comprised of nearly 900 pictures taken by Curiosity Rover.

By Bob King , June 20, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Celebrate summer's start 'round about midnight Friday

Come Friday June 21 at 12:04 a.m. Central time summer tiptoes through the dark to quietly unseat spring; the next three months belong to the high sun, iced drinks and late evening light.

By Bob King , June 19, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Saturn-moon engagement plus a peculiar star worth watching

Tonight look to the south and you'll see the waxing gibbous moon paired up with two bright "stars". One's a real star - Spica in Virgo - and the other is the planet Saturn. Continue to the east and you'll discover a star having a tantrum.

By Bob King , June 18, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Galactic cannibals digest hapless neighbors, don't pick up after themselves

Four billion years ago and 40 million light years away, an act of galactic cannibalism was committed. No human eyes saw the smaller galaxy shredded and ripped apart by the gravitational might of the larger. No tears were shed when its remains were finally devoured, but clues of the catastrophe remain to this day.

By Bob King , June 17, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Meet the James Webb Space Telescope, time machine extraordinaire

Get ready. A few years from now a new space telescope will focus its golden eye on light from the dawn of the universe. We get acquainted today with the James Webb Space Telescope, its remarkable mirror and far-reaching mission.

By Bob King , June 16, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Big Dipper sure, but have you seen the Great Bear?

The Big Dipper is the #1 most familiar star group in the northern hemisphere. Just about everyone has seen it. Orion comes in second and everything else a distant third. But the Dipper is only part of a much bigger constellation - Ursa Major. Let me show it to you.

By Bob King , June 15, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Evening moon, popular planets and extreme sports on Mars

The ambling moon is one day shy of first quarter phase tonight and lights up the sky near the star Regulus in Leo the Lion. We also consider a radical new sport for future Mars astronauts - dry ice boarding.

By Bob King , June 14, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Amateur astronomers eye new supernova in galaxy NGC 4414

A new gem sparkles in Bernice's hair. Supernova 2013df, a star far larger than the sun, burst to light in the spiral galaxy NGC 4414 in the constellation Coma Berenices.

By Bob King , June 13, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Noctilucent clouds and other encounters with the twilight zone

The mosquitos have returned but so have the night-shining clouds. Last night they feathered the late twilight sky until almost 11:30 p.m. Take a look at some photos, plus we also explore the flavors of dusk.

By Bob King , June 12, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Martian clay contains chemical believed crucial for life's origin

University of Hawaii astrobiologists have discovered high concentrations of boron inside ancient clays in a Mars meteorite. Boron may sound boring but when it comes to life's list of favorite ingredients, it's crucial.

By Bob King , June 11, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Rare Delphinid meteor shower may erupt tomorrow mornin

June 11, 1930. Three meteor watchers in Maryland were quietly watching the sky when out of nowhere a half-hour-long bright outburst of meteors flared from the little constellation Delphinus the Dolphin. It may happen again tomorrow morning.

By Bob King , June 10, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Moon polkas with Mercury and Venus tonight

Last Friday I photographed a polka festival and enjoyed seeing the pleasure on the couples' faces as they hopped and turned about the dance floor. A good dance partner adds zest to life. A similar dance on a celestial plane happens tonight when the moon returns to the evening sky alongside Mercury and Venus.

By Bob King , June 10, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Noctilucent clouds - silver-blue spirits of the night and how to see them

Every clear night in late spring and early summer, I make sure to check the northern horizon for noctilucent clouds (NLCs). They're the only clouds I'm happy to see when the stars come out.

By Bob King , June 09, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Latest video reveals new details of asteroid 1998 QE2's moon

Check out this updated movie clip showing the newly discovered moon orbiting asteroid 1998 QE2 that buzzed by Earth last weekend.

By Bob King , June 08, 2013

Astro Bob blog: Newfound asteroid 2013 LR6 zips just 65,000 miles from Earth tonight

2013 LR6, a 30-foot-wide rock from the asteroid belt, will cruise just 65,000 miles above the Southern Ocean, south of Tasmania, at 11:42 p.m. Central Daylight Time tonight. No need to panic.

By Bob King , June 07, 2013

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