End of the Century by Chris Roberson
Out Now from Pyr Books! Few remember, or care to think about how silly they acted, during those halcyon days that were Y2K… End of the Century by Chris Roberson commemorates this saga with a unique...
View ArticleDeath by Superflare?
A close runner-up in the pantheon of cosmic catastrophes is a killer flare courtesy of our Sun. While this may not be as lethal as a giant space rock, its also much more likely over the span of our...
View Article12 Very Special Events for the Century.
“Bizarreness” is part of our business in astronomy. We always get the top billing with the how big, how far, how bright records, but one thing that is hard to quantify is just how unique certain...
View ArticleNov09:Life in the Astro blog-o-sphere.
Coming to a November Sky near you: This month’s big sky-buzz will be the Leonids meteors peaking the morning of November 17th. Although this will be an off year for the shower, the Leonids always...
View Article2012: Don’t Believe the Hype.
I was recently at a waiting room the other day, when the secretary noticed that I had brought a copy of Death From the Skies! to “kill” time. Is that stuff true? she asked. I mentioned that yes,...
View ArticleReview: 2012 the Movie.
Okay, we asked for it. As promised, we managed to see the flick 2012 on opening day and are, well, read on. We decided to attempt to judge this disaster flick against other disaster flicks, which...
View ArticleFlashback: Remembering the Great Comet of 1910.
The “other” comet in 1910…(Credit: Lowell Observatory). 1910 was a heady year both in astronomy and the world at large. The nationalism that would lead to World War I was still fermenting in Europe;...
View ArticleReview: The Transits of Venus by William Sheehan & John Westfall.
Out from Prometheus Books! In less than a years time, an event will happen that none of us will live to see again; a transit across the face of the Sun by the planet Venus. In this regard, this...
View Article27.01.11: A Surge of Sungrazers.
A January 2010 sungrazer. (Credit: ESA/SOHO). A curious event closed out the year 2010. From December 13th to the 22nd, astronomers studying the Sun noticed an unprecedented upswing in the number of...
View Article16.02.11: The Tyche Files.
The realm of the outer solar system; here be hypothetical worlds? (Credit: NASA). Something kept floating around our astro-radar yesterday as we busily wrote about comet flybys, launches, and wacky...
View ArticleJune 2011: Life in the Astro-Blogosphere.
Awaiting darkness… (Photo by Author). June is hump month here at Astroguyz HQ, as we approach the solstice, hurricane and thunderstorm season begins, and we slowly begin to start taking back the...
View ArticleThe Top Astronomy Events For 2012.
Comet Lovejoy from the ISS! (Credit: NASA). Its here, the most vaunted astronomical post of the year; whats happening in the sky in 2012! Just think; while your well-meaning but astronomically...
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