Venus sketched by Daniel L. Graham using a 6-inch refractor at 166x, February 25, 1988, at 17:15 UT. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from the telescope "...

Our trip to stand under the Sun on Easter Island continues essentially without a hitch. Thursday, we drove through Chile’s Atacama Desert. What a fantastic experience! The contrast of the lifeless desert and a deep-blue sky was amazing. Today from...

The Arecibo Observatory’s radio telescope platform hangs 500 feet (150 meters) above the 1,000-foot-wide (305 meters) dish. Liz Andrews photo People are often surprised to learn I’m Puerto Rican, especially when they’ve only seen my name or picture. But...

Mars sketched by Lee Keith using a 12-inch f/9 reflector at 380x and a red + polarizing filter, October 20, 1988, from 2:45 to 3:00 UT, from New Berlin, Wisconsin. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access...

I have temporary Internet access, so I thought I’d post a note. We didn’t have much access through Bolivia, as those of you reading my tweets and Facebook status updates might have noticed (sorry to bunch up all the updates like that). I think our access...

The Omega Nebula (M17) sketched by Astronomy Contributing Editor Phil Harrington using a 13.1-inch f/4.5 reflector at 88x. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching...

Comet Bradfield (1987 XXIX) sketched by Tom Polakis using a 14-inch f/2.8 reflector at 67x, December 22, 1987, from Riggs Road, Arizona. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video "...

Dava Newman’s group designed this centrifuge. When a person is positioned in the contraption (so that his or her head is in the helmet), his or her feet will feel 1 G. Liz Kruesi photo While most of the presentations during the Knight/Kavli Universe Workshop...

Mars sketched by Jose Olivarez using a 10-inch f/7 reflector at 250x at 10:25 UT, August 27, 1988, from Wichita, Kansas. To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video " Sketching from...

Easter Island holds 887 moai, or monumental statues. Among them, groups from around the world hope to observe a total solar eclipse July 11. Photo courtesy Astronomical Tours The next total solar eclipse will happen July 11 across the southern Pacific...

Comet Arend-Roland (C/1956 R1) sketched by Charles F. “Chick” Capen from a photograph taken April 26, 1957, showing the comet’s famous antitail. David J. Eicher library We continue our series with a sketch by Charles F. “Chick” Capen showing the brilliant...

The Prairie Astronomy Club: Fifty Years of Amateur Astronomy documents this Midwest astronomy club's past and will probably trigger many great memories of readers' own relationships with the night sky. Chris Raymond photo I just received an incredible...